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BOB MORTON CIRCUS
BOB MORTON CIRCUS. Sponsored by OXUS GROTTO M.O.V.P.E.R. in May, 1928, the circus performed at the Fourth Street Extension from May 21-26th every afternoon and evening. One tent was used exclusively for an auto show. Two hundred dollars was being offered to the winner of the "Miss Dubuque" popularity contest. (1)
They were again sponsored by Oxus Grotto in May, 1948. (2)
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Source:
1. "Grotto Organized to Stage Circus," Telegraph-Herald, May 4, 1928, p. 24
2. "Local Orphans Circus Guests," Telegraph Herald, May 19, 1948
