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Danville Advertiser

Location

Danville, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1853

Page

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Barnums Must and Hanarteie Exhibition Tour Dates

The American Museum and Manager will exhibit in Bainbridge on Oct 13 Danville Oct 14 Indianapolis Oct 15. Admission 30 cents. under 9 years 15 cents. Features include General Tom Thumb, a baby elephant, and a vast collection of living animals and wax statuary. Doors 2 to 4 PM. Elephants, lions, a polar bear, a royal tiger, and more are described in grand terms with details of the caravan and vast pavilion capacity.

American Museum and Menageribe Bainbridge Danville Indianapolis Tom ‘Thumb Pierce Nellis Tom Thumb America

Traveling American Museum Promises Marvels and Tom Thumb

The notice promotes the 4 Museum of Wonders touring exhibition with a giant elephant drawn Juggernaut cart followed by ornate cages and carriages. It claims a Variegated Pavilion of waterproof fabric and features the real General Tom Thumb appearing with songs, dances, and impersonations of Napoleon and Frederick the Great before European royalty. He is twenty one, weighs fifteen pounds, and stands twenty eight inches tall.

Museum of Wonders American Museum Tom Thumb Europe Napoleon Fredrick the Great

Exhibitions of Mr Nellis and Hercules at the American Museum

The piece promotes Mr Nellis the armless showman loading firing with his toes and sketching, bow and arrow feats, plus a piano and violoncello act. It notes Pierce entering the dens of wild beasts, a display of life-size presidents and notable figures, and a grand traveling exhibition with a marching military band, claiming immense expense and novelty across the display.

MR. Pierce Hercules Daniel Sampson

Newspaper Subscriber Notice on Continuation and Discontinuance

The text states that implicit continuation occurs unless a contrary notice is given. It explains that publishers may continue sending papers until bills are paid even after a discontinuance order. It warns subscribers about responsibility if papers are not collected or moved without informing the publisher and notes that failing to take a paper is prima facie evidence of intent to defraud.

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