Finley Peter Dunne

Finley Peter Dunne (1867 - 1936) was a Chicago-based U.S. author, writer and humorist. He created "Mr. Dooley", a fictional Irish bartender, would "expound" upon political and social issues of the day. Dunne's character become one of the first syndicated newspaper features.

Dunne's popularity even reached into the Confederate States. Jerry Dover lived by one of Dunne's nuggets of wisdom: Trust everybody, but always cut the cards.