Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1916 — HAGENBACK-WALLACE CIRCUS COMING [ARTICLE]

HAGENBACK-WALLACE CIRCUS COMING

Will Be Here Saturday, August sth, With Fifty-Nine Cars—One of Best Circuses On Road. The Hagenbach-Wallace circus will be in Rensselaer Saturday, August f which will certainly please the kiddies and everyone else for that matter. So far this year Rensselaer has been passed up by the circuses of any importance. Hagenbach and Wallace have shown in Rensselaer on several previous occasions and are one of the greatest traveling shows in the United States, particularly noted for their cleanliness. They have fifty-nine cars, which signifies that they have a show of unusual merit and length. Prior to the war this cirous was touring Europe and were meeting with success everywhere. Following the outbreak of the war they were forced o leave that country. This circus has been making all of the larger cities this year and Rensselaer is the smallest of any city that they have yet shown in this year.