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2 shows, 15 min. in one—I must confess Ransone was somewhat of a disappointment, although he may go better in the evening shows than he did this afternoon. His dialect and material did not seem half so funny as when heard in the “Prince of Pilsen”, and it is another instance of how one may be deceived in the value of a bit of character work when seen under the advantageous surroundings of a good show that plays up to it all the time. At that, he will probably be worth what we are paying for it, as our expectations of the act were undoubtedly placed a little too high.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports,, September 2, 1902 - September 3, 1903