Mitchell Corn Palace plans include theater and 5000 seat option
A Mitchell Corn Palace committee proposes a permanent building costing at least 75000 with ground, seating 4500 to 5000, and possibly a theater. Plans include three exterior exhibition bays, a 40 foot stage, and space for a 500 person assembly room, aiming to finish by 1915 expo time.
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City of
Mitchell
A. B. Hitchcock
Hitchcock
J. F. Anderson Lumber Company
Gale Theater
Corn Palace Committee
Weather Outlook for Iowa and Dakotas
Unsettled conditions in Iowa tonight and Thursday with possible local showers and warmer temperatures. North and South Dakota expect partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday with minimal temperature change.
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Iowa
North and
South Dakota
Coming Events This Month Across South Dakota
A roundup of upcoming events lists the State Firemen's Tournament in Parkston from June 15 to 19. The Knights of Pythias State Convention in Mitchell spans June 16 to 18, with Woonsocket hosting a Water Carnival June 17 to 19. Chautauqua events run in Mitchell June 15 to 19 and Parker June 24 to 28. Mitchell hosts Motor Races June 17 and 18, and the South Dakota Swine Breeders meeting in Mitchell June 18 and 19. Kimball, S D, marks a Fourth of July celebration to begin July.
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Parkston
Knights of Poythias
Mitchell
Woonsocket
Parker
Kimball
S. D
Youthful Detectives Aid Capture At Reform School
Plankinton South Dakota report says Henry Marso and Everitt Mead two local youths helped recapture two boy inmates at the reform school. They will receive ten dollar rewards from the state for their material aid in the capture.
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Plankinton
S. D
Henry Marso
Everitt Mead
Aurora County
South Dakota
Boy Sleuths Aid Capture of Reform School Escapees
Two twelve year old boy sleuths tailed fugitives from a reform school to a railroad culvert near their homes. The pair blocked outlets with rocks and a club until reform school cadets arrived to recapture the escapees, earning a standing state reward.
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Refrom School
Reform School
Rate decision on eastern railroads lowers hopes for flat rise
Washington dispatch reports the Interstate Commerce Commission will deny a flat 5 percent rate increase while allowing hikes from 1 to 5 percent on some commodities and delaying final findings for about a month. It warns this does not justify food or essential price increases and denounces railroads for a supposed conspiracy to push the 5 percent rise.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Chicago Herald
Interstate Commerce Commission
Funds assets are missing at La Salle Street Trust and Savings
Bank Examiner Daniel V. Harkin uncovers grave findings in the probe of the suspended La Salle Street Trust and Savings Bank led by former Senator Lorimer as investigations reveal serious deficiencies in the bank’s assets and condition.
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Chicago
Daniel V. Harkin
la Salle Street Trust and Savings Bank
Lorimer
Illinois Attorney General to review Harkin report in Chicago
The report details missing bonds and securities from a suspended bank. It notes a $50,000 McHie note recorded as $12,500 and collateral that disappeared. It also mentions $500,000 in Southern Traction bonds and advances to Lorimer Gallagher CC. R. Munday interests needing immediate AG attention.
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Chicago
P. J. Lacey
Harkin
W. H. McHie
McHie
Southern Traction Company
Lorimer-Gallagheri Company
CC. R. Munday
State of
Illinois
Hospital Ship Maine Runs Aground Off Scotland
The hospital ship Maine, donated to Britain by American women, ran aground in the Firth of Loren during fog on the Scottish coast. Many patients were aboard. they were evacuated by boats as other vessels answered wireless calls. The ship served in the South African war and later in China during the Boxer Rebellion.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Maine
Firth of Loren
Bernard M. Baker
Atlantic Transport Company
China
Ten Cars Enter for Race Events at the Speedway
Ten cars and twelve contests over two days at Hitchcock Park speedway with $1100 in prizes. National shows fastest half mile as “Bud” Jones drives the National. Haugdahl to enter both Ford motorcycles and a Ford auto. Track condition improved by morning showers. large turnout expected.
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Hitchcock Park
Mitchell
Bud” Jones
H. A. Walker
Mercer
Cole
Buick
Kansas City
Sig. Haugdahl
Edmunds
Salem
Sioux Falls
Madison
Pope
Markham
Dresselhuys
Weber
Hamilton
Haugdahl
Lyman
Walker
Ford
Gilbert
Fugle
Milton
National
Jones
Dlass
Income Tax Shortfall Hits Treasury Efforts
Washington, D. C. facing a likely small surplus, the treasury notes a $20,000,000 shortfall from the personal income tax and intensifies efforts to compel payment.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
New Federal Reserve Notes to Be Issued Soon
The Federal Reserve System plans to introduce new currency in the coming weeks. Twelve reserve banks will receive advances from the Federal Reserve Board in the form of Federal Reserve notes backed by commercial paper as collateral. Notes of 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 dollars feature portraits of Lincoln, Jackson, Grant and Franklin with designs reflecting agriculture, commerce, industry, and the arts.
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Washington, D. C
Fede Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank Act
Reserve
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Joseph E. Ralph
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
McAdoo
Lincoln
Jackson
Grant
Franklin
Internal Revenue targets tax frauds and source deductions
The department expands audits and enforces penalties as 400 new assistants pursue fraudulent returns. Circular No 1 requires corporations to disclose stockholders and salaries under nine heads, aiming to tax at the source and curb crypto misreports, while warning of fines up to 1000 dollars and jail.
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Internal Revenue Office
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Aberdeen
Order
Mitchell Knights of Pythias
C. W. Felton
Felton
Knights
Elks’ Hall
J. B. Platt
Clark, S. D
Wilson
G. W. Wilson
M. F. Healey
T. M. Simmons
Robert Burns
Charles Weller
E. J. Black
A. L. Kinkeade
Huron
C. W. Johnston
Dwight Coursey
Melissa Walworth
George Ferguson
Grand Lodge
BE. M. Benedict
Milbank
Episcopal Church
Pythian Home Committee
Knights of Pythias
Des Moines Register and Leader
Lorimer’s Bank
Charles N. Herreid
The
Hollister
Scallin Bros
Associated Press
Republican
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