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Joe Pecore

Conjurers' Monthly Magazine, April, 1903

"Frank Dante, brother of the late Dante the Great, is still in the East, and doing exceedingly well. Dante's great forte is"making good" in every place, and the public does the rest."

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Mahatma July 1901

"Madame Dante is not doing well with her show. Frank Dante (brother of Dante the Great) is touring for himself in Australia. Unfortunately, he has encountered many reverses."

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That "Lantern" search site looks excellent ... thanks! I'll add anything I find into my website page (link above). Basically, anything from about 1905 onwards, if it isn't mentioned on my site, would be very welcome. It would be nice to fill in his details. Ok. I'll post them here as I fi...

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Like this one in Mahatma, April 1900

"Frank Eliason is running the show of his late brother Oscar, being assisted by his sister-in-law, Mile. Edmunda, they are at the time of writing in New Zealand"

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I've found lots of little snippets in old magic mags on where he was appearing between the years 1903 and 1013. You interesting in those?

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I'm not finding any references to him after 1920.

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And he did shadowgraphy

The Sphinx (November 1913):
"Frank Dante, brother of Dante the Great (accidently shotin Australia some time ago), is doing shadowgraphy at several of the local theaters"

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Looks like he was also know as "Silverlight" when assisting his brother:

The Magic Mirror (April 15, 1910) "Dante in Australia by Arthur Valli:
"Here with the assistance of Frank, known as Silverlight, Dante produced some startling effects."

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This is a long shot, but it can't hurt to ask. Does anyone have any details about a vaudeville performer, stage name FRANK FRAZEE, dating from around 1903 through to 1914 and later? I have just confirmed that he was Franklin Eliason, brother of Oscar "Dante the Great" Eliason. Some other ...

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Ted M wrote:Derek had some interesting posts here a number of years back. They were anonymized in the Great Genii Account Purge, but the posts remained.

I'm having trouble finding them again.

Here is one thread I think: viewtopic.php?t=2319

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I think they have MagicPedia working much better now.

If anyone has time to check around, and maybe do some edits, it would be most appreciated! Let know if you have any issues.

I'd like to think everyone for all the help in 2015 for getting MagicPedia's biographies of magicians up to 3,369!

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Always enjoy this every year. Thanks Dustin!

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The nearest I can find in the UK, is this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/3836553015/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_2?pf_rd_p=569136327&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=383652807X&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=1CZGZG35TJBRFZKCVDGS The covers are different, and the UK offered ve...

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The nearest I can find in the UK, is this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/3836553015/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_2?pf_rd_p=569136327&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=383652807X&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=1CZGZG35TJBRFZKCVDGS The covers are different, and the UK offered ve...

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They got MagicPedia back up and running.

It's still having some issue, so expect it to still go down at times, but you should be able to view and edit again now.

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On a side note, you might find useful the following database, which indexes all the Genii Magazine issues starting from 1999 (the Kaufman era ones): http://genii.somee.com/ And for indexes going back even further, try Magicpedia which has indexes to many Genii issue also. Just add the phrase "...

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Richard Stokes wrote:Apologies, the old site should still be up.
My new site on a completely different subject matter (proof reading) accidentally swallowed the Maskelyne content!
Let me know if you can access it again. Some of the links need fixing.
...

Working for me now. Awesome http://www.maskelynemagic.com/

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Tom Frame wrote:
Bill Mullins wrote:Will Alma at the Genii Convention.

(sorry I missed his show . . . )

Nose picking as misdirection?

It's a scratch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuoWo7ntipU

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"The Genii Forums, where magicians keep magic secret in public": http://boingboing.net/2015/09/30/the-ge ... agici.html

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Zig Zagger wrote:Great find, Joe, thank you!

I wasn't aware of this artist. Yet the first Cardini portrait looks familiar. Maybe from a book cover?

From cover of Magic Magazine, August 2007: http://www.themagicdepot.com/product_in ... ts_id=6100

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Have you seen any of the artwork by Dean Carnegie of magicians: http://www.artistofmystery.com/Artistof ... tings.html

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These questions rarely have a fixed answer, because it is tied in so strongly with the performer's body language and character. What works for Damian, for example might not work for you and vice versa. Absolutely. When I stick my hand in Damian's pocket, the momentum of the trick is completely disr...

