Mr. Dooley is a fictional bartender created by American journalist Finley Peter Dunne, appearing in print between 1893 and 1915, and again in 1924 and 1926. The bartender's humorous but pointed commentary on American politics and international affairs first became popular during the 1898 Spanish–American War. Dunne's essays are in the form of conversations in an Irish dialect of English between Mr. Dooley, the owner of a fictional tavern in the Bridgeport area of Chicago, and one of the bar's patrons. From 1898 onwards, the essays, and the books collecting them, gained national acclaim. Dunne became a friend of President Theodore Roosevelt, although the friendship did not curtail his satire. Beginning around 1905, Dunne had increasing trouble finding time and inspiration for new pieces, and, except for a brief resurrection in the mid-1920s, his columns ended in 1915. Even before his death in 1936, his work was becoming obscure due in part to his use of dialect and unusual spellings. The columns originated lasting sayings such as "the Supreme Court follows the election returns".

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1888:

Mary Ann Nichols' body was found on the ground in front of a gated stable entrance in Buck's Row, London, allegedly the first victim of the unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper

1897:

Thomas Edison was granted a patent for the Kinetoscope, a precursor to the movie projector. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetoscope

1939:

Nazi forces, posing as Poles, staged an attack against the German radio station Sender Gleiwitz in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, Germany, creating an excuse to invade Poland the next day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleiwitz_incident

1978:

Musa al-Sadr, the Iranian-born Shia cleric and then religious leader of Lebanon, disappeared in Libya while on an official visit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_al-Sadr

1986:

Aeroméxico Flight 498 collided with a privately owned Piper PA-28 Cherokee aircraft over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_Cerritos_mid-air_collision

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

slough of despond: 1. A dreary bog or marsh. 2. (figuratively) A state of disheartening hopelessness. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/slough_of_despond

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I don't expect you to understand anything I'm telling you. But I know you will remember this — that nothing good ever ends. If it did, there would be no people in the world — no life at all, anywhere. And the world is full of people and full of wonderful life.   --William Saroyan https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Saroyan