All posts tagged "circus"
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6.9KCrime and ScandalThe Murder of Jim Fisk, Vermont’s Robber Baron
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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4.2KArts 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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7.5KCrime and ScandalCharles Lindbergh Hides Out in Maine
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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10.1K1MaineThe 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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29.7K18Business and LaborSix Historic Downtown Department Stores
Downtown department stores used to provide a special shopping experience, offering elegance and practicality. People dressed up when they went to visit...
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21.9K8ConnecticutP.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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8.7K2Arts and LeisureThe Circus Comes to Newburyport – and Scandalizes the More Upright Citizens
When the circus came to Newburyport, Mass. in 1810, it wasn’t viewed as a completely respectable form of entertainment, and those who...
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5.4K3Arts and LeisureBenjamin Franklin Keith Bans the Word ‘Pants,’ Builds a Theatrical Empire
Benjamin Franklin KeithBack in the heyday of vaudeville, Benjamin Franklin Keith promised the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Boston that he would only...
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15.9K7Crime and ScandalThe Kid Wrongly Blamed for the Cocoanut Grove Fire
Stanley Tomaszewski was a 16-year-old busboy working on the night of the Cocoanut Grove fire, Nov. 28, 1942, the Saturday after Thanksgiving....
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5.0KConnecticutGerald Chapman, The Gentleman Bandit With The Phony British Accent
Gerald Chapman, Prohibition’s celebrated ‘Gentleman Bandit,’ might have escaped the gallows if he hadn’t gone on a crime spree in Connecticut. While...
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