When Gilded Age New York City went to war against banana peels

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When Gilded Age New York City went to war against banana peels

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River pirates, sneak thieves, pickpockets, confidence men—New York City in 1896 was grappling with rising rates of relatively new crimes that threatened the safety of Gilded Age Gotham. But the cit…

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