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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1905
Page
8
A huge Mitchell turnout packed the Corn Palace with an afternoon and evening program. The Banda Rossa and the Resurrection of Christ sequence drew strong applause despite Signor Sorrentino’s absence due to illness.
A Thursday evening concert drew more than the average crowd with enthusiastic response to Mons Quesnel. He sang a tenor aria from La Gioconda with strong high tones and sweet finish. The performance, praised throughout the week, prompted an encore despite his lack of preparation. Signor Missa led the band, delivering bold Prophete excerpts with artistic tone.
A Friday crowds swell at the city event as Sioux City and Milwaukee line send nine coaches, Alexandria and Woonsocket close schools for children to tour the corn palace, plus Ethan's schools closing for the day.
Large crowds filled the palace galleries with few seats left on the lower floor. Banda Rossa offered an excellent program led by Parsifal’s The March of the Knights of the Holy Grail. Miss Bonsall sang Because with strong encore. Maud Sillsy-Nichols accompanied. City program promises strong turnout tonight.
The audience roared with applause after each selection at the Corn Palace Friday night. Mendelssohn Wedding March opened a rich program with strong readings and a noted harp solo by Sig Fanelli. Tenor Mons. Quesnel received warm acclaim for Adieu Marie with Maude Silsby Nichols on piano.
A patriotic program opened with a stirring number and closed with The Resurrection of Christ. The Friday night audience filled about 75 percent of seating on both doors, and crowds this season surpassed old building capacity by over 25 percent.
A Saturday rain dampened a large turnout drawn by a Milwaukee Road special from Platte with 15 coaches and about 1300 people. The Parkston band led the southbound delegation while north and west trains also carried many passengers, adding extra coaches for comfort as visitors arrived for the palace’s closing day.
A vivid ad extols a football hero who battles dirt and bruises. It promotes Cole's Gartoli salve as a quick cure for cuts burns and bruises claiming no scars and urging readers to buy from ail druggists.
A medical note links dizziness and swimming head sensation with fullness dull pain and nervous sickness to possible apoplexy or paralysis, signaling a serious health warning and urging caution for neurological symptoms.
An advertisement touts Dr A W Chase Nerve Pills as a cure for dizziness and vertigo caused by nervous exhaustion. It cites a testimonial from KE Smith of Troy New York claiming rapid complete relief and recommends buying 50c boxes from local dealers Scallin Bros Mitchell and S D.
A reminiscence from a social gathering recalls Isadore Rush and Roland Reed performing witty ad libs during scenes. Reed feigns pinning a hat with a ship’s name, prompting Rush to respond with a sharp line about a jay and her eye being a mirror. The anecdote ties to Rush’s recent drowning obituary reported by the New York Clipper.
A vintage advertisement urges cleansing the system with Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea priced at 35 cents. It claims the product will make you well and keep you well with Tea and Fablets from S. H. Scallin.
The famed fighter Robert Fitzsimmons advised his young son against boasting about his father. After a meeting with Jeffries the boy proudly told peers, “My father is champion of the world, he can lick any man living.” Fitzsimmons then privately warned, “Don’t you think you are getting too old to brag?”
A Boston Herald item recalls Keene New Hampshire Sheriff Ralph T Holt famed for opening talks with the phrase by the way He would rise in court declare Hear ye Hear ye then pause before shouting By the way God save the state in a memorable early session of the court of common pleas.
An immense Saturday crowd filled the Corn Palace with the lower floor and balcony packed. About 5,000 people attended the afternoon program as Banda Rossa played and Mons. Quesnel received a standing ovation for his tenor solo, accompanied by Maude Silsby-Nichols.
Police freed Henry Bradley his wife and a friend after their car was mobbed by about 50 men and boys at First and Main Street. The crowd attacked the women with lathes and the car was followed by an extra night officer who fired shots before arresting the parties, with witnesses saying the hoodlums were the real aggressors.
A reader describes a persistent facial ulcer from a wart like sore that worsened and bled until using a remedy labeled 8.8. 545. After several bottles the lesion shrank and stopped discharging, with full healing reported.
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