A fact from Charles W. Morse appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 September 2008, and was viewed approximately 6,091 times ( disclaimer) ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that after Charles W. Morse started scandals that toppled a New York City mayor and sparked the Panic of 1907, he faked illness by eating prison soap to convince President Taft to commute his sentence? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/September.

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The article refers to dealings with New York City's "first mayor"? How could the first mayor of a hundreds-of-years-old city still be alive? -- Piledhigheranddeeper ( talk) 15:53, 19 September 2008 (UTC) reply

• Previously, all five boroughs had separate mayors. He was the first unified mayor of New York. OlYeller ( talk) 21:13, 19 September 2008 (UTC) reply

Oh, good catch Piledhigher -- I messed up when I wrote that. OlYeller is correct that he was the first unified mayor, but I definitely should have made that clear when I wrote it. Should be fixed now. -- JayHenry ( talk) 22:37, 19 September 2008 (UTC) reply