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AJtRIK W OTYIMS MOMUKisContracts Btiij Made Today far IHa Appearance of tfc* Ha*enhelt;k-Wal lac* Shows ob JaJy 4thV.*1stkmc only shall IOWA \uTOWN TO BE VISITED.Crowd in Pony That Bay Will 1* tht Largest the City Has Ever Seen— Circus Is Best u History-• inintaa!w tea11;114eaottljtl!ti111as i.Utlh;aI \v1L M. Hanev, general agent for tlie „ Hagenbeek-VVallaee Shows, arrived in the t'xty this morning from Omaha, a sal was joined here by D. F. Lynch, thecontracting agent and JL JT. Heckman, the excursion agent- .The three men immediately began making preparations for the apgxarane* of the big eir-eus here on Julv 4th, and there is lit-w *tie doubt hut that the eitv will see the••biggest crowd in it$ history on that day.Perry is the onjy small eitv 111 thestate to be visited by the Ifagenbek-%Wallace circus this year and it was only because of the fact that this is Mr.Harvey’s hometown that the show will■be here bn the best circus day of the year. The route includes the cities of Clinton, Davenport. Cdear Bapids, Marshalltown, Waterloo, Des Moines, Perry, Council Bluffs and Omaha, and the show will arrive here on three special trains over the Milwaukee from Des Moines.Mr. Harvey stated this raorping that■ *’ - - * . •the commercial clubs of four. Iowa cities liad'written him asking for the Fourth of July date and offering all kinds of inducements in the wav of free license, free water, etc., and for a lime today he contemplated routing theVshow so as to include Jefferson instead of Perry because of the price de-v ■' ■ . •limnd here for a license. The matter. *•••■’. * «was finally settled by the Bureau of Commerce.' officers agreeing to provide a license at a price agreed upon some. 1 w ' • ** • •time ago, but which was raised after Hie date for the show was made pub-15* :Wr: . - ~ VThe Hagenbeek-Wjallace Shows thislotltltctly*itItilt;voi►ei01tltlstsihiyear are easily the best the owners j whave ever put out, and it always lias been considered the best circus in the country. In every city visited in * long tour of the east this spring phe-nominal business has been • enjoyed and the newspapers have ben enthusiasticin the reports given about the perform-* • • • /ances. .Mr. Harvey states that special advertising matter which will bring n Fourth of July crowd that will tax the city's accomodations to the limit, has been ordered, and that every member of the advance force has been given orders to spare no efforts or expense whichwill'thoroughly advertise “the* . . * ■ * jevent. The first advance car will he here Saturday of this week.hihipiMwT€tlE1 w'-V.mhlt;hi01hr
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Perry Bulletin
Perry, Iowa, US
Tue, Jun 16, 1914
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