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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1902
Page
8
Mitchell crowds visit the corn palace week as Col J M Greene and Aurora Brule county delegates boost support. Visitors include Mrs Grace Edson from Mason City and Col Greene promoting the day, while the Elks draw prizes in Sioux City and bands add street entertainment.
Rev Thomas McClary from Chicago will lecture at the corn palace building Sunday morning on Sunshine in Labor. The program includes Episcopal choir music. admission is 25 cents. City residents and visitors are urged to attend in large numbers, with no Sunday excursion trains to Mitchell for the event.
A physician warns against drinking too much ice water while a patient laments the rising ice bill. The scare is noted as a possible health issue, though the speaker focuses on the financial burden rather than medical risk. The quip, from Puck, frames the joke around self-inflicted perils of indulgence.
The Exposition highlights maternal and infant health with Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Mrs. W. J. Kidder testifies to improved health during pregnancy after twelve bottles and following guidance, noting an easy confinement and a healthy baby boy. The 1008 page People's Common Sense Medical Adviser is offered free with mailing costs.
A large Aurora and Brule county delegation arrived in Mitchell by Milwaukee Road train, with 800-plus western townspeople joining a city crowd. The day featured parades, bands, and a full afternoon of street entertainment, contortionists, bicycle acts, juggling, and a long concert at the corn palace by DeBaugh’s band.
The day was ideal with warm sun and no wind as the Chamberlain and Indian bands played on the streets. The crowd enjoyed the corn palace and street attractions, praising the music as among the best ever seen in the city.
The Mitchell Methodist group traveled to Madison for the annual state church conference. Attendees include Presiding Elder and Mrs Hager President Graham Rev T H Youngman Rev R N Kratz Rev A E Carhart and others. Bishop Joyce will preside as the conference opens with expectations of a large attendance. Dr Youngman will report on Mitchells last quarter and President Graham will outline the universitys new building and its construction progress. Several towns seek the 1903 meeting as a notably important Methodism event.
The Mitchell post office closes the week ending October 3 1902 with a list of uncalled letters. Names include Miss Myrtle Austin Miss Cloe Barrows Miss Lincoln Collyer Mary Cook F E Devitt John Dunlap Mrs George B Hall P H Judge Joseph McClure O W McDermott Fred Pace Miss Avis Quinn Wm Ed Torode Miss Mable Williams Miss Jennie Williams Miss Winnie Winter Mrs L M When calling please say advertised If not claimed in two weeks they will be sent to the dead letter office.
A quotation from the Atlanta Constitution contrasts beliefs within the Black community about happiness and toil. It contrasts hustling to seek earthly happiness with resting in the shade and eating watermillions, reflecting racial and social attitudes of the era.
Convict No. 151 argues that talk of inventions harming labor is nonsense. He cites a patent burglar alarm as the cause of his five years at hard labor, a claim noted by the Indianapolis Sun.
Forty million seed packages will be sent by the agriculture department next year to farmers on lists from senators and representatives. The program aims for billions of seeds weighing about 1,000 tons, with contractors replaced by department purchases. Each congressional member receives 12,000 seed packages plus 1,000 novelty and 1,000 flower seed packages, amid broader coverage of new lay plans and policies at the federal level.
A collage of brief notes reports a teacher shortage in England, London’s acres, first ambulance for disabled animals, lack of a horticultural hall, plans to mint gold two pound pieces, rail expansion in the Scottish highlands linked to depopulation, Suffolk farmers battling sparrows with a Wickham Market club reporting over 8 500 birds killed, smallpox airborne, and hospital ships near the Thames with disease present in Essex despite no contact.
A humorous quip from the Washington Star features a sharp businessman who laments a missing comma on a shop sign. The exchange pivots on precise language and missed financial potential, contrasting a modest fortune with imagined billions.
A dialogue fragment contrasts a seller’s praise of a house with wardrobes in nearly every room against a skeptical buyer who questions the value of closets. The Boston Transcript quotes a woman dismissing the villa as not worth while despite built in clothpresses and wardrobes.
A schoolboy tells a painter the sign needs punctuating, prompting a brief exchange as the painter asks for the points and the boy replies there are just a few. The playful vignette captures a moment of language detail on a Chicago Tribune page.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item recalls a comical hat miscue reported with wit. Citizens remark the hat earns laughter as observers note it is worn upside down.
A brief Indianapolis Sun item comments on Stubb Jones and his habit of bragging. It notes much of his boasting is inaccurate and jokes about needing a safe way to handle such bluster.
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