Bill Newton (Lucky Bill Show, Honest Bill Show) in United States

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Bill Newton (Lucky Bill Show, Honest Bill Show)
Type	circus
Country	United States
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History of updates	2012-04-22

Latest document update	2020-10-30 07:03:11

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Bill Newton (Lucky Bill Show, Honest Bill Show), United States .

Comments / picturesWilliam Newton Sr. operating as Lucky Bill Show from 1880 to 1917, his son William Newton, Jr. used the Honest Bill Show title 1903-17, In 1918, 1920 and 1922 Bill Newton, Jr. called his show Honest Bill-Lucky Bill.

1910: Joseph Graham, better known as "Scottie," the elephant keeper with the Lucky Bill show, was drowned at Elmer, Mo., July 8. He was riding one of the elephants ___ a creek fell off and did not come to the surface again until fished out by members of the show an hour later. . . . Mr. Graham was of English birth and had no living relatives that were known of. Anyone wishing futher particulars can address Lucky Bill, Quenemo, Kan.
New York clippings 1910

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Koehl, Dan (2025). Bill Newton (Lucky Bill Show, Honest Bill Show), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=840. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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