Corn Palace ready to welcome crowds in Mitchell week
Mitchell prepares for Corn Palace week with decorator Gillis racing to finish ornate exterior work. Visitors tour the building and admire crops from South Dakota while bands, vaudeville acts, street attractions, and rail travel arrangements draw crowds. The Marine Band under Lt Santelmann headlines, with special trains from Milwaukee and Omaha routes at reduced fares. The Y M C A plans social and religious programs for men, aiming to lift city pride and unity during the celebration.
Campaign to Boost Y. M. C. A. Membership to 400
Energetic movement starts tomorrow to raise YMCA membership to 400 in the second Mitchell year. Gen secretary B S Whittaker leads the drive with campaigns running until Sept 24. Classes on first aid gasoline engines and physical culture will be held evenings, with experts and local physicians lecturing.
Crowd Swarms Federal Building on Sunday Morning
Report from the new federal building describes a fierce rush for general delivery as revolving doors and crowded lobby hinder ingress. Saturday moved post office operations to the new site and clerks worked to sort mail amid inexperience and misplacement.
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Federal
Wells
Local notices and marriages ripple through the city
Charles Owler travels to Humboldt for business while W H Bacon becomes a S S grocery salesman. C M Peck returns from St Paul to visit son Orwin and wife. W W Miner visits from Hermosa as County Treasurer Miner’s condition prompts attention. Harley Thomas’s son born Sunday at St Josephs hospital. Charles Jones leaves for Minneapolis to study engineering. Dr E Brady begins excavating a modern residence at 519 South Sanborn. Lois and Margerite Anderson depart for Fairbault to attend St Marys. Vincent Shafranek and Maggie Sticha wed at the Congregational parsonage. groom from Letcher will move there. Fire damages kitchen at Catering Co but quickly extinguished. George A Silsby of Mitchell Cattle Co travels to Highmore. 200 head to be sold to Chicago buyers. Louis H Stewart marries Lilliana Goyke in Mitchell. Stewart works Milwaukee line. W H Rowland and Robert C Haase discuss transport of U S Marines for Chicago engagement. Johnson & Co Mitchell Steam Laundry plans new building at Second Ave E and Lawler. S C Wherry drafts plans. bids Sept 23. Decorator Gillis advances corn palace towers. 45 workers, more as needed. opening day near. George Hansel pleads guilty to assault in Judge Markham’s court. seeks lawyer to reduce fine. Clark and Hansel, Beulah township farmers, clashed over hay cutting. State’s Wm. Herbert prosecutes.
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Markham
Frank Clark
George Hansel
Beulah Township
Clark
Hansel
Wm. of
Herbert
Civil Service Stenographer Typewriter Exam In City
An examination for stenographer and typewriter in the Government service will be held in this city on the 16th inst. There is a strong demand for qualified applicants with good entrance salaries. Three Mitchell competitors from the Sioux Falls spring exam have been appointed: Joseph Goldworthy in the Navy Department Washington Roy McNaught in the Land Office Douglas Wyo and Miss Ruth Wilson at Huron S Oak. Apply promptly to enter the coming examination.
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Irom Mitchell
Sioux Falls
Joseph Goldworthy
Navy Department
Washington
Roy McNaught
Douglas
Wyo
Ruth Wilson
Huron
S. Oak
The Lure of Money and Endless Pursuit
Quote from James R. Keene on why wealth drives endless desire. He compares money to a dog chasing a rabbit, stating that the chase continues beyond satisfaction and even after reaching wealth. The reflection, drawn from Strand Magazine via Harry Furniss, probes insatiable greed.
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James R. Keene
Keene
Harry Furniss
Strand Magazine
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Charles Owler
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S. & S. Grocery
C. M. Peck
St. Paul
Orwin
W. W. Miner
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Miner
Harley Thomas
White Lake
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Charles Jones
Minneapolis
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Sanborn Street
Lois
Margerite Anderson
Fairbault
Minnesota
St. Mary’s School For Girls
Vincent Shafranek
Maggie Sticha
Letcher
George A. Silsby
Mitchell Cattle Co
Highmore
Chicago
Louis H. Stewart
Lilliana Goyke
St. Lawrence
George W. Cooley
Stewart
Aberdeen
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Omaaha
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