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HABER, Reinhold Paul. (Unknown-Dubuque, IA, 1926). Stunt man. Part machinist and part steeplejack, Haber performed a breathtaking headstand on the steeple of St. Francis Xavier's Basilica in Dyersville in 1908. He repeated the stunt at a church in Guttenberg where the priest bet him he could not do the trick. The priest lost, and Haber gave the beer he won to bystanders. | HABER, Reinhold Paul. (Unknown-Dubuque, IA, 1926). Stunt man. Part machinist and part steeplejack, Haber performed a breathtaking headstand on the steeple of St. Francis Xavier's Basilica in Dyersville in 1908. He repeated the stunt at a church in Guttenberg where the priest bet him he could not do the trick. The priest lost, and Haber gave the beer he won to bystanders. | ||
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HABER, Reinhold Paul. (Unknown-Dubuque, IA, 1926). Stunt man. Part machinist and part steeplejack, Haber performed a breathtaking headstand on the steeple of St. Francis Xavier's Basilica in Dyersville in 1908. He repeated the stunt at a church in Guttenberg where the priest bet him he could not do the trick. The priest lost, and Haber gave the beer he won to bystanders.