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Finley Peter Dunne

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Finley Peter Dunne (July 10, 1867 – April 24, 1936) was an American humorist and writer from Chicago. [1]

61 relations: Archer Avenue, Brand Whitlock, Byline, Charles Fanning, Charles Seymour, Chicago, Chicago Daily News, Chicago Evening Post, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago White Stockings, City editor, Clan na Gael, Clare Boothe Luce, Collier's, County Roscommon, Editorial, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elmer Ellis, Eugene Field, Fire station, Gene Kelly, George W. Plunkitt, Handedness, Illinois, Inherit the Wind (1960 film), Irish diaspora, Jack the Ripper, Journalist, Lucille Clifton, Maiden and married names, Margaret Abbott, Metropolitan Magazine (New York City), Mr. Dooley, Muckraker, New York (state), New York City, Philip Dunne (writer), Pullman Square, South Side Irish, Stop press, The American Conservative, The American Magazine, The American Scholar, The Literary World (magazine), The New York Times, Theodore Dreiser, Theodore Roosevelt, Tip O'Neill, ..., Tuberculosis, University of Missouri, Vagrancy, White House, Wilbur F. Storey, World's Columbian Exposition, 1888 Democratic National Convention, 1888 Republican National Convention, 1892 Democratic National Convention, 1892 Republican National Convention, 1900 Republican National Convention. Expand index (11 more) »

Archer Avenue

Archer Avenue, sometimes known as Archer Road outside the Chicago, Illinois city limits, and also known as State Street only in Lockport, Illinois and Fairmont, Illinois city limits, is a street running northeast-to-southwest between Chicago's Chinatown and Lockport.

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Brand Whitlock

Brand Whitlock (March 4, 1869 – May 24, 1934) was an American journalist, attorney, politician, Georgist, four-time mayor of Toledo, Ohio elected on the Independent ticket; ambassador to Belgium, and author of numerous articles and books, both novels and non-fiction.

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Byline

The byline on a newspaper or magazine article gives the name of the writer of the article.

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Charles Fanning

Charles F. Fanning, Jr. is an American historian, and Irish American academic.

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Charles Seymour

Charles Seymour (January 1, 1885 – August 11, 1963) was an American academic, historian and President of Yale University from 1937 to 1951.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chicago Daily News

The Chicago Daily News was an afternoon daily newspaper in the midwestern United States, published between 1876 and 1978 in Chicago,.

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Chicago Evening Post

The Chicago Evening Post was a daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, from March 1, 1886, until October 29, 1932, when it was absorbed by the Chicago Daily News.

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Chicago Police Department

The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is the law enforcement agency of the U.S. city of Chicago, Illinois, under the jurisdiction of the City Council.

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Chicago Times

The Chicago Times was a newspaper in Chicago from 1854 to 1895, when it merged with the Chicago Herald.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tronc, Inc., formerly Tribune Publishing.

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Chicago White Stockings

White Stockings or "Chicago White Stockings" was an original name of two professional baseball clubs in Chicago, Illinois, mainly the two Major League Baseball clubs that operate today.

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City editor

A city editor is a title used by a particular section editor of a newspaper.

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Clan na Gael

The Clan na Gael (in modern Irish orthography: Clann na nGael,, family of the Gaels) was an Irish republican organization in the United States in the late 19th and 20th centuries, successor to the Fenian Brotherhood and a sister organization to the Irish Republican Brotherhood.

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Clare Boothe Luce

Clare Boothe Luce (March 10, 1903 – October 9, 1987) was an American author, politician, U.S. Ambassador and public conservative figure.

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Collier's

Collier's was an American magazine, founded in 1888 by Peter Fenelon Collier.

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County Roscommon

County Roscommon (Contae Ros Comáin) is a county in Ireland.

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Editorial

An editorial, leading article (US) or leader (UK), is an article written by the senior editorial staff or publisher of a newspaper, magazine, or any other written document, often unsigned.

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Eleanor Roosevelt

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat and activist.

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Elmer Ellis

Elmer Ellis (July 27, 1901 – August 27, 1989) was an American educator and fourteenth president of the University of Missouri, from 1955 to 1966, and first president of the University of Missouri System.

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Eugene Field

Eugene Field Sr. (September 2, 1850 – November 4, 1895) was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays.

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Fire station

A fire station (also called a fire house, fire hall, or firemen's hall) is a structure or other area for storing firefighting apparatus such as fire engines and related vehicles, personal protective equipment, fire hoses and other specialized equipment.

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Gene Kelly

Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American dancer, actor of film, stage, and television, singer, film director, producer, and choreographer.

