Too Much Help Not an Asset At Spring Garden
Round Grove column notes gardening woes and community events as readers share tales of over eager helpers in the garden. The piece mentions potato planting, a dog named Cookie burying peas, and various Easter visits and local movements across Round Grove and nearby farms.
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Spring Garden
John Skubal
Round Grove
Cookie
Elmer Dauseldt
John Irwin
Sachem Church
Dauseldt
Charlotte Irwin Ceuests
Kalona Ladies Bridge Hosts Promote Easter Week Activities
Mrs TV Knerr hosted the Kalona ladies bridge club with three tables of play and prizes awarded to Mrs Eugene Way Mrs J L Fry Mrs Jay Eastman and Mrs J Swartzen druber. Easter and visiting guests are noted among local families and births, dinners, and social visits across Kalona and surrounding towns. The piece mentions a newborn Grace Mary Rinehart in Waukegan Illinois and a note about bacon drippings as cooking tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PD. Yoder
Grace Mary
Robert Rinehart
Waukegan, Ilinois
C. J. Shimon
Solon
Mee
Eugene Way
Velma Way
J. J. Bigelow
J. Rogers
Robert Hartley
Niceville
Florida
Mro
Joe Mast
Kalona
Hartley
Paula Mast
Mere
Ed Hatchcroft
Jones
Burlington
Earl Pry
Fortiers
George Vory
Clarence Woods Reveals Circus Season Preparations
Ringling Bros. organist Clarence Woods describes wintering at Sarasota Florida and preparations for the opening in New York before a nationwide tent tour. He notes March busy for the troupe with Holy Week affecting early pace and reports a sellout opening at Madison Square Garden.
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Clarence Woods
Ringling Bros. Circus
Washington
Circus
Sarasota
Fla
Madison Square Garden
New York
Mr. Woods
the Garden
Florida
Circus Rehearsals Under Way in Big Top Winter Quarters
A large group of circus performers gathers in the Big Top for the Toe edition rehearsals. The friendly mood masks hard work ahead with sore muscles, possible cuts, bruises, and sunburn as they prepare in Florida wind and sun under Madison Square Garden style plot plans.
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Winter Quarters
Madison Square Garden
Florida
Production Nucleus Builds Big Show Amid Communication Hurdles
A producer assembles about a hundred dancers and performers to form the core of a new show. Rehearsals run seven hours daily for three weeks as music. movement. and entrances are choreographed. Richard Barstow, a patient yet fiery director, guides the process with humor amid multilingual challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speetspeetacle
Richard Barstow
New York
Hollywood
Anna May
Ruby
Elsa
Clarence
Rehearsal to Big Show Requires Months of Craft
The passage notes dancers struggle at first but steadily master routines after three weeks. It highlights the need for skilled teams—researchers, designers, and artisans—to create the Big Show, including music, costumes, props, and floats. Much work remains even as routines take shape.
Dreamers Behind the Greatest Show on Earth
The piece highlights the people who conceived the magnificent displays in The Greatest Show on Earth. It notes their ongoing plans for future shows as work continues relentlessly and without pause.
Big Blanche the circus elephant marks 77th year in show
Big Blanche, star of Kelly Morris Circus, celebrates 77 years as a circus elephant. Weighing 14 602 pounds she consumes 150 pounds hay and 100 pounds bran daily. Imported from India 77 years ago for Hagenbeek Circus in Germany she has toured seven circuses and came to the United States 61 years ago.
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Gentle Lady
Blanche
United States
India
Hagenbeek
Germany
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