Mitchell Corn Palace closes after grand final night crowd
Mitchell ends its corn palace season with a large crowd on closing night. Confetti floods Main Street as Parker Band serenades Banda Rossa director Signor Sorrentino. Dr. Dundas presents carnations, while Banda Rossa and local acts perform. Audience cheers as Star Spangled Banner closes a financially successful event.
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Corn Palace
Mitchell
Parker Band
Banda Rossa
Signor Sorrentino
Parker
Mendelssohn
R. F. Dundas
Carmien
Signor Bottega
C. C. Halphide
Hayes and Healey
Jack Bureh
Dr. Dundas
Banda Rossu
Departure of the Banda Rossa on Milwaukee Road tour
Signor and Mrs. Sorrentino along with the Banda Rossa left Friday for Osceola Iowa for a one night concert and will resume the tour. Mrs. Sorrentino heads to New York and plans a winter in Italy while Signor Sorrentino finishes his soap on December 13 and performs in New York this winter. The band earned wide applause in Mitchell and the corn palace lists dates with the group for a possible return next year.
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Signor
Corn Palace
Faulk County Claimed First Prize Over Davison
A statement signed by C Moulton Faulkton asserts Faulk county won top prize over Davison at the state fair. The claim notes judge figures given at the awards were binding and that Davison county accepted the outside reports as true. Davison county exhibited at Yankton to foster friendly ties with neighboring city.
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Argus Leader
Davison County
Yankton
Cottage Move Sparks Mitchell Growth Bid
Woonsocket reports rapid urban expansion as E C Tooley arranges to move his compact frame cottage from Seventh Street to Mitchell to attend school. The nine by fourteen foot structure, veneered with steel siding, will stay on wheels and could return home if Mitchell fails to win.
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Woonsocket News
Woonsocket
E. C. Tooley
Seventh Street
Mitchell
Carnegie Library Opening In Mitchell Traced To Carnegie Gift
Public inspection of the new Carnegie Library in Mitchell drew many visitors Monday. Librarian Bracy welcomed guests as plans were outlined for cataloging books and future purchases funded by the Carnegie grant and city maintenance funds.
Woman's Library Association Forms in 1903
May 1902 a sum was tendered to the committee. Two months later 32 city children staged a drama under Miss Ana Smith for library benefit, contributing 87 dollars. Feb 5 1903 the Woman's Library Association organized with officers elected and acting. It has since held three entertainments and, with Dr. Dix's gift and the children's show, its treasury reaches 761.10.
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Ana Smith
Woman’s Library Association
H. Sealith
Geo. H. Re
Mitchell festival praised by Sioux City club official
A. A. Wild, commissioner of the Sioux City Commercial Club, thanks L. O. Gale of Mitchell for the cordial reception during the Corn Belt exposition visit on Tuesday. He notes Mitchell's festival success and expresses hope for reciprocity in the near future. Sioux City Iowa, Oct. 2, 1903.
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L. O. Gale
Corn Palace
A. A. Wild
Sioux City
Mitchell
Iowa
State Exhibit chosen for St Louis fair by Huron official
H A Warner of Woonsocket appointed to assemble county and corn palace exhibits for the state display. Materials from Yankton and Mitchell corn palace samples will be shipped to St Louis with wire screened boxes to protect against pests. Donations from counties bolster the exhibit while decoration work for the St Louis corn palace building may be handled by A Roche. Arthur Smith visits typhoid fever illness with several others in the city.
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Yankton
H. A. Warner
Woonsocket
State Commission
Warner
Corn Palace
Mitchell
St. Louis
A. Roche
Republican
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