An article in the Daily News published Aug. 5, 1921, tells of how a wealthy Bowling Green businessman gave the children at Potter Children’s Home a special treat.

The children, guests of Mr. and Mrs. John M. James, manager of the local Stock Exchange, were taken “by auto” to the Walter L. Main Circus and a special party was thrown in their honor. The Jameses saw to it that the children were given every circus luxury, including peanuts and lemonade.

– “Way Back When in Warren County” is compiled by researchers at the Warren County Public Library and appears twice weekly in the Bowling Green Daily News. For more information about the library, visit warrenpl.org.