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Who Really Killed Harry Houdini? The Answer May Be an Illusion
Biography via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe final days and death of master illusionist Harry Houdini are still shrouded in mystery, with a...
Escape artist Houdini is focus of final Chautauqua Book Discussion
The Times-Gazette via Yahoo News· 1 year agoASHLAND − Harry Houdini. So many people know his name, even nearly 100 years after his death. So...
Does Appleton or Milwaukee have the right to claim Houdini as its own?
The Post-Crescent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn advertisement in the Milwaukee Sentinel promoted Harry Houdini's run of shows at the Majestic...
'The World’s Greatest Magician' had Ohio roots and rivaled Houdini
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 8 months agoHoward Thurston, the last great stage illusionist, was hailed as “The World’s Greatest Magician” in...
Chautauqua book discussion: 'Proud Shoes' is story of free Black man fighting with Union Army
The Times-Gazette via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPauli Murray, a devoted advocate for the rights of women and people of color, was a 20th century...
Tale of magician, spy, Lincoln's Scout on display at La Quinta Museum
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAll seemed to be going well during M. R. Cannon's magic show in 1981 in nearby Yucaipa until things...
Find a pirate’s sunken treasure at the Chautauqua book discussion March 23
The Times-Gazette via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDo you think finding a pirate’s sunken ship laden with gold and silver would be a wonderful...
Pilot Jackie Cochran is focus of January Chautauqua book discussion
The Times-Gazette via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJackie Cochran was an amazing pilot, full of daring and always trying for a new record in flight in...
Ashland Chautauqua 2023 highlighting 'History’s Real Action Figures' in five-day event
The Times-Gazette via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe term “action figures” may call to mind comic books, special-effects movies or fierce looking...
Columbus magician Thurston's Roaring ’20s act had women levitating, vanishing
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt is interesting to note that one of the greatest magicians in American history — if not our...