As anyone can imagine, there wasn't much entertainment in rural America—hard work, sweat and toil, boredom, yes, but entertainment? “This was the only kind of entertainment the yokels ever got to see,” one huckster said of the traveling medicine shows that broke up the monotony. And wow, what they offered. Some of them included, not just a shouting, mesmerizing pitchman, but circus performers, brass bands, and animal acts. But the whole show was designed to sell the “miracle cure”. And


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