Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Mabel Stark" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Mabel Stark, Mary Haynie, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"This Girl is Real Chummy Kind"
Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ) , November 4, 1915, Page 10, Image 10, col. 5-6.
"Is Mother to a Lion, Raises Cub on Bottle"
El Paso Herald (El Paso, TX), October 24, 1916, Page 9, Image 9, col. 1-2.
"Bengal Tigers and Leopards Educated to Perform Are Feature of Barnes Circus"
The Butte Daily Post (Butte, MT), July 5, 1917, Page 6, Image, 6, col. 1-3.
"Smiling Little Girl Bosses Tigers Around"
The Tacoma Times (Tacoma, WA), June 7, 1918, Page 5, Image 5, col. 4.
"Trained Lions"
The Morgan City Daily Review (Morgan City, LA), September 21, 1918, Image 3, col. 4-5.
"Fire Eating Lion in Barnes Big Circus"
Grants Pass Daily Courier (Grants Pass, OR), May 9, 1919, Page 2, Image 2, col. 4.
"Tomorrow, Big Circus Day"
The Logan Republican (Logan, UT), May 4, 1920, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3-4.
"Barnes Circus Coming; Tomorrow is the Day"
East Oregonian: E:O (Pendleton, OR), May 13, 1920, Page 2, Image 2, col. 2
"Tiny Woman Tames Monarch of Jungle"
Capital Journal (Salem, OR), May 2, 1921, Page 8, Image 8, col. 4-5.
"Girl Just Misses Death in Fight of Three Tigers"
The New York Herald (New York, NY), August 3, 1921, Page 3, Image 3, col. 2-3.
"Dainty Woman Tames Royal Bengal Tigers"
The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram (Richmond, IN), August 4, 1921, Page 7, Image 7, col. 2-3.
"Plucky Girl Wrestles Tiger As Circus Act"
The Clovis News (Clovis, NM), October 27, 1921, Image 12, col. 4-6.
"Bengal Tiger of Wild Jungle is Tamed by Woman"
Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ), November 6, 1921, Page 7, Image 7, col. 2-3.

Mabel Stark: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America