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Using the same Mears Transportation site as Doug,
http://www.mearstransportation.com/taxi ... estimator/ ,
looks like a taxi would be about $32 one way.

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Matthew Field wrote:The Linking Ring for April reports the death of Elbert Gardner on August 18, 2014.

I thought maybe it was a typo, but looks like he did die last year http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timesu ... =172259506

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Here comes the judge http://www.thejerx.com/blog/2015/9/16/h ... in-willman

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MagicPedia has a category listing each magician that has the "Resting Place" identified on their biography page: http://geniimagazine.com/magicpedia/Cat ... ting_place

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I am sorry to jump around in trying to present the James Andrews case but it may be best to turn our attention to a magician named James Harte. Does anyone know on this thread when Harte came to the US and the circumstances surrounding his alleged connection to Erdnase? Scott Edward Lane I believe ...

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Have used it a bit when updating MagicPedia. The Will Alma Conjuring Collection http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?rfnId=rfin0&dscnt=0&fctN=facet_local2&rfnGrp=02&query=any%2Ccontains%2Calma%20collection&fctV=Will%20Alma%20conjuring%20collection.&a...

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P.T.Widdle wrote:
performer wrote:I bet it had a MASSIVE circulation!

Perfect example of the troll-like behavior from you that upset people. Get off this thread unless you have something to offer other than snarky sarcasm intended to provoke.

Bill, Jon, thanks for the link.

Please don't feed the trolls.

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Where is "here"?

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Thing is, I have invested in material by Bob Cassidy. I need his input. He has become a friend over the years. Now, I'm cut off. Marion Boykin has become one of my BEST friends. As has Vinny Marini and Mickey Silver. Doug Looks like Bob Cassidy and Micky Silver are members here (so you could try to...

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Hey all, I'm thinking about starting to put together a central repository of information/data/materials for everything related to Erdnase. You can expand on http://geniimagazine.com/magicpedia/Erdnase and make whatever new pages needed. You can upload pictures, files, etc. I'll help if needed. We c...

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It was interesting to note a couple of addresses in the McKinney Bankruptcy Files. Frederick J. Drake's business was at 356 Dearborn Street and Harry S. Thompson was based at Philip Ruxton Inks of 357 Dearborn Street. Could someone point me to where in the bankruptcy files we get this address? Beca...

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Carlo, how many of these books use the word 'subterfuge'? none of the 13 books I used (cut down to 25K words) have that word in it. Art of Magic has it 10 times. EATCT has it 3 times (in the text). Oscar Teal used it 11 times in his book "Higher Magic" (1920): https://books.google.com/boo...

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Carlo, how many of these books use the word 'subterfuge'? Looks like the word use may have been on an upswing from 1900 to 1930s https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=subterfuge&year_start=1800&year_end=1950&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Csubterfuge%...

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Carlo, this is not designed to answer the questions you posed in your most recent post. ... --Tom Sawyer ... Regarding the "unanswerable questions I posed" I have no clue about what you mean. I'm guessing your post which inquired: "If Hilliard was just influenced, why not mention and...

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Philippe Billot wrote:As Mr Joe Pecore wants the list for MagicPedia, you can find it here :

http://geniimagazine.com/magicpedia/Ald ... nking_Ring

Thanks!

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Project: using suspect and known ML writings to support the phrase matching hypothesis for claims of authorship. Obvious by inspection? Chris, how do you feel about using the ML/P posts as a test case? Derrick, Joe, Bill, mam, Bob - what do you think? I entered many sample posts into JGAAP from the...

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mam wrote:So for anyone who wants to look for n-grams, here's the script I mentioned:
https://github.com/alimony/ngram-finder
...

Here is a Windows program I just stumbled upon as another tool for those that want to play with n-grams: http://www.kwicfinder.com/kfNgram/kfNgramHelp.html

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JFox wrote:The book is entitled: "Magic: 1400's - 1950's"

..but even so, Sorcar would certainly qualify.

I was wondering whey Leonard Hevia changed the subject too (trying to put it back).

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