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WATCH FOR GREAT PARADEGorgeous Procession Will Usher in the 3ig Forepaugh-Sells Bros.Circus Friday.Brilliant posters done up in all colors of which the lithographic art Ss capable announce the coming of the'BILLY .BUNN,One of the 40 Clowns With . Fore-' paugh and Sells Bros.’ Circus.Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers big united shows. So announcement could be made which would be more .pleasing to lovers of - good, cleanamusement as the fame of this grand circus alliance has preceded it. Tht • newspapers in all of the large citie.-in which it has appeared have been slt; extravagant in praise or this glorious consolidation that the interest is high er than it. has been In years and then is no douht but that the performance itself will fulfill every -expectation Among the big acts are: CaptaiiWebb's double troupe of seals, the au Lomobile thriller, Ty-Bell sisters. Rich ard sister. ifines-Kimball family, iht' Franks, Jules l-aFluer. Alpine troupe Rachetta troupe, .Minerva sisters, A1 varez trio. Avalon company. Itidin: i Rooneys, and :i host of other Euro pean favorites.1 It is indeed a novel circus perform unce. The coming of these greatet shows is most eagerly awaited. A . grand free street parade will be j given, in which hundreds of horses well groomed and well nmr.ched. wil draw the band wagons, floats and oper. cages. ‘ The pageant wfll leave th« grounds about 10 o’clock the day o' the show iJuly 14) and follow the usual line of march.This new parade was modeled and constructed entirely by foreign do signers and artists in the Europeai : workshops. All of the costumes wen executed in Paris. The silk flags, ban ners and standards were woven in ,Ta pan. The expensive statuary used oi the various tableaux and floats wat chiseled In Italy. All of the hundred? of vehicles are hand carved-and bur nished with pure gold leaf. The liar ness is silver mounted.' The manj other trappings are of the very finest materials. '
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Grand Traverse Herald
Traverse City, Michigan, US
Thu, Jul 13, 1911
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