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...horse, returned to join Sells-Floto Circus at a salary reputedly $15,000 per week. Besides his circus appearances, his newsworthy activities have since included getting divorced by Mrs. Victoria Forde Mix, who charged mental cruelty, "loudness in public," pistol twirling; getting sued for $13,000 by one John Berress of Minneapolis, who charged that while drunk Mix grappled with him, shook a large fist; getting sued by Col. Zack T. Miller for alleged jumping of a contract with Miller's now defunct 101 Ranch Circus; nearly dying from peritonitis following an appendectomy; marrying one Mabel Hubbell Ward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Apr. 25, 1932 | 4/25/1932 | See Source »

Sued. Tom Mix, onetime film actor, now a Sells Floto circusman: for $13,000 (about one week's salary), by one John Berress, Minneapolis auto dealer. Charge: Mix, drunk, pounced upon Berress, shook his fist, threatened injuries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Sep. 1, 1930 | 9/1/1930 | See Source »

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