An April 4, 1898 letter from a reader to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

“To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle:

Some time ago I wrote to the Eagle asking what could be done in regard to the scissor grinder who insists upon blowing a trumpet each and every day in front of my home. It startles me most awfully. As to my baby I fear it may be the means of throwing her into convulsions.

K.D. McNeill”