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Evolution of the Circus (Continued from page 18)
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SHOWS WILL OPEN APRIL 15TH, AT SCRANTON, PA.
T will furnish FREE Winter Quarters all that-ship now. =
S. SOLOMON,
SOL’S UNITED SHOWS
NOW BOOKING: SHOWS, RIDING DEVICES and CONCESSIONS
FOR SEASON OF 1918
--Address-‘ P.-0. Box 273, Scranton, Pa.
GEO. ROGERS
Midget Samson
_ MARGARET
“Our Baby”
MRS.
WITH
NEIL H. AUSTIN'S LITTLE 4-IN-1
(A Show With “Some System”) A Xmas_and a Bappy New Pear to All
WINTER HOME JACKSONVILLE, FLA..
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GEO. ROGERS
Tiny Mother
CLOSED OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL SEASON
H. F. MAYMES
ORIGINATOR OF
Mars, Over the Falls and
Witching Waves Mechanical Shows
With Johnny J. Jones’ Exposition past three seasons. -1918 Show now in process of construction.
Per: address, GAINES, PA.
“THE SEASON’S GREETINGS” TO OUR MANY PATRONS
THE FLORIDA ALLIGATOR FARM,
Jacksonville, Fla.
Young Alligator Joe’s Place
DECEMBER 22, 1917
‘the childres, and to enjoy above all | children’s intense delight.”*
‘To “Uncle AI" Ringling ls due the gratitude of America’s childhood. It waa his creative mind that glimpsed the value.of clean, instract.
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We are not selected. The dear Public handles the chute and plays no favorites. ‘We just sort of select ourselves, and if we wind up im what we think is the wrong bia we ‘may curse our miserable lost opportuaity, Dut | tere we are and we aré geaerally there because |we were so small in some dimension that we | geet could wot neip ‘slipping thru, ad, brother ‘Sbowmen, Dear this in mind as you travel {down the chute of experience, near.the beginning the ‘crowd may be so great that there eeems so
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