Competition usually ranks as an important aspect in the growth of a business. But for two men who opened rival dancehall within fifty feet of each other in Wichita, Kansas, in the 1870s, the competition proved deadly. Even innocent bystanders found themselves trapped in the crossfire between Rowdy Joe Lowe and Edward “Red” Beard, whose relationship escalated into a rivalry of the “BAWDY AND BLOODY” […]

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