Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 157, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1913 — LaBelle Clark Injured; Promise Another Good Act [ARTICLE]

LaBelle Clark Injured; Promise Another Good Act

Thinking to make the Fourth still livelier Manager Don Wright made a trip to Chicago Tuesday to try to get a balloon, having arranged for a local aeronaut to make the ride. He could not find a balloon for rent however, and while at the agency that supplied the shows word came that Laßelle Clark, who was booked for one of the big free acts here with her grand horse, Duke, had been injured at St. Louis and could not work for six vyeeks. The horse was being loaded on the train and she was watching it, when the animal slipped and one of its hoofs struck her on one leg, severely injuring It and causing her to cancel her bookings for three weeks. The agent promised to do all In his power to send some other act in place of Miss Clark. This act was to cost SIOO and is said to be a fine one. Mr. Wright wanted the public informed of the accident, so that there would* be no criticism when the act does not appear.