May Festival Next Week With Theodore Thomas Orchestra
The May Musical Festival will be held in Mitchell starting Monday evening through Tuesday evening in May 2021. The Theodore Thomas orchestra joins a 100 voice chorus performing The Messiah led by Mrs Ryder-Kelsey and soloists Janet Spencer Edward Johnson and Herbert Witherspoon. E W Hobson trains the chorus from the Dakota Wesleyan Conservatory of Music for a finished performance with the orchestra arriving Sunday evening at 4 30.
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Mitchell
Theodore Thomas
Ryder-Kelsey
Janet Spencer
Edward Johnson
Herbert Witherspoon
S. E. W. Hobson
Dakota Wesleyan Conservatory of Music
Torowns Orhestra
May Musical Festival Opens With Noted Soloists
Obaspoitl train from Mt. Vernon Iowa brings crowds for a corn palace concert Monday evening. Leopold Kramer and Bruno Steindel headline violin and cello solos, Steindel famed internationally. Frederick Stock, succeeding Theodore Thomas, conducts the 15,000 dollar a year orchestra as the program promises strong attendance and artistic merit.
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Omaha Road
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
Corn Palace
Leopold Kramer
Bruno Steindel
Steindel
Frederick Stock
Theodore Thomas
Chicago
Orchestral Association
Europe
East
Stock
Thomas
Abe
Mitchell
Library Receives 22 Gift Volumes From Donors
The library acknowledges generous gifts from friends during the past six weeks totaling 22 volumes. Donors include Wowan's Christian Temperance and other supporters.
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Wowan
Christian Teimperance
Health the Prize Most Sought For
The ad touts Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills as a remedy to restore blood and energy. It promises renewed strength, complexion glow, and relief from fatigue, headaches, and despondency, costing 60 cents per box from dealers or the Buffalo company.
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A. W. Chase
A. W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Ladies Parade Battalion Proposed for Mitchell Meet
J B Wolgemuth, chairman of the parade committee for a traveling men's meet on June 21-22, calls for a Battalion of Lady Horse Back Riders in Mitchell. He orders riders to form four abreast with mounts in line and an escort, prefers astride riding, and asks citizens with autos or carriages to join in silk and bunting. He plans a musical parade and seeks participation details before his possible absence to the Black Hills.
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City of
Mitchell
Black Hills
J. B Wolgemuth
Committee On
Card of Thanks for Kindness at Daughters Death
The family of W. Dickson thanks the Odd Fellows Workmen and Degree of Honor for courtesies shown after the death of their little daughter. Gratitude is extended to neighbors and friends for aid in their time of sorrow.
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Odd Fellows
W. Dickson
Immigration surge tests labor market in St Louis
Immigrants arriving at over 100000 monthly strain the labor market as demand still exceeds supply. The Globe-Democrat notes the change would have astonished readers a decade ago.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
May activities of the corps include flag fund and Jubilee plans
The group reports a successful May 3 supper to fund flags for east and south side public schools and aims to raise a silver offering for the G A R National Department at Saratoga Springs. The W R C marks its quarter century with celebrations and a banner offering, while floral and relief efforts proceed and Miss Chapman of Alexandria attends as Department Aide. Later note tells how Charles Brennan, aided by an Elk, secured a marriage license in Aberdeen with Jessie Cutten, and the ceremony was performed, leading to their move to the Red River valley.
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East
South Side
National Department of the
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Ransom Corps
Relief Committee
Miss Chapman
Alexandria
Clara A. Lukens
National
Aberdeen
Charles F. Brennan
Crookston
Minn
Brennan
Clerk of Courts
Heso
Bill
Elk helps stranger wed in Aberdeen encounter
An Elk fraternity tale from Aberdeen last week shows a stranger, an Eik, taking his sweetheart to the city to marry, illustrating the free-hearted, open-handed bond among members even when strangers to each other.
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Aberdeen
Civil Service Examination Implores Clerks and Carriers
Mitchell hosts a civil service exam on June 1 for clerk and carrier roles at the local post office. Higher salaries attract many applicants, with vacancies for Substitute clerk and Substitute carrier now. Apply at once to the local secretary, Chas. W. Boggs, at the post office.
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Mitchell
Chas. W. Boggs
How Times Have Changed
Philadelphia Record notes that veteran magnate J. J. Hill visited the White House but found the president at breakfast and received no interview. The piece recalls a time when the Hills were welcomed, while now recognition and access have given way to rancor and closed doors.
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Philadelphia
J. J. Hill
White House
West
Mitchell firm to start wholesale furniture sales in Pierre
Pierre capital journal reports a new wholesale furniture company in Mitchell plans to sell furniture from a building not yet completed. A carload was sold to a new house in Stanley County and several smaller orders shipped to Pierre as operations begin.
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Pierre Capital-Journal
Mitchell
Stanley County
Pierre
Selections from Tschaikowsky in Thomas Orchestra May Festival
The Theodore Thomas orchestra will perform the Andante from Tschaikowsky Symphony No 5 in a May Festival program. The article outlines the movement’s themes, key changes, and orchestration, and notes the piece’s historical context within Tschaikowsky’s 1886 to 1887 period.
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Theodore Thomas
Peter Iljitseh Pschaikowsky
Wotkinsk
St. Petersburg
Ischaikowsky
Orators and Athletes to Compete in South Dakota Events
South Dakota will host next week in Mitchell the big oratorical and athletic contests with six colleges: Huron Redfield Yankton Vermillion Brookings and Mitchell. Athletic preliminaries begin Wednesday morning and Vermillion’s return challenges Brookings, who had dominated since Vermillion left years ago.
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Brookings
Vermillion
Yankton
Howard Warren
The
New Orient
Redfield
Walter Loomis
James A. Garfield
Mitchell
George W. Norvell
Joan of Arc
Huron
William Smith
Brookines
Carl Reich
South Dakota
Athletic Association
Doan's Kidney Pills Claim Back Pain Cure
An advertisement from Foster Milburn Co touts Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney pain and backache. J C Burton of Deadwood South Dakota endorses the remedy after relief from symptoms following use. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents. agents listed as Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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J. C. Burton
Julia Street
Deadwood
South Dakota
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
New 1907 South Dakota Map Free Offer
The Capital arranged with E Frank Peterson publisher of Lake Andes to mail each subscriber a free 1907 pocket map upon receipt of five 1 cent stamps. The map is a regular 25 cent edition showing new towns and railroads. Send requests with five stamps to Peterson at Lake Andes, SD, noting subscriber status.
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E. Frank Peterson
South Dakota
Lake Andes
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Sherman
Messiah
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Corps of Mitchell
Brother Elk
Dr. A. W. Chast Cine Co
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Thomas Orchestra
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