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Title: The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Moss, Frank, 1860-1920
Subjects: New York (N.Y.) -- History New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs 19th century
Publisher: New York, P. F. Collier
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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yor of Ave. C, Arthur Lumley,I John P. Eckhardt,I Honest John Kelly,I Ben C. WilUams,I Dan Smith,j June Ranken, Harry B. Wilson, Joe Vila, Michael J. Callahan, Joe Bryan, Bob Fitzsimmons. Martin JuUan, Bart OConnor, Martin Kir by,1 Louis Horn,i Charley White,I Lloyd Bingham, Martin Dowling, M. Gaspard, Al F. Gamacho,I Jim Lavelle, Andv Horn. J. Burke. Mayor of the Bowerj, Tom Lee, Mayor of Chinatown.THE FOLLOWING CLUBS WILL BE REPRESENTED: The Yale Freshmen,The Knickerbkr Icemen,The Lady Truckdrivers,The Youknow Club,The Lee Hung Fat Club,The New York A. C,The Hasty Pudding Club,The Princeton Club, The Desperate Seven, i The The Broadway A. C, : The The Down Town A. C, j The The Bartenders Club, The The Santa Maria Club, The The German Singing Club. ! The The Chatham Club, i The The Bohemian A. C, f The The Knickerbocker Club, i 392 Stuffed Club,Sweet Sixteen Club,Fi-ench Cooks Club,Roosevelt Club,St. Nicholas Club,Manhattan A. C,Girl Getters Club,Racket & Tennis Club a: C <c c
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NEW YORK CITY LIFE The Bowery below Canal Street has much ofthe same character as Park Row, and perhaps iseven more frequented b)^ criminals. The saloon atNumber 25 Bowery, known as the Morgue, hasa lar^e patronage of the aristocracy of that part ofthe City, and a fair idea of the character of saidaristocrac) may be gathered by observing its cus-tomers. A few relics of the Whyo Gang makeit a rendezvous. A few nights ago they had alittle diversion, which, though quite an ordinarjaffair, seemied to the common people of New Yorkto have the flavor of the wild West. A party ofl)ett3^ thieves and pan-handlers (able-bodied streetbeggars), went into the Morgue to divide theirbooty and to brace up for another raid. Two ofthe men, known as English Charley and Den-ver Hop, began to quarrel, and then whipped outtheir revolvers and fired away at each other. Thenthere was an uproar, those in the saloon trying toget out to avoid the bullets, and those who werein the street trying to get in to see th

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