digging into family history via old newspaper clippings

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https://bklyn.newspapers.com/search/?query=dr%20john%20pierce&p_province=us-ny&p_city=brooklyn - there's some interesting newspaper articles. (This was my maternal grandmother's father)

I had no idea he had been involved with the Topsy the elephant tragedy. Or had dealt with the incubator babies in Dreamland Park.