Lots about Lots; Or, The Great Fair, and what Preceded it: Sold for the Benefit of the Mountain Grove Cemetery |
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A. C. Hobbs action articles of value attractive benefit booth number four chance charge charity Charles Ray Palmer Christian Church Fairs citizens clergy clergymen committee contributions controversy D. M. Read Deacon Jones Directors disposed dollars donated Editors eleven evil fancy articles Farmer friends gambling gentlemen Grove Cemetery Fair H. T. Shelton handsome Hawley Hubbell improvements interest L. H. Norton ladies of Bridgeport large number lottery malum prohibitum managers matter meerschaum Memorial ministers of religion Miss Molly Pitcher Club moral Mountain Grove Cemetery MOUNTAIN GROVE FAIR opinion P. T. Barnum painted paper pastors presented prohibited proposed protest Punch and Judy question raffling receipts reply respectfully Reverend Sanford sell sewing machine silver set sold Standard statute Sunday tery thing tickets Tiffany & Co tion violation W. H. Perry W. R. Higby Wheeler York
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