HAS EARS TRIMMED TO PLEASE BRIDE.
SQUAW IS PARTICULAR
Protruding .cars with square corners are not considered necessary perquisites to. the beauty of the Shoshone Indians in the State, as was proved in. Reno when a full-blooded buck oi that tribe invoked the use of surgery in order that bis looks might be improved. Johnny Joyce, a Shoshone Indian, visited the office of a local physician and asked that his square and protruding ears be reduced in size. In explanation lie stated that the Indian maiden of bis choice refused to marry him on account of the manner in which his organs of hearing had grown. The operation was performed suecciss.lui.iy, and Joyce, with his hearing appendages trimmed on the biasi, compensated the physician for the labor and prepared to return to his home and his bride.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3356, 24 October 1911, Page 2
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137HAS EARS TRIMMED TO PLEASE BRIDE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3356, 24 October 1911, Page 2
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