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Name: Phineas Taylor Barnum
Birth Date: 1810
Death Date: April 7, 1891
Place of Birth: Bethel, Connecticut, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: showman, businessman

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Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891), America's greatest showman of the 19th century, instructed and amused a nation with his museum and later his circus. Speaking of his youth, P. T. Barnum said, "I was always ready to concoct fun, or lay plans for...


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P.T. Barnum ( 5 July 1810 – 7 April 1891 ) was an American showman who is best remembered for his entertaining hoaxes and for founding the circus that eventually became Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. Unsourced Every crowd has a...


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Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891) was an American showman who is best remembered for his entertaining hoaxes and for founding the circus that eventually became the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Barnum never...


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Circus threatens boycott over law
5/5/2007: 252 words, approx. 1 pages
The circus might not come to town anymore.Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is threatening to bypass P.T. Barnum's home state if Connecticut's legislature passes a bill prohibiting the use of an elephant-herding tool known as a bullhook.Animal rights activists say the hooks can...
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Circus threatens to bypass Conn.
5/6/2007: 254 words, approx. 1 pages
The circus might not come to town anymore.Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is threatening to bypass P.T. Barnum's home state on future tours if Connecticut's legislature passes a bill prohibiting the use of an elephant-herding tool known as a bullhook.Animal rights activists say...
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Wis. shooting kills 6, wounds toddler
6/10/2007: 517 words, approx. 2 pages
Twin infant boys were among six people found shot to death in a rental house in southern Wisconsin, after a barrage of gunfire that neighbors thought was pre-Fourth of July firecrackers.A survivor, a 2-year-old girl, was shot in the chest and found in a van...
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Adoptive Mo. dad's obesity tale trashed
12/19/2007: 582 words, approx. 2 pages
A man who gained national media attention by claiming he was not allowed to adopt a baby because of his weight was awarded temporary custody of the child, but the judge chided him and his wife, saying they knew the primary reason the boy had...
 


 

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