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George W. Plunkitt

George Washington Plunkitt (November 17, 1842 – November 19, 1924) was an American politician from New York State.

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Handedness

In human biology, handedness is a better, faster, or more precise performance or individual preference for use of a hand, known as the dominant hand; the less capable or less preferred hand is called the non-dominant hand.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Inherit the Wind (1960 film)

Inherit the Wind is a 1960 Hollywood film adaptation of the 1955 play of the same name, written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee, directed by Stanley Kramer.

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Irish diaspora

The Irish diaspora (Diaspóra na nGael) refers to Irish people and their descendants who live outside Ireland.

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Jack the Ripper

Jack the Ripper is the best-known name for an unidentified serial killer generally believed to have been active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888.

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Journalist

A journalist is a person who collects, writes, or distributes news or other current information to the public.

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Lucille Clifton

Lucille Clifton (June 27, 1936 in Depew, New York – February 13, 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland) was an American poet, writer, and educator from Buffalo, New York.

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Maiden and married names

When a person (traditionally the wife in many cultures) assumes the family name of his or her spouse, that name replaces the person's birth surname, which in the case of the wife is called the maiden name (birth name is also used as a gender-neutral or masculine substitute for maiden name), whereas a married name is a family name or surname adopted by a person upon marriage.

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Margaret Abbott

Margaret Ives Abbott (June 15, 1878 – June 10, 1955) was the first American woman to win an Olympic event.

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Metropolitan Magazine (New York City)

Metropolitan Magazine, known in its later years as Macfadden's Fiction Lover's Magazine, was a monthly periodical in the early 20th century with articles on politics and literature.

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Mr. Dooley

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Muckraker

The term muckraker was used in the Progressive Era to characterize reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Philip Dunne (writer)

Philip Ives Dunne (February 11, 1908 – June 2, 1992) was a Hollywood screenwriter, film director and producer, who worked prolifically from 1932 until 1965.

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Pullman Square

Pullman Square is a lifestyle center in downtown Huntington, West Virginia, United States between 8th and 10th Street and 3rd Avenue and Veteran's Memorial Boulevard.

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South Side Irish

South Side Irish is the large Irish-American community on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois.

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Stop press

"Stop Press" or "Stop the presses" is an idiomatic exclamation when significant information is discovered.

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The American Conservative

The American Conservative (TAC) is a bi-monthly magazine founded in 2002 and published by the American Ideas Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) organization based in Washington, D.C., which states that it exists to promote a conservatism that opposes unchecked power in government and business; promotes the flourishing of families and communities through vibrant markets and free people; and embraces realism and restraint in foreign affairs based on America's vital national interests.

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The American Magazine

The American Magazine was a periodical publication founded in June 1906, a continuation of failed publications purchased a few years earlier from publishing mogul Miriam Leslie.

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The American Scholar

"The American Scholar" was a speech given by Ralph Waldo Emerson on August 31, 1837, to the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard College at the First Parish in Cambridge in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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The Literary World (magazine)

The Literary World was a weekly American magazine founded in February 1847 by Osgood and Company in New York City.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Theodore Dreiser

Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school.

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Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909.

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Tip O'Neill

Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr.

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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB).

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University of Missouri

The University of Missouri (also, Mizzou, or MU) is a public, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri.

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Vagrancy

Vagrancy is the condition of a person who wanders from place to place homeless with no regular employment nor income, referred to as a vagrant, vagabond, rogue, tramp or drifter.

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White House

The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States.

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Wilbur F. Storey

Wilbur Fisk Storey (19 December 1819, Salisbury, Vermont - 27 October 1884, Chicago, Illinois) was an American journalist best known for his Copperhead politics and vehement opposition to Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War.

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World's Columbian Exposition

The World's Columbian Exposition (the official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair and Chicago Columbian Exposition) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492.

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1888 Democratic National Convention

The 1888 Democratic National Convention was a nominating convention held June 5 to 7, 1888, in the St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall in St. Louis, Missouri.

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1888 Republican National Convention

The 1888 Republican National Convention was a presidential nominating convention held at the Auditorium Building in Chicago, Illinois, on June 19–25, 1888.

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1892 Democratic National Convention

The 1892 Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago, Illinois, June 21–June 23, 1892 and nominated former President Grover Cleveland, who had been the party's standard-bearer in 1884 and 1888.

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1892 Republican National Convention

The 1892 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held at the Industrial Exposition Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota, from June 7 to June 10, 1892.

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1900 Republican National Convention

The 1900 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held June 19 to June 21 in the Exposition Auditorium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finley_Peter_Dunne

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