From the Lawrence Daily World for April 16, 1909: “The Elks gave one of the most elaborate banquets ever held here in inauguration of their new officers. More than 100 attended ‘a most sumptuous feed.’ … A 550-pound girl attracted a good deal of attention at the depot here yesterday. She was Miss Pearl Rambo, a 15-year-old girl from Council Bluffs, Iowa, and she was here with her carnival manager. They then moved on to Abilene for her next public show.”