The Welsh Brothers Circus, which was scheduled to perform in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on Monday, August 23, 1915, as noted in the above newspaper advertisement of August 13, 1915, Lykens Standard, had to cancel due to flooding on the Reading Railroad tracks west of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania:
From the Lykens Standard, August 27, 1915:
Welsh Brothers circus was unable to exhibit here on Monday on account of the rain flooding the tracks of the Reading Railroad between Tower City and this place, thus cutting off traffic on that line. They showed at Tower City Tuesday.
The poster advertisement described the circus as follows:
COMING BY SPECIAL TRAIN
WELSH BROTHERS NEWEST GREAT RAILROAD SHOWS
ROYAL IMPERIAL JAPANESE CIRCUS, GOLIATHIC MUSEUM AND COMBINED TRAINED ANIMAL EXPOSITION
THE MOST STUPENDOUS ARENIC REVIEW EVER OFFERED IN ONE RING
500 — EXTRORDINARY FEATURES AND STRANGE SIGHTS — 500
HUGE WATER-PROOF TENTS, SEATS FOR FOUR THOUSAND PERSONS, NO BETTER SHOW WILL VISIT HERE THIS SEASON
WILL EXHIBIT AT
LYKENS MONDAY AUGUST 23
The Largest Popular Price
Circus in the World
We have dispensed with our extensive Free Street Parade, reduced the price of admission and enlarged the Show, giving you the best money can produce.
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