Equine Aviator with Big Show Thrills La Crosse
The Barnum and Bailey circus arrives in La Crosse on June 28. Mlle Carroll and Jupiter the horse perform a high risk ascent with a wooden platform hoisted to the tent dome, fireworks, and a dramatic descent. Carroll says Jupiter is the only trained horse to go up, and she has thirty years in the circus.
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Barnum and Bailey Circus
la Crosse
Jupiter
Mlle. Carroll
Nettie Carroll
Mule
Carroll
Mile
Bear Brings Romancing Love to Chicago Bride
Evansville Georgia woman Florence E. Frey marries Chicago theatrical man David Beehler as their joint effort to heal a performing bear’s wounded paw sparks a union in Chicago.
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Chicago
Florence E. Frey
Evansville
Ind
David Beehler
Senate adopts Burton resolution on Niagara Falls water protection
The Senate adopted a Burton resolution extending for two years from June 29 the existing law shielding Niagara Falls from further water diversion. The measure now proceeds to the House with no debate and no division observed in the Senate.
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Washington
Burton
Niagara Falls
Senate
House
Circus is Coming to Town with Dazzling Acts
The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth arrives with Jupiter the equine aviator, trained seals, Charles the First chimpanzee, elephants in three rings, and fifty clowns. A street parade on Friday morning June 23 promises pageantry and excitement for all ages.
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Georgie
Jupiter
Charles
Berzac
New York
la Belle Victoria
Circus
American harem question solved in Pittsburg Kansas
Peter C. Sharp an 80 year old Pittsburg Kansas man who drew two wives has decided to live alone after a quarrel between his first wife Anna Catherine Sharp lost in the 1871 Chicago fire and his second wife Ceila Sharp. Carpenters are building two cottages on Sharp’s property to separate the wives with Sharp living in one and each wife in her own house while he alternates meals.
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Pittsburg
Kas
Peter C. Sharp
Anna Catherine Sharp
Celia Sharp
Sharp
Anna Catherine
Alleged Maniacs Arrested in Ardenwald Murders
In Portland Oregon two men linked to the Ardenwald Hill family murders are under arrest. Police describe them as partially demented. One suspect carried dynamite and garter snakes. the other was found barefoot. Both were disoriented and incoherent.
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Portland
Orc
Hill
Ardenwald
Crippen Lawyer Guilty of Professional Misconduct
The Law Society finds solicitor Newton, who defended Dr. H H Crippen, guilty of professional misconduct for making public Crippen's alleged confession after the execution. The King’s Bench Court was asked to discipline Newton.
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Crippen
London
The
Law Society
Newton
H. H. Crippen
King’s Bench Court
Society
Kate Sandwina and family highlight Barnum and Bailey show
The illustrated feature showcases Kate Sandwina the female Hercules holding her husband Max and their two year old Theodore Roosevelt Sandwina. Fran Sandwina performs with her 156 pound partner tossing him like a rubber ball to delighted suffragettes and physical culturists. The article notes her slim form balanced by light morning dumbbell use and highlights a lineage of strong performers in the family as Barnum and Bailey promise new acts when they reach La Crosse on Friday January 23.
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Kate Sandwina
Hercules
Max
J' Au
Wina
Europe
Sandwina
la Crosse
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