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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1900
Page
11
The Corn Palace project progresses with Mr Robe directing decorators as workers and volunteers, especially women, prep decorations and space allocations. The stage is enlarged eight feet due to the low roof, allowing the band more room for upcoming attractions as John Roth cuts corn for display.
The article notes increased effort to promote the corn palace from Sept 26 to Oct 4 with new cuts and wider advertising led by W J Healey. Phinney’s band will provide nine days of concerts, while decorators adjust designs for absent red corn and a large crew works on the building as booths by women’s groups take shape.
Railroads Milwaukee and Omaha will offer one fare round trips to the Corn Palace event in Mitchell and may run special trains on peak days for Chamberlain Aberdeen Yankton Sioux Falls and nearby towns. Excursion tickets to western points from Oct 2 will aid homeseekers and draw visitors as Hanson and Hutchinson counties reserve space for county exhibits.
Visitors who view the corn palace several times daily express favorable impressions of the hurried decorative work and its evolving display.
The article notes rapid decoration work for the palace with over 150 ladies aiding, designs forming daily in vacant rooms, and booths assigned under leadership that includes Miss Cora Miner and D. Burnside directing a drill of 48 young ladies. It also mentions Mr. Gale and W. J. Healey promoting attractions and newspaper advertising, plus state-wide ad supplements and half tones to boost reader interest.
An advertisment urges readers to visit The Republican office for letter files at 25 cents while promoting Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It claims the product digests all foods and relieves stomach troubles with tonics and reconstructives, attributed to S. H. Scallin.
A trade journal from the Mitchell Printing Company praises the South Dakota Retailers Association and Secretary Healey for its quality. The piece lauds typographic excellence and offers an advertisement for One Minute Cough Cure by S. H. Scallin, praising its effectiveness.
Teddy Roosevelt will arrive in Mitchell on September 12 after a Sept 11 stop in Yankton and Chamberlain. The Rough Rider Club leads the welcome with a public speech at the corn palace corner aided by Gov. Shaw and other dignitaries. Locals buy Rough Rider hats in anticipation of the event.
A Rough Rider Club meeting is called for tomorrow night in the rear room of the First National Bank to appoint committees for Gov. Roosevelt's Wednesday, Sept. 12 visit. The meeting starts at 7 30 p m and organizers seek strong attendance to handle arrangements.
A medicinal ad urges readers that a pimple signals impure blood and serious disease. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla to purify blood and claims cures for scrofula and salt rheum. It also touts Hood's Pills as non irritative cathartic.
The piece notes hunters are returning empty handed after long tramps as prairie chickens flush early and dogs fail to point. It credits F. H. Winsor and James Rogan for aiding The Republican editor with covey success, reflecting a season of scarce wildlife.
Seven cows with slits in their left ears strayed from a ranch near Mitchell South Dakota on Tuesday September 4. Information should be reported to the CAPITAL office under C. M. Sinclair.
A playful exchange compares a woman's appearance to a line of figures while a joke asserts she has six figures, the first being a five. The clip ends with a misattributed quote about Australia’s population potential and a Jeremy Taylor saying on learning.
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