Graves of soldiers strewn with flowers on Decoration Day
Comrades honor fallen soldiers as graves receive floral tributes on Decoration Day. The memory of the dead is revered, with ceremonies and somber reflection across cemeteries.
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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1910
Page
7
Comrades honor fallen soldiers as graves receive floral tributes on Decoration Day. The memory of the dead is revered, with ceremonies and somber reflection across cemeteries.
For the first time in years the Decoration Day parade proceeds under favorable weather. Gen Wolgemuth leads Spanish American War veterans and G A R marchers from Main and First to Graceland cemetery with bands, carriages, and schoolchildren in a solemn observance at the unknown soldier monument.
An old advertisement cites a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It asserts personal endorsement by Walding Kinnan and Marvin, wholesale druggists of Toledo Ohio, claiming the remedy acts directly on the blood and tissues and is sold by all druggists alongside Hall's Family Pills.
W H Turneaure declares he was born in Pennsylvania and lived in Illinois before moving to Mitchell South Dakota in 1882. A Civil War veteran and former schoolteacher, he seeks the county clerk post, promises to serve four years, and notes opponents S Cattrell and Frank Purdy.
An angry Mississippi subscriber stormed into a newspaper office and compelled the editor to eat the offending editorial copy. The incident highlights tensions between readers and editorial pages in local press circles.
Mitchell reader testimonials claim Doan's Kidney Pills cured years of kidney pain and swelling, with a Lawler Street resident reporting rapid relief after using a box bought at Diehl & Browns Drug Store. Price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo is US sale agent. Remember the name.
The Daily Republican proposes a Mitchell bargain day on Wednesday June 15 with merchants urged to advertise specials. Merchants must submit copy by Monday June 6 with ads running in the daily and weekly editions. The plan includes a big turnout and cooperative publication efforts.
Wheat prices listed for June 1 in Mitchell trade with No 2 wheat at 86 cents and No 3 at 84. Velvet chaff at 85, No 2 at 83, flax $1.85, oats 28 cents, corn 42, barley 40. Chicago cattle receipts 15,500 steady with beeves 5.70 to 8.50, hogs 23,000 slow at 9.40 to 9.50, sheep 18,000 weak 3.50 to 5.30. Sioux City cattle 1,500 steady with slight decline, hogs 7,600 steady to 5 cents lower top 9.40, bulk 9.25 to 9.35.
Yankton South Dakota Yankton college will graduate in June what will be its largest class ever with 14 members. The 14 graduates include C. A. Alseth winner of the state oratorical contest at Huron giving the college its seventh first place in 21 years of state contests. HE. T. Best, Anna B. Donner,
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