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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1905
Page
6
The postal service confirms Rural Route No 4 from Mitchell will start Monday Oct 16 with a yearly salary of 720 dollars for the carrier. Route covers 2844 miles and serves 510 people across Badger and Beulah townships, with 102 households. Additional routes near Mitchell to begin Sept 15 are pending carrier appointments.
Northern central and southern counties push to exhibit at the Corn Palace as the fall event draws crowds. Demand exceeds space as Chairman Smith tries to fit as many counties as possible and counties cover exhibit costs for prime placement. Emmet Dowdell of Artesian notes Sanborn County received top advertising value from the display.
The text notes Mitchell's corn palace will showcase exhibits across multiple years. It states this year’s displays should be strong and counties will receive ample space for their boards and displays.
At a Saturday meeting of the corn palace committee a north side addition is approved to the ongoing structure. The 29 by 56 foot addition will extend the stage to 36 feet deep with an apron before the drop curtain to ensure full view from all seats. An artist from Minneapolis will visit to take dimensions and gather scene ideas.
The Worthen township farm residence of C. W. Brown in Hanson County burned Saturday afternoon at 4 o clock from a defective flue. The house and contents were ruined except for an organ and a sewing machine saved by Mrs. Brown. The couple’s insurance with Hanson County Insurance Co. was $550. Mrs. J. K. Smith left Tuesday for Liscomb Iowa to visit her mother.
Reported hobo activity in Milwaukee yards includes robberies and fights. Four men were arrested after two men were robbed at gunpoint. Arthur Johnson admitted drunkenness and was fined twenty dollars and jailed twenty days. More stringent measures urged as hobos spread into Mitchell and residence areas. Mrs. Geo H Miner returned from Chamberlain to visit her daughter.
R. O. Richards of Mitchell completes a fine two thousand acre ranch near Forestburg in Sanborn County. The multilevel country home, cost about 7500 dollars, features artesian wells, extensive barns, alfalfa fields, irrigation, and an artificial lake attracting ducks and bass. Richards, president of Richards Trust Co., notes the place pays about six percent and has rejected a 70000 dollar offer.
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