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Bettis, H. I. (Horace Ingersoll), 1863-1913
Horace Ingersoll Bettis was born in Salem, Massachussetts on April 20, 1863. Bettis worked as an auditor of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railway for over ten years. He worked as Assistant General Auditor for Union Pacific Railroad (1898-1903) in Omaha, Nebraska, as Vice President and Auditor of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company, and served as Director, Treasurer, and Secretary of the Tampico Petroleum Company. Bettis died in Tipton, California on November 15, 1913.
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Dick, Mida Mae, 1907-1989
Emma Mae "Mida" Dick was born on August 24, 1907 in Denver, Colorado. She was a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada for forty-two years and worked as a waitress for a hotel. She was also a charter member of University United Methodist Church. She married William Dean Dick and had one daughter, Bettie Lee "Mobie" Chappell. She passed away on February 2, 1989.
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"Mida Mae Dick." Las Vegas Review-Journal. Las Vegas, Nevada, February 5, 1989: 47.
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Burton, Lance, 1960-
Lance Burton delights in talking about his magic craft and the joyful memories of his early and swift rise to become a master magician. This oral history includes memories of his rise to fame from youthful phenomenon to an over-thirty year Las Vegas career that began in 1981. He believes in the extraordinary value of magic and shares a poignant anecdote of a young autistic boy’s reaction to his magic show.
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