Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1907 — Aug. 23 is the Date. [ARTICLE]

Aug. 23 is the Date.

The Carl Hagenback & Great Wallace Shows combined will visit us Friday, Aug. 23. All thru the winter months (great activity was noticeable in and about the famous Hagenback & Wallace winter quarters, in Peru, home of the biggest circuses in the world. Numerous extremely odd and unfamiliar animals were added to the already first-prize zoological department Every inch of the immense street display was renovated, renewed, reconstructed and rejuvenated; bright and glittering costuming is now visible on every side, and in the three rings of the circus proper a perfect army of prominent performers and acts are seen. Fifty up to date clowns, and other funny fellows, make things lively too. The Hagenback & Great Wallace Shows a/e among the largest sho*s that travel this year, each department having been augmented with a wonderful series of acts, features novelties and attractive stunts and of course the famous Trained Wild Beasts Exhibition is also the big animal feature.