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Decoration Day parade plans and ceremonies outlined
Mitchell residents receive detailed instructions for Decoration Day activities. The procession stages are set along Main and First streets with participants from the Odd Fellows band South Dakota National Guard Spanish-American War Veterans Woman's Relief Corps Grand Army of the Republic and local schools. Ceremonies at Graceland and Catholic cemeteries will be followed by a speech at city hall by Dr Samuel F Kerfoot Dakota Wesleyan University President. In a separate note Leon Allison an 8 year old White resident saved himself from serious burns by rolling on the floor after gasoline ignited a stove he mistook for kerosene.
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Odd Fellows’ Band
Main Street
First Street
South Dakota National Guard
Shade
Frank Levings
Woman's Relief Corps
G. A.R. Hall
Grand Army of the Republic
Graceland
City Hall
Samuel F. Kerfoot
Dakota Wesleyan University
J. B. Wolgemuth
Leon Allison
White