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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1914
Page
8
Market brief reports cattle and sheep prices with ranges for cows, heifers, calves, bulls, and feeders. Grain prices listed for wheat, oats, barley, corn, and rye with Minneapolis cash close figures and assorted class estimates.
Mitchell's fall festival draws over 3,000 by auto with an estimated 700 cars in surrounding areas. The Corn Palace program features Ferullo and band, Mme Merle Tillotson Alcock, and Maude Silsby Nichols with strong encores as crowds fill balconies and main floor. Judge Prof. Dick Lewalleng begins exhibits competition between counties, with a tight race among Jerauld Fagen and others.
Vermilion hosts State College in a rivalry game that could shape South Dakota football this season. The Coyotes under Coach A J Cortright have shown form while State College, a strong contender with nine seasoned players, has dominated in past meetings. The matchup fits into a tough schedule with Nebraska Minnesota Notre Dame and North Dakota to follow.
A Davison County fair exhibit by P H Kelley and son Will features a rotating central stand of top vegetables including tomatoes cauliflower peppers carrots cabbage and potatoes. The display emphasizes giant onions a tobacco leaf panel and unique grain sheaves with pumpkins beets and other produce arranged around a semicircle to attract visitors.
A fragment notes that the Twelfth Cavalry at Fort Meade was moved toward Texas amid Mexican tensions and expected to return here soon, with timing and destinations unclear due to OCR damage.
The National Commission fixed the opening games Philadelphia October 9 and 10 between the Philadelphia Americans and Weene ton Nationals, with games in Boston October 12 and 13 and October 16 if needed. Umpires Klem Byron Dinnen and Hildebrand listed. Boston won the pennant with a 3 to 2 victory over Chicago after a tense ninth inning.
London reports Colonel Gordon of the Gordon Highlanders, aide to King George, believed prisoner in Germany twice previously, health unclear. British officials and the American ambassador James W. Gerard coordinated a cautious notification amid conflicting accounts from regimental sources.
The catalog highlights novelty suits with new materials colors and tunics. It features genuine kid gloves in long and short styles for street or party wear and notes strong values in waists and blouses plus new pink corsets with white lace. Wraps include straight-line semi-fitted and cape coats with rich fabrics and abundant dresses offer broad variety. Prices stress rising material costs and limited future availability.
Partial OCR reads that mention teams and players Harmon Schang O Toole Wiltse Schupp Meyers and teams Pittsburgh New York indicating a game summary. No clear date or full context available.
In the American League Springfest Cleveland topped Chicago ten to four. Dillinger and Hagerman batted as part of Cleveland’s win while Fab er and Mayer led Chicago. Detroit fell to St. Louis three to two with Pratt Walker Clemens and Kauffman keying the Cardinals win.
Fragmentary lines show varied scores and team names from Baltimore to Indianapolis and Buffalo to Kansas City. The text mixes numbers and city names without a coherent game result or date.
A London letter from September 4 by an RFC officer describes a reconnaissance flight over the eastern Paris region. He recalls shells bursting below at 5,000 feet and implies a decisive battle with heavy fighting likely to continue, while German guns retaliate.
Residents report a wave of thefts in White Lake, with thieves leaving little trace and authorities urging vigilance. The pattern suggests organized activity as local property losses rise and community safety questions mount.
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