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Parades, music, an elephant borrowed from the Sells-Floto Circus, six Lincoln voters riding on a float, speeches, made up the scheduled events. Unscheduled were the activities of a squad of Dry agents under a "Missouri Democrat" who operated through Ripon during the celebration. At the height of the party and before the eyes of Secretary Good and Governor Kohler, they descended upon a soft-drink place directly opposite Jubilee headquarters, found inside several Wisconsin legislators, eight barrels of beer. Incensed celebrants threatened public condemnation by the State Legislature of this harassment by U. S. agents...
...note on page 26 under the caption "Life, Tom Mix last week agreed to quit cinema and work for the 101 Ranch Wild West Show for the rest of his career. Alleged inducement: $15,000 per week." Mr. Tom Mix has a signed contract with the Sells Floto Circus Company for his services starting on May 26 and lasting-I hope forever. . . . ZACK TERRELL...
General Manager Sells Floto Circus Pittsburgh, Pa. Mr. Mix was last week indicted by the Federal grand jury in Los Angeles, charged with trying to defraud the U. S. of $175,967.65 in income taxes. He, performing in Minneapolis, said time would prove him innocent.-ED. Brent & Canterbury Sirs: Seeing in TIME that the Archbishop of Canterbury was yachting on the luxurious Corsair with Multi-Millionaire Morgan, reminded me of the late Bishop Brent, of New York State, and a different scene. I was with Major General Henry C. Corbin on the Benguet road going from Baguio to Manila...
...profited $800,000 in the Little Louisiana Lottery. Then he ran into a garrulous bartender named H. H. Tammen and they bought a newspaper, the Denver Post, with which they fattened the gambler's wad and extended the bartender's ingenuity. They had a circus, too (Sells-Floto). But, for raw meat and dripping ballyhoo, the Denver Post was a circus in itself. The reputation of Mr. Bonfils was to use the hatchet, but not to bury...
...hour and ten minutes later Meredith came to the post for the half mile. At the crack of the gun Floto, of Princeton, got away into the lead. At the first turn Meredith's tremendous strides pulled him ahead with Floto falling back and Bingham close at his heels. As the pistol sounded the end of the first lap, Bingham forged ahead of Floto, and chased Meredith down the straightaway...