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This newspaper article describes the strange entertainment activities that accompanied the sales of medical remedies at medicine shows, particularly the show of "Dr. Corn." The article describes Dr. Corn's downfall after accepting Ish Rock as a partner in entertainment, and their activity selling tickets to view a fake animal called a pollimazuke.
Creator: Hutchinson News-Herald
Date: December 30, 1951
Item Number: 213992
Call Number: 978.1 D515 p. 86
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213992
Business and Industry - Health care - Alternative medicine
Business and Industry - Health care - Medical suppliers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Entertainers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Sales
Collections - Library
Date - 1950s - 1951
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
Places - Cities and towns - Hutchinson
Places - Counties - Reno
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
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