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0 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? e-edition | subscribe | newsletter | deals Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » NEWS NOW Medford woman gets probation for hash oil explosion that damaged home ... Arson suspected in at least 14 central Oregon wildfires ... Jacksonville center has a new name, more than half the money needed to expand ... Medford woman gets probation for hash oil explosion that damaged home ... Arson suspected in at least 14 central Oregon wildfires ... Jacksonville center has a new name, more than half the money needed to expand ... Mail Tribune 100: Aug. 21, 1916 The following news items were drawn from the archives of the Mail Tribune 100 years ago Comment MailTribune.com Writer Posted Aug. 21, 2016 at 12:01 AM Posted Aug. 21, 2016 at 12:01 AM » Social News Aug. 21, 1916 BARNUM'S CIRCUS HERE SEPTEMBER 11 ONE PERFORMANCE "Hold your horses, the elephants are coming!" The giddiest, gayest, grandest, glitteringest galaxy in the whole wide, wonderful world is trekking this way and will spread its acres of tents here on Monday, September 11, for one performance only, Saturday at 10 a.m. If one doesn't infer from this that reference is made to the Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth the publicity man will regard the case as hopeless. The first advertising car is in this city today and more than a score of experts are spreading with tack and hammer and paste and brush the flaming lithographic tidings of the approach of the big traveling amusement institution. They are under the direction of Arthur E. Diggs, a well-known circus advertising specialist. This is the innovation of novelty this year, the greatest of all seasons. More railroad cars are required to transport the show, bigger tents are raised, more area is needed to accommodate the show than ever before. In fact, the circus has reached a point where it is the despair of many of the smaller railroads and taxes their facilities to the limit, for eighty-nine cars are needed to convey the gigantic canvas vagrant from town to town. There's material enough in this year's circus to make a dozen circuses of the old days. A "big top" 680 feet long, nearly 1,500 employees, three rings, four elevated platforms, acres of aerial apparatus, a 108-cage menagerie, 750 horses, forty elephants, a street parade three miles long! The stereotyped "grand entree," with which the circuses were content to open their program for many years, has been permanently eliminated from the Barnum & Bailey tournament. This season the entertainment is inaugurated by the spectacle, "Persia — or, the Pageants of the Thousand and One Nights." TABLE ROCK TABLETS We are pleased to report that D. W. Beebe, who is suffering with a severe attack of white swelling, is some better at this writing. MailTribune.com Writer Posted Aug. 21, 2016 at 12:01 AM » Comment or view comments Reader Reaction » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. Southern Oregon Directory Featured Businesses Loading... Business Name address Location, ST | website.com Find Southern Oregon Attractions Bars Restaurants Beauty Salons Entertainment Doctors Medical Specialists Contractors Education Lawn Services Lawyers Shopping Travel Tanning Used Cars Wedding Services ▼ Add your business here + Events Calendar Connect with MailTribune.com Facebook Twitter RSS Back to top Reader Services Reader Services Home Subscriptions Subscriber controls Contact us Submissions Photos Events Letters to the editor Corrections Announcements Obituaries Story ideas Since you asked Alerts Email Alerts RSS Feeds Text Alerts Advertise Media Kit Home Products and services Ad rates Advertising contacts Propel Marketing Mail Tribune Daily Tidings The Nickel Shop Our Valley Blogs Mobile Site Stay Informed Email newsletter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. Your privacy is important, read our privacy policy. © Copyright 2016 Local Media Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Local Media Group Publications Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license, except where noted. MailTribune.com | P.O. Box 1108, Medford, OR 97501