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Kroll's Establishment
Account of Pastrana including summary of pamphlet, "The Singular History . . ." Critical of origin story the pamphlet presents. Description of Pastrana's body and her performance, including the detail that she plays the guitar.
Lagnasbrichten
Negative description of Pastrana who was performing at the Kroll's Establishment in Berlin.
Julia Pastrana
Profile, Julia Pastrana
The Bear Woman
Added details about marriage include that Lent and his brother "attended to the details of the exhibition."
[untitled]
Pastrana to appear in Cleveland, Ohio. Excerpts from promotional materials include description of Opate Indians and Pastrana's past in Mexico. Claim that Pastrana was mistreated. Beach started as her manager in February 1855 in New Orleans.
The Bear Woman
Negative reaction to Pastrana, "this singular and detestably ugly specimen of humanity." Doctors believe that "she belongs to a distinct species of the human family" (column 2).
The Hybrid Woman
Opate Indians, doctors including Stone and Mott, Description, levees throughout day. (Column 3)
Theodore Lent, Auctioneer
Lent to hold auction at 80 Leonard Street. Included will be "the fixtures of a barroom and oyster saloon."
Before Judge Daly
Yet another stage in the conflict between Lent and the Hatfields. In this one, Lent sues Elias Hatfield over the contents of a store on Broadway. (column 6)
Charge of Forgery and False Pretences
Lent accused of offering note in the name of Theodore Hatfield to pay for a watch. He also used the name James Lentell when he signed the note over to the Christian Pfieffer. (column 6)