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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, September 24, 1888
Can anyone explain the Veiled Prophet Ball? Wikipedia says it’s sort of like St. Louis’s answer to Mardi Gras? Has anyone been to one? Is it as controversial as it sounds?   High-res

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, September 24, 1888

Can anyone explain the Veiled Prophet Ball? Wikipedia says it’s sort of like St. Louis’s answer to Mardi Gras? Has anyone been to one? Is it as controversial as it sounds?

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    If “Veiled Prophet Society” didn’t sound ominous enough, it was founded by a guy named Charles Slayback, a Confederate...
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    Yeah it’s fucking weird, and the roots of the organization are shitty (social elite wanted to create a mardi gras like...
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