https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/06/02/a-brief-history-of-people-who-have-actually-been-elected-dog-catcher/ …https://twitter.com/lisatozzi/status/922799233777963009 …
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welp, now i'm going deep in the archives for "dog catcher." Start with this fella, who was more dog thief in 1878 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1878/08/09/88162277.html?pageNumber=3 …pic.twitter.com/fZvNS1nNNJ
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Front page -- ! -- in 1902: East Orange advertising for a new dog catcher. Feel like there's a lot unwritten here. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1902/08/13/117980846.html?pageNumber=1 …pic.twitter.com/huiPA1iNmu
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In 1928, an especially verbose way to say someone couldn't be elected dog catcher. This guy would need 280. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1928/04/11/95566990.html?pageNumber=16 …pic.twitter.com/Dk96ZiQN6W
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Most of the dogcatcher news in the late 19th century is about dog catchers actually stealing dogspic.twitter.com/1snRy2YYrc
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I ESPECIALLY love this one because it just veers into a murder trial without a new subhed like whatpic.twitter.com/k45ymoKz0R
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More dog catchers going to jail in 1893. Genuinely wondering when it turned from a title of crime to one to which you get elected.pic.twitter.com/U0HxLxLo2h
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in 1908 Long Island paid dog catchers a bounty on stray dogs to impress Teddy Roosevelt. Had to increase from .25 to $2 to draw candidates.pic.twitter.com/9QyYOH6yIH
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I'll end this with a well-dressed man in 1874 who wanted to catch not only dogs but goats. The mayor smiled but ultimately denied him.pic.twitter.com/gvJIOGgd9x
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Sounds like dog catcher wasn’t the most popular guy in town.
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