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January 12, 2017 (January 10, 2017)

Backlist Bop: Tiny Kline and the Circus of Life

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When people ask me about lifeĀ in a circus, all I can think is that it must be drafty in those tents. Fortunately for all of us, longtime circus performer Tiny […]

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July 18, 2016 (July 18, 2016)

200 Years of Illinois: Goodbye Norma Jean

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On July 17, 1972, disaster struck in Oquawka, for on that day a bolt from dark skiesĀ struck down a 6,500-lb. elephant named Norma Jean. The star of the Clark & […]

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