Corn Belt Exposition Ladies Organize Work Club
About thirty Mitchell women met at the Commercial Club to form a coordinating group for decorating the Exposition building. Officers named are President Mrs F M Hammer, Vice President Mrs Geo A Silsby, Secretary Mrs J IX Smith, and Treasurer Mrs R T Robinson. They plan to divide tasks for lighter burdens and maintain prior success.
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Mitchell
Commercial Club
Exposition Building
Ff. M. Hammer
Geo. A. Silsby
J. IX. Smith
R. T. Robinson
Corn Belt Exposition to Show South Dakota Corn Output
Chairman Burns planted good seed in Chicago as the Corn Belt Exposition comes to Mitchell from Sept. 27 to Oct. 6. Twenty six counties will exhibit corn, proving South Dakota can compete with western states in corn while Mitchell serves as a gateway to homesteaders near the Sioux reservation land.
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Chicago
Dakotas
America
South Dakota
Illinois
Iowa
Mitchell
Sioux Reservation
Exposition Plans Include Indian Wedding Ceremony
Mitchell Exposition committee has set Traveling Man's day for September 30 with J T Morrow H Jay Cook Joe Wood H G Jeffreys Ed Leehan M Jacquemai and G H Rew in charge. An Indian wedding ceremony staged by Rev P J DeLooria is planned as a festival novelty with details to be announced later.
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Messrs
J. T. Morrow
H. Jay Cook
Joe Wood
H. G. Jeffreys
Ed. Leehan
M. Jacquemai
G. H. Rew
Exposition Committee
Yankton Agency
Jeffreys
Episcopal Church
Tipi Sa Ma
P. J. DeLooria
Ladies invited to Commercial Club for interior planning
The article invites the ladies to meet at the Commercial Club rooms on Monday at 4 PM to confer with Mr Roche on interior arrangements. The committee aims for more equitable work distribution and relies on public spirit. Lighting contract with Mitchell Electric Light Co adds 20 arc lights and 40 colored incandescents, surpassing last year’s 13 arc lights.
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Commercial Club
Roche
Mitchellectric Light Co
Mitchell Corn Palace preparations and soldiers' gathering planned
A regional notice details A H Daniels issuing a general order inviting old soldiers and families to Mitchell on October 4 and 5 for exposition events. It notes interior work, new uniforms for the Corn Belt Band, decorating underway, and enhanced seating for concerts. Local papers discuss county exhibits and local participation for the Mitchell Corn Palace and related fairs.
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A. H. Daniels
G. A
Mitchell
Ben Davis
Roche
LeMars Drives Ahead With Big Auto Races Week
LeMars hosts a week of major sport September 11 12 13 14 15 with nearly 400 entries from Arkansas Kentucky to Oregon. Purses total 25000 on a new mile track costing about 30000. Four races daily including an Iowa stallion race for 1000 with eleven fast entries.
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LeMars Driving Club
Arkansas
Kentucky
Oregon
West
Iowa
Pension Suspended For Veteran Farmer After Long Service
After twenty eight years A G Pringle, a pioneer farmer and veteran, began drawing a pension of four dollars a month in 1865. His pension later rose to eight dollars. When his last quarter's payment was due July 1 it did not arrive and a department reply cited suspension without reason.
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A. G. Pringle
Riot at Spanish bullring and Basque crowd violence in 1890s report
In Saragossa a riot followed a dull bull fight as spectators attacked the ring and set fire to materials, then fought police with swords until reinforcements dispersed the mob. In San Sebastian a Basque crowd rioted at a promenade concert, stoning police and the hotel housing Prime Minister Sagusia, troops firing into the crowd killed two rioters and wounded several others.
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Maprio
Saragossa
Lowg Ring
San Sebastian
Guipuzcoa
Senor Sagusia
Small riot halts Denver sewer work after pay dispute
In Denver on August 29, a clash erupted when workers resumed on North Side sewers over pay. Strikers demanding 1.75 per day attacked those in the trench. police made three arrests. Work paused but to resume under police guard. Separately, New York reports Panama predicts Nicaragua will see a new revolution within two weeks with talks of bringing General Sacaza to help overturn Zelaya before September 15.
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Denver
Srna
New York
The
Herald
Panama
Nicaragua
General Plazas
Sacaza
Zelaya
Marriage of Miss Howard to Mayor Harrison Planned
New Orleans dispatch reports Frank Howard, brother of Annie Howard, announced the marriage of Miss Annie Howard to Chicago Mayor Carter H. Harrison. The ceremony is set for the latter part of September at the Howard family summer home in Biloxi Mississippi on the Gulf coast.
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New York
the Times
New Orleans
Frank Howard
Annie Howard
In Bishop Martys Defense
Forty priests of Bishop Marty's diocese in Sioux Falls issue a synod resolution praising his character and denouncing defamatory articles. They demand ecclesiastical legal action against the perpetrators, asserting continence, virtue, and unity within the diocese.
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Marty
Father Haire
Aberdeen
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
List of uncalled letters at Mitchell post office
The weekly closing list ending August 26 1893 names uncalled letters for Berkley Will Canterbury Mary two Carney John Downs Harry H Downs Mr H DeGarmo Mr A three Jones Mr E G Klimmerk William Medlow P W Ness Matilda Pearl Miss Ollie Pennell Mr Harry Reed Mamie Thomas Matt Tosh George Tomley Miss Mamie Truman PC Walker George Wier Charley Yost J W. If not claimed in two weeks they go to the dead letter office. J W BEATTIE P M
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Mitchell
Berkley
Will Canterbury
Mary
Josiah Quincy Resigns as Assistant Secretary of State
A Boston dispatch reports Josiah Quincy sent a letter to President Cleveland tendering his resignation as assistant secretary of state. He was viewed as the only Democrat who could lead the next state campaign.
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Gresham
New York
the Times
Boston
Josiah Quincy
Cleveland
Quincy
Ormonde
California
W. O.B. McDonough
Elizabeth
Palace Horse
Fire wrecks Baltimore and Ohio freight depot at McKeesport
A large iron freight depot in McKeesport Pennsylvania was destroyed by fire. The blaze reportedly started from matches left among household goods and caused total loss of the structure and its contents.
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McKeesfort
Baltimore and Ohio
Bargain Line Opens at Gillis with Wide Stock
C W Gillis announces daily arrivals of goods including shirts, collars, hosiery, shoes, and a $2,000 underwear stock all paid for. He highlights low prices, “Quick Sales and Small Profits,” and specials on flannels, dress goods, shirts, and silk fabrics with tables marked for closeout prices.
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Justin
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