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Newspaper report of Rising Card trick

New York, Thurstons in

New York Times
: and
The Honeymoon Express
; and Thurston’s show

Okito.
See
Bamberg, Theodore

Organizations, Thurston and

Orient, tour of

Otis Elevator Company, and levitation act

Our American Adventure
, Doyle

Oursler, Fulton;
The Spider

Out of a Hat act

Palace Theater of Varieties, London; Thurston at

Palladino, Eusapia

Palmer, Arline

Palmer, Rae

Pastor, Tony

Pastor’s Theater, Thurston performances

Path, Olive “Dot,”

Pené, Xavier

Perfect Breather

Performances; magic shows; by Thurston

Pickpocket, Thurston (Ryan) as

Picky (Lord Pickwick, monkey)

Pistol shots

Plastic surgery

Play, written by Thurston

Plimmer, Walter

Plough, Alvin

Polk, Jimmy

Posters, for Thurston’s shows

Potato peelers

Powell, Fredrick Eugene

Practical jokes, Thurston and

Prayer, Thurston and

Press releases, Hilliard and

Princess Karnac act; Fernanda and; Foster and; Kellar and; theft of

Princess Theater, London, Thurston’s show

Prison reform, New York, Round and

Problem of Diogenes act

Properties of Thurston show

Psychic phenomena, Thurston and

Publix theaters, magic shows

Question and answer act

Radio appearances

Rahman Bey

Raiboid, Rajah

Real estate investments

Reform school, Round and

Reilly, S. W.

Religion, Thurston and

Reporters, Hilliard and

Reviewers: and Kellar; London; and Thurston’s Australian tour; and Thurston’s shows

Rinn, Joseph F.

Rising Card trick; Herrmann and

Robert-Houdin, Jean-Eugène

Robinson, Billy; Thurston and;
See also
Soo, Chung Ling

Robinson, John

Robinson, Olive Path “Dot,”

Rock, Will

Rome, S. J.

Roterberg, August,
New Era Card Tricks

Rothafel, Roxy

Round, William Marshall Fitts

Royle, Edwin Milton

Russell, Lillian

Ryan, Willie.
See also
Thurston, Howard Franklin

SAM.
See
Society of American Magicians

Sawing illusion; Jansen and

Sawyer (Mount Herman professor)

Scarsez, Adelaide.
See
Herrmann, Adelaide Scarsez

Schireson, Henry

Schulz, Lenore

Scripts, Thurston and

Séances, Palladino and

Seeing Through a Woman act

Seen, Suee.
See also
Robinson, Olive Path “Dot”

Selbit, P.T. (Percy Tibbles); sawing illusion

Sells Brothers Circus

Shaw, Allan

Shepard, Dick

Sideshows; Hurd’s circus; “kootch” shows; Thurston and

Sleight-of-hand tricks

Society of American Magicians (SAM); Chicago; Thurston and

Socrates (pet duck)

Soerenson, Carl

Soo, Chung Ling.
See also
Robinson, Billy

Special effects business

Spectres of the Sanctum act

Sphinx
,
The
; and Houdini’s show

Spider
,
The,
Oursler and Brentano

Spirit Cabinet act; theft of

Spirit Paintings act

Spiritualism; Houdini and; magic shows and; Thurston and

Spyropoulous, Farida Mazar

Stillwell, George

Stone, Fred

Streets of Cairo

Strobl, Alexander

Sugden, Raymond (Tampa).
See also
Tampa (Sugden)

Sullivan, Ed

Supernatural, Thurston and

“Surakabaja,”

Swanson, William H.

Sweatnam, Willis

Tampa (Sugden); Harry Thurston and; and Indian Rope Trick

Tango Waltz Ride

Tarbell, Harlan

Ten Ichi Troupe

Terry brothers

Texola.
See also
Thurston, Grace Butterworth

Theosophy

Thief, Ryan (Thurston) as

Thomas, Ellen E.

