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Sells Bros and Forepaugh Show to Be Sold to Highest Bidder
The Sells Bros and Forepaugh circus faces liquidation after more than twenty years on the road as a familiar amusement. Various notices promote Ballard's Snow Liniment for pain relief and Chamberlain's remedies for stomach and liver ailments. A will awards 20 000 to aid drunkards wives in Des Moines. Texas patent listings and railroad commissioner meetings are noted, along with Naples Vesuvius eruption reports and medical remedies including Ely's Cream Balm and Pain Balm.
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Sells Bros. & Forepaugh
Balard
C. R. Smith
Smith House
Tenaha
Texas
Ballard
Ledberry
National Association of State Railroad Commissioners
Birmingham
Ala
Republic of Mexico
Galveston
Houston
San Antonio
Laredo
Country
Ely's
Hushaby
Angela
God