All posts tagged "circus"
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15.3KCrime and ScandalDiamond Jim Fisk, Murdered for the Love of a Beautiful Woman
Jubilee Jim Fisk liked to live large – too large for his own good. He rose from humble beginnings in Vermont to...
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8.3KArts and LeisureDexter Fellows – the Greatest Ballyhoo Man on Earth
The circus bug bit Dexter Fellows early in life. As a boy growing up in Massachusetts he attended the Buffalo Bill Wild...
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16.2K1Crime and ScandalCharles Lindbergh and the Other Kidnapping
The kidnapping of the Charles Lindbergh baby rocked the world in 1932. But three years earlier it was Lindbergh’s sister-in-law who faced...
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21.4K1MaineThe Wreck of the Circus Ship, Royal Tar
In 1836, when the steamship Royal Tar launched the first regular service between St. John, New Brunswick, and Portland, Maine, her owners...
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72.2K18Business and LaborSix Historic Downtown Department Stores
In the time before Amazon, downtown department stores used to provide a special shopping experience. People dressed up when they went to...
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38.6K8ConnecticutP.T. Barnum’s Grandson, Herbert Barnum Seeley, Throws the Greatest Bachelor Party on Earth
Herbert Barnum Seeley inherited a large portion of his grandfather P.T. Barnum’s estate, but none of his common sense. In December of...
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