Thurnaer, Edward

Thurston, Beatrice Foster “Tommy,” .
See also
Foster, Beatrice “Tommy”

Thurston, Belle (Mrs. Harry)

Thurston, Charles (brother); murder of

Thurston, Emma Dearth

Thurston, Grace Butterworth; book by; and Harry Thurston; Howard and; London show; marriage to Howard; music hall acts; performances

Thurston, Harry Elias (brother)

; and

amusement park rides; Australian

tour; death of; and Fasola,

and Howard’s death; and

Howard’s finances;

and Howard’s stroke; magic show,

midway shows; plastic

surgery; real estate investments

Thurston, Helen (daughter of Harry)

Thurston, Howard Franklin; and Alexander Herrmann; appearance of; Australian tour; assistants; autobiography; biography of; business expansion; career of; at Chicago World’s Fair; childhood; con games; and Dante; and Devant; and father; finances of; funeral of; and Goldin; and Grace; Harry and; health of; and Houdini; in India; injuries; inventions; investments; and Jane; and Jansen; Jarrett and; Keating and; and Kellar; legacy of; legal problems; and Leon Herrmann; and Leotha; and Le Roy; in London; and McCormick; and magic; as magician; midway show; and motion pictures; and Orient; and Palladino; performances; personality of; plastic surgery; presentation; radio appearances; Round and; and SAM; and sawing illusion; schooling; special-effects business; and teaching of magic; and Valadon; and vaudeville; will of; youth —magic shows; as Kellar’s successor; London —and marriage; to Beatrice; to Grace; to Leotha; to Paula.
See also
Ryan, Willie

Thurston, Isabel (Mrs. Harry)

Thurston, Jane; and father’s death; and father’s

remarriage; and father’s will,

illness; letter to; as

magician; marriage; and

mother’s death;
See also
Harris, Jane

Thurston

Thurston, Leotha Willadsen; death of; health problems; and Harris; and Howard’s shows; and Jane; and radio appearances

Thurston, Margaret Cloude (mother); death of

Thurston, May (Myrtle, sister)

Thurston, Paula Mark; Howard’s will and

Thurston, William (brother)

Thurston, William Henry (father); remarriage

Thurston Amusement Company

Thurston’s Original Oddities; travels; wagon

Thurston’s World Museum

Tibbles, Percy.
See also
Selbit, P.T.

Tibbles, Sidney

Times
, London, and Houdini

Torsberg

Torture illusions.
See also
Vivisection act

Tours: Australia; China; India; by wagon

Townsend, George

Trains, illicit rides

Tramp, Thurston as

Triple Escape act

Trout, Edward

Tugger (newsboy)

Unions, problems with

Valadon, Paul; Kellar and; Thurston and

Vanishing Automobile act

Vanishing Elephant act

Vanishing Horse act

Vanishing Piano act

Vaudeville; music hall and; Thurston and

Vivisection act

Voice of Thurston

Wagon, tour by

Walking Through a Brick Wall act

Waller, Charles

Watch, con game

Watch Trick

Water Fountains act

Welles, Orson

Western tour, with wagon

White, George Davis; contribution to Valadon Fund; and Jane; at Thurston’s funeral; as Villa —as Thurston’s assistant; in Australia; in London; in India

White, Mary Davis and Tolliver

White, Rex

Whitehead, J. Gordon

White House, Thurston at

Will, of Thurston

Willadsen, Gene.
See
Thurston, Jane

Willadsen, Jane Jacqueline; adoption by Thurston.
See also
Thurston, Jane

Willadsen, John R.; Jane and

Willadsen, Nina Leotha Hawes (Fielding).
See also
Thurston, Leotha Willadsen

Williams, Blanche

Wilson, A. M.

Wilson, Edmund

Window of a Haunted House act

Witch’s Cauldron act

Witmark, Frank

Wobensmith, James

Wolfe, Ada

Women: Harry Thurston and; Howard Thurston and

Workshop, Thurston’s, Jansen and

World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago; Indian magicians and

Worthington, Thomas Chew

Yettmah, Cyril

“Zenda Waltzes,”

Ziegfeld, Florenz