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Word: baraboo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Honeymooning in Baraboo, Wis., were Mr. & Mrs. M. E. Love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Head | 6/20/1932 | See Source »

...elephant to herald the 166th year of American circus and the 13th season of Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, which no longer needs to bill itself as "The Greatest Show on Earth." For John Ringling, sole survivor of Barnum & Bailey and the seven brothers Rüngeling of Baraboo, Wis., it was his 54th season of showmanship, which began with a pin-show in an Iowa barn and now undisputedly monopolizes U. S. circus entertainment. The monopoly consists of six big tent shows, four of which this year will carry Circus into all profitable corners of the land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cover Story: Circus | 4/18/1932 | See Source »

...Rungeling brothers spent their childhood in Baraboo, Wis. and Baraboo remained the winter quarters of their circuses for many years. All seven brothers were in the business but the five that adorned the posters were the partners. At an early family conference it was decided that Brothers Gus and Henry had better just work on a salary. Al was the ringmaster, Otto sold the tickets, Charles wrote the mouth-filling polysyllabic advertisements. John, who used to play the bass viol and drive the lead wagon over dusty prairie roads, became the router, the greatest transportation expert in the circus business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Ringling Day | 10/12/1931 | See Source »

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