Mitchell to Hold Corn Palace in 1900 Big Event
Mitchell business leaders form executive committee to organize a corn palace for September 26 to October 4 1900. The plan follows the 1892 93 success with strong support from local merchants and railroads Milwaukee and Omaha lines pledged aid including potential extra excursion trains to draw crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
VanAlstine
C. W. Downey
D. A. Mizener
Davison
Iowa
South Dakota
Emil Becker
Geo. A. Johnston
W. J. Healey
J. N. Crow
N. L. Davison
L. O. Gale
Will Harker
C. E. Vermilyesa
C. C. Bras
Samuel Webber
S. H. Scallin
Frank Weller
Chas. Ferguson
T. C. Burns
L. Beckwith
O. L. Branson
A. E. Hitchcock
J. T. Morrow
Wm. Koch
E. B. VanAletine
Corn Palace
H. F. Hunter
Milwaukee Road
Chicago
Transportation Committee
Omaha
Milwaukee
Opening of the Corn Palace Work Discussed by Committee
The executive committee appointed a soliciting group led by D. A. Mizner A. B. Hager and D. W. Burright to raise funds for the Corn Palace opening set for September 26 to October 4. The piece notes prior years and urges liberal subscriptions to match the 1893 exhibit. Fred Bjordstrup did carpentry at the Commercial Savings Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Palace
D. A. Mizener
A. B. Hager
D. W. Burright
Fred Bjordstrup
Commercial Savings Bank
Local bicycle holdup ends with citizen arrest
John Gregory resisted a street holdup by a stranger who demanded his bicycle. G. C. Bras and Dr. Dix pursued and disarmed the assailant, later identified as Bob White. White was bound over to the circuit court on a bicycle theft charge with a revolver, held on $500 bond until the November term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gregory
West
John
G. C. Bras
Clarence
Bras
Dr. Dix
Omaha
Keith
Bob White
Justice McKinley
O.C. Thompson
D. E. Hitchcock
White
Sunday Morning Blaze Destroys Kelso Barn on Sanborn Street
A fire Sunday gutted Elder Kelso’s barn on Sanborn Street. Kelso’s gray horse was trapped inside and died. The buggy burned as the fire brigade struggled to haul hoses without drag teams. Spectators crowded the scene, hampering firefighters and drawing police cautions against crowd control, while a drag driver named Christian Booth fainted from heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elder Kelso
Sanborn Street
Mr. Kelso
Christian Booth
Department Boye
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