Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1915 — CIRCUS COMES WITH RISING SUN [ARTICLE]

CIRCUS COMES WITH RISING SUN

Gentry Brothers Trains Will Arrive Here Early In the Morning On Thursday, September 2nd. The first section of the trains bringing Gentry Brothers famous shows will arrive in this city Thursday, Sept. 2, at 6 o'clock in the morning. Arrangements are made for track room for the trains, that are today twice as large as ever before. With the stopping of the first wheel a host of showmen will tumble forth from their berths, refreshed by a night's sleep. Almost before the earliest riser is astir the show lots will be transformed into a city of canvas coliseums. To the casual observer this will be accomplished in great disorder. But the training of the circus is such that no man makes an unnecessary move or wastes energy. At 10 o'clock the famous parade of the Gentry Brothers Famous Shows will leave the grounds. It will traverse the principal streets, presenting to old and young alike their nearest dream of fairyland. The Gentry Brothers Shows, which are the world’s pioneers in trained animal exhibitions, have been so enlarged that they now present the realistic taming leopards of the jungle and other ferocious beasts within canvas coliseums. A large portion of the youth of the community will welcome the trains on arrival, because this feature appeals to both old and young. Gentry Brothers Famous Shows will give two exhibitions in this city Thursday, Sept. 2. These displays will be upon a larger and grander scale than ever before in the three decades of Gentry Brothers career.

Many thrashing machines operated yesterday and the elevators kept open and received the grain. The damage to wheat continues to show up extensively and the price now -quoted varies from 70 to 90 cents. Oats have taken a drop and are today quoted at 28 cents.