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SELLS BROTHERS' CIRCUS

SELLS BROTHERS' CIRCUS. Booked into Dubuque in May, 1885, the circus was advertised as a "quadruple circus company" without further explanation.
For more information about this circus--http://www.circusesandsideshows.com/circuses/sellsbroscircus.html
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Source:
"Sells Brothers' Circus," The Dubuque Herald, May 19, 1885, p. 4