How did Martha Jane Canary acquire the nickname Calamity? Rob Noyes Cincinnati, Ohio According to one tale, Martha Jane Canary’s paramours, and there were many, were afflicted by a venereal calamity. Jane did love her men, but as time went on, she switched her affections to booze. By the time Jane was 24, she was an alcoholic and could out-cuss, out-shoot, out-shout and out-drink most men. One contemporary described her looking like “a busted bale of hay.” Despite her ways, Jane was genera
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