davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-15
HEARD BAND At DENVER
DR.. Nicholson Heard the Banda Rossa
at Denver During the Summer
at City Park.

Mr.. Robert Burns,
Mitchell, S. D.
My Dear Sill :-Permit NE to con-
graduate you on the coming of the
Banda Rossa for your corr palace
week. While in Denver the past
summer, | found that this band was
engaged to play an engagement of
t%wenty-six days in the great city
park in that city. This is a park of
500 acres, with a great pavilion, and
a magnificent outdoor auditorium on
the bank OF a beautiful artificial
lake. Thousands of people attend
every day and the city aims to secure
the very best music attractions in
the country. The list of companies
scheduled for this year was an i'm
posing one. was informed by lead
ing citizens OF Denver that they con-
sidered the Banda Rosa one Of the
greatest things they had secured aud
that night after night the ~unabating
crowds listened to their renditions
with increasing pleasure. Undoubt-
edly a great treat awaits our citizens
in the. musical line during corn palace
week. / wish you ideal weather and
the greatest crowds ever gathered in
Mitchell
Very cordially yours,
Thomas Nicholson.
Mitchell, Sept. g.: 1905.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-15
MISS oLDER's RECITAL
Her..work as an Mocutionist Va
Very Pleasing and She Was
Cordially Received.

A years steady application at any
thing is bound to bring favorable re-
suits, when one's heart is in the
work and there is natural talent be-
hind it. Such is the case OF Miss
Lilah Older who gave an elocution
recital at the Methodist church Fri
day evening under the auspices 0f
the Ladies Aid Society. Previous TO
her departure for Chicago q year ago
Miss Older had studied to some OK
tent in this city and the time she
spent in the Soper School OF Oratosy
has worked a marvellous change In
her ability as an el%ccutionist. She
graduated from the institution !
month ago.
There was a very good audience In
attendance and Miss Older was very
kindly received In all the ~selectiuas
she gave. Her irst numberwas
"Her Cuban Tea,' q light Selection
that paved the way for q more digni-
fed piece taken from .tIf I We're
King" This and the scene from
I'm the Palace Of the King'' wero
her two best efforts, and ia them sbs
reached a high plane Of work. a
voice that is we'll modulated, q pre-
ence that is very pleasing and an In
depreciation Of thought, action anl
facial expression conbined to make
the numbers fine opponents OF the
art and size rendered them with Grace
and skill. She gave several numterg
OF lighter work that were Of q hum
orous character and in these Miss
Older appeared to excellent advantr
age. Selections that we're Of a con-
v%ersational nature were given with
splendid effect, not overdrawn, but
in a seeming natural and easy man
ner. This was particularly true OF
her presentation Of ga Patron Of.
Art" which was n Of the neatest
bits we have heard in a long time.
Miss Older is to be highly congrat-
ulated for the great progress she has
made In her art and there is no rea-
son for doubling but what she will
rise to greater heights in the few
years to come. She has everything
in her favor to stand in the fora
ranks of the e~locutionists in thu
country.
Miss Older was assisted in q musi-
cal way by Miss Lee and Virgil
Boyles, they opening the program
with q duet that was a perfect gem,
In which their voices united in rich
harmony. Mr.. Boyles sang a solo and
Miss Lee gave a double number, both
Of which inspired applause that Wa,
merited. Mrs. N. N. Lee presided
at the organ as accompanied.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-15

Miss Lenore Prescott arrived homo
Tuesday morning from Minneapolis.
where she has been attending the
state fair for a week.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-15
Ml1cHELL's CORN PALACE
A Magnificent Building, Fine Music,
Great Agricultural Displays
are the Features.

Less than three weeks remain be-
fore the opening of Mitchell's corn
palace, and everything portends to
the most successful palace ever held
here. The new building that was
especially contracted for