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…er, or turpentine. They would often intoxicate or nauseate people, but with no medicinal effect. This was also a new era of travelling circuses. Many disabled people, including children, found jobs in the sideshows, where people paid money to gawk at their handicaps. With no television or radio, no movies, videos, or recorded music, people relied on personal ways to entertain themselves. They made music, held dances, talked, and played card games or parlour games.