History

Good morning. Today is the 30th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of January 30, 1881, carried an article about the custom of sending valentines. Everywhere you went in Brooklyn in those days, the unnamed Eagle writer said, you saw Cupids and hearts in store windows. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 29th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Jan. 29, 1900, carried an article, “Warrant Is Out for Pool Room Men.” In 1900, a “pool room” meant a room where gambling on horses and sporting events took place. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 28th day of the year. Jan 28, 1955, was the date of the last issue of the original edition of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Although the Eagle’s circulation enjoyed an all-time high at the time, it had been crippled by a recent strike. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 27th day of the year. People complain today about the construction of the Second Avenue subway in Manhattan, but 110 years ago or so it was much worse. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for Jan. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 26th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for Jan. 26, 1860, reported on the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher’s latest sermon at Plymouth Church (now Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims) in Brooklyn Heights. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 25th day of the year. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 24th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for Jan. 24, 1902, quoted NYC Bridge Commissioner Gustav Lindenthal as saying that he was fed up with the delays on the “new East River Bridge,” meaning the Manhattan Bridge. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 23rd day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Jan. 23, 1902, reported on the efforts of Dr. Charles Parkhurst, the powerful president of the Society for the Prevention of Crime, to wipe out sales of liquor on Sundays, which was technically illegal. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 22nd day of the year. If you think things are bad in today’s subway cars and buses, at least they’re heating in the winter and cooled in the summer. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Jan. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 21st day of the year. Most of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle’s front page for Jan. 21, 1901, was taken up by Queen Victoria’s fatal illness. … Full Article