Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-06-25

Worlds Greatest Show to Exhibit There
July IIth.

Worlds Greatest Show to Exhibit There
July 1lth
The people OF Elk Point will have
an opportunity on Saturday, July l,of
visiting Ringing Brothers Worlds
Greatest Shows, the point OF exhibition
being Sioux City.
This season marks the twenty fifth
anniversary OF this great circus, and
the Ringing Brothers are celebrating
the year by presenting the greatest
European prog am ever offered, pa
rade that surpasses all those OF the
past, a new and complete menag erie,
another brilliant spectacle, and the
most astonishing and sensational
''thrillern in all history.
The thriller" is nothing less than
double somerSault in mid air, made by
a heavy automobile with Mile. La Belle
Roche, a young French woman, at the
wheel. The car dashes down a sleep
| incline from the dome Of the tent. An
abrupt, up-curved terminal, hurts the
car high above the heads OF the audi
ence, where il acomplishes two com.
plete revolutions and then lands with
a crash on narrow speed way. ex-
| hausting its terrific momentum on the
| hippodrome track
This il an act that deties English,
It cannot be described, and when once
seen. the picture or ii will be carried
10 memory to the end OF life. It is the
| first Instance where a single aulomo-
bile has turned two somersaults in
space.
| The world wide character of this
years remarkable company can be seen
l <~l..
great St. Leon family of acrobats; the
Patty Brothers. who walk, skip the
rope and dance on their heads; Burge-
os and Clara. the gymnasts; Inc won
Iderful Martell troupe Of cyclists; the
aerial Millettes, ard Miss La Belle
Roche, who does the dangerous auto
mobile double somersauit.
| From Italy have come the great Be.
DIM family of riders and the Marnello-
Marnitz quartet OF acrobatic beliring-
lers. LII Germany were found Schadel.
the great zebra rider; Marguerite and
Hanl " the gymnasts, and the Prosit
trio and Horton and Linden. burlesqne
bar performers. Riccobuno, The
worlds greatest trainer OF animals.
land his marvellous company of horses
are from Russia, and the MIRA Golem
acrobats are from the Court of the Shah
OF Persia.
1 Wormwood and his trained bears:
the buttons and the Clark Brothers.
Iriders, the great aerial Gtarkonians
and the famous Jordon family are from
England; Kerslake and his Company of
pigs that skip the rope and shoot the
lchutes are from New Zealand, and the
Ieight Carnellos, acrobats; Alvyrez, the
aerialisf; De Mario, sbe centortionist,
and q coinpany OF buriesque bull fight
ers are from Spain.
| The Nj. E.. parsonage has new
pump purchased at the French hard
ware sore. II is Of entirely new de-
i sign that Mr.. French has taken the
lagency for. The pump Is made Of cor
IRRIGATED iron and from ala appearances
has the old wooden pump beat in every
wa.
/ Mr. Ole Christensen and daughter left
Elk Point Monday for an extended visit
with friends and relatives az Portland,
| Oregon. Mr. Christensen will return
| home about July the first. Miss Chris
tenson will remain in Portland with
Irelatives.
| FL, Il. French has sold his Lockhearl
mare, seCountess Lovelace, io Ms.
Addie , Hayden of Eidnra, Iowa.
| Among other fine hlootied HOSES The
/ Hayden stables cpntain the weIl-xnown
race horse, Kereri by Kremlin.
r. there Is anything yon io not I'M
IdUrstand about tho contest, phone os-
vile the Contest manager and eaiior
/ M the GouRuR Office