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Domestic News
May 13, 1871
The Ottawa Free Trader
Ottawa, La Salle County County, Illinois
What is this article about?
Mons. Price, a wire walker, performed on a tight wire from the Court House to Bowman's gallery in Ottawa last Tuesday, drawing a crowd of about 2,000, mostly children. A subscription raised $13.02. A young street boy enthusiastically praised the feat.
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WIRE WALKING.
The wire walker, Mons. Price, came to Ottawa last Tuesday, and walked a small tight wire, according to programme, from the Court House to Bowman's gallery. A couple of thousand men, women and children, mostly the latter, looked at the performance. A subscription, circulated in the crowd, yielded the magnificent sum of $13.02.
When he had performed a very difficult feat a street gamin, a ragged specimen at that, aged 5 or 6 years, removing a cigar stub from his mouth, and swelling up with enthusiasm, exclaimed, "K-lomons, ain't he a son of a gun to walk!"
The wire walker, Mons. Price, came to Ottawa last Tuesday, and walked a small tight wire, according to programme, from the Court House to Bowman's gallery. A couple of thousand men, women and children, mostly the latter, looked at the performance. A subscription, circulated in the crowd, yielded the magnificent sum of $13.02.
When he had performed a very difficult feat a street gamin, a ragged specimen at that, aged 5 or 6 years, removing a cigar stub from his mouth, and swelling up with enthusiasm, exclaimed, "K-lomons, ain't he a son of a gun to walk!"
What sub-type of article is it?
Social Event
What keywords are associated?
Wire Walking
Ottawa Performance
Mons Price
Street Gamin
Public Entertainment
What entities or persons were involved?
Mons. Price
Where did it happen?
Ottawa
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Ottawa
Event Date
Last Tuesday
Key Persons
Mons. Price
Outcome
subscription raised $13.02
Event Details
Mons. Price walked a small tight wire from the Court House to Bowman's gallery, watched by a couple of thousand people, mostly children. A street gamin aged 5 or 6 exclaimed in enthusiasm during a difficult feat.