Feb. 17, birthdays for Michael Jordan, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Paris Hilton
Brooklyn Today
ON THIS DAY in 1912, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled “Former Brooklyn Belle Obtains Rend Divorce.” The article focused on a divorce in which the husband allegedly “deserted” Mrs. Dudly T. Upjohn.
“The couple were prominent in Brooklyn society until a few years ago,” the Eagle reported. “Mr. Upjohn comes from a well-known family which for years lived in a mansion at 298 Clinton Street…”
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