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AMES' MENAGERIE
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AMES' MENAGERIE . Shortly after it appeared in Dubuque with ROBINSON'S EXCELSIOR CIRCUS, the Menagerie moved to Davenport but was unable to pay its creditors and disbanded. A large number of the employees returned to Dubuque.
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Source:
"Circus Disbanded," The Herald, September 28, 1871, p. 4
