Greg Hand
Cincinnati’s 1890s ‘Syrian Colony’ of Middle Eastern Refugees
The recent kerfuffle over whether Cincinnati should welcome Syrian refugees is more than a century too late: Cincinnati accepted Syrian refugees as early as 1890.
Diamond-Hungry Elephant X-rayed at Chester Park
When an elephant swallows your diamond ring, you learn either the virtue of patience or the talent of creativity.
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Has Roots In Cincinnati
The iconic giant balloons that float above the parade as it wends from Central Park to Herald Square originated with a man named Tony Sarg who has an excellent claim to be called a Cincinnatian. He is, in fact, buried here.
Jules Verne’s Cincinnati Shout-Out
Jules Verne never visited Cincinnati, but he mentions Cincinnati—and particularly Cincinnati's Observatory—in several books.
Don’t Try This At Home: Cincinnati’s Legendary Beer Gulpers
Estimates from the pre-Prohibition days suggest that your average Cincinnatian consumed two to four times the amount of beer your average American drank in a year.
Here’s What 19th-Century Cincinnatians Ate For Thanksgiving Dinner
Spoiler Alert: There was something called Feet de Veal a la Hollandaise.
Elm Street’s Man Traps and The “Injured Husband Racket”
The Victorian ladies at this psuedo brothel at 145 Elm St. scammed men using a hidden escape hatch.
Whatever Happened To Cincinnati’s Boy Policeman?
At Cincinnati City Hall's Central Police Station one day in the summer of 1894 Police Lieutenant Edward C. Hill looked up from his desk and beheld a most unusual visitor.
The Cincinnati Election: Is This 2015 or 1915?
"What goes around, comes around" is a hoary slice of hackneyed analysis, but it rings true when comparing the Cincinnati election ballots for 1915 and 2015.
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