Mitchell Hosts Sioux City Delegation at Corn Belt Exposition
The Mitchell community welcomed a broad Sioux City delegation from many business lines to the first Corn Belt Exposition. Mutual hospitality featured prominently as Mitchell showcased enterprise and hospitality. Today Plankinton residents will arrive for similar reception, with Mitchell's populace ready to greet all guests. Weather aligned with Corn Belt norms, serving as a further advert for the event.
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Mitchell
Sioux City
Milwaukee Depot Fire Destroys Five Cars and Freight at Noon
A blaze at the Milwaukee depot around noon burned five freight cars and damaged a freight house containing papers books and valuables. Three pianos and an organ owned by Major Moore were lost. Loss estimated at about 10 000 with extensive damage to wagons and other cargo. Fire started possibly from a cigar stub and spread quickly with embers blowing toward Main street. Local officials opened a temporary office in a box car and telegraph lines were restored.
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Milwaukee
Geo. Meuter
Round House
Moore
D. W. Collins
Ellendale
Nuon
Main Street
Cole
Sioux City Visitors Flock to Mitchell Exposition
Exposition week opens amid praise as Sioux City visitors arrive by excursion train 11:15 and parade through Mitchell. Citizens welcome them with bands, a May Pole dance, and a tally ho coach tour, while officials and locals acclaim the Corn Palace exhibit as superb and notable for South Dakota.
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Sioux City
Exposition City
Main Street
Exposition Building
Stratton
Santee Agency Indian Band
C. B. Clark
Allison
Mr. Clark
Corn Palace
H.C. Preston
South Dakota
Judge Call
Marc Darling
Judge Allison
J. P., Allison
C. G. Culver
John Hornick
J. W. Mahoney
O. Tollerton
W. H. Beck
Mitchell Welcomes Corn Belt Exposition On South Dakota Wealth
The Mitchell city opens its Corn Belt Exposition on September 28 to showcase South Dakota resources. Groundbreaking began six weeks ago for a grand structure on Main and Fourth, decorated with corn, grasses, and wheat straw art. Two roof gables display state crop estimates 41,711,000 and 47,110,000 bushels.
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Mitchell
South Dakota
Davyison County
Exposition Tower Plans Impress with Corn Flag and Artful Decor
A towering 25 foot structure crowned by a flag station topped with a mammoth ear of corn forms a striking top piece for the building. The interior spans 20,000 square feet on the lower floor with 10,000 more on the second story, providing ample space for county exhibits and extensive decorative work by Mitchell and east side ladies. The northeast corner houses the electric light plant, a semi circular stage for the Town State Band, and an elaborate shell shaped backdrop for music and speeches. The second floor features richly designed booths and vivid backdrops in red white blue green gold and pink cloths, with Welcome above the proscenium arch and a Grecian border below.
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Desottion
The
Mitchell
Corn Belt Crop Yields From County Reports
Crop reports from multiple counties detail yields per acre for wheat oats and corn. Lisbons, Davison and Mitchell area farms report 18 to 24 bushels per acre wheat, oats up to 50, while Paul Page thrashes 125 acres at 23 bushels with hail reducing some. Other figures include 360 bushels on 15 acres, and 30 acres at 25 to 30 bushels per acre. Nearby counties note oats 45 to 70 bushels, corn improving, and a potato digger for 30 acres yielding about 100 bushels per acre at current prices.
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Moses
Lisbon Township
Paul Page
Butte Farm
John Gleason
Mitchell
Geo. W. Pine
S Artesian Chronicle
M. Nolan
Nolan
James Harris
Lake County
Wessington Springs
John Sullivan
Pleasant
Henry England
Turner
Centerville
N.C. Andrews
Harry Christensen
W. W. Allen
UNION
Beresford News
Jonas Minot
Brooklyn
Mr. Minot
Dakota
A. W. Burt
Davison County Democrats nominate J Kindelan for Senate
The Argus Leader records the nomination of friend J Kindelan by the Davison County Democrats for the senate. Kindelan is described as able and popular and would be a leader in the upper house if elected. DeWitt Bros arrive from Waterloo Iowa to open a first class machine and repair shop in Mitchell with more announcements to follow.
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Argus-Leader
The
J. Kindelan
Davison County
Democrats
Kindelan
DeWitt Bros
Waterloo
Iowa
Mitchell
Tom Tililson
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Union Pacific
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W. FE. Peak
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Yankton
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H. E. Weatherwax
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