Mr. Dooley
"Mr. Dooley" was a product of the 1890s, a time when a memorable fictional character was likely to come not only from the pages of a novel or a play but also from a column in ...
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Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936) was an American journalist. He is noted for his humorous sketches in which an Irish saloonkeeper named Mr. Dooley commented on current events.Peter Dunne was born July 1...
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Finley Peter Dunne is not a familiar literary name, but the comic character he created, Mr. Martin Dooley of "Ar-rchey R-road," a Chicago Irish-American saloonkeeper, has enjoyed an enduring fame. Thr...
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Finley Peter Dunne, a newspaperman of considerable personal merit, is best remembered for the alter ego that he so carefully created and nurtured for some three decades: Martin Dooley, an Irish immigr...
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Today is Tuesday, Jan. 16, the 16th day of 2007. There are 349 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 16, 1920, Prohibition began in the United States as the 18th Amendment to t...
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There is never a bad reason to consult George Washington Plunkitt on matters relating to politics here, there, anywhere. The old Tammany sachem understood the attractions of power, and his reflecti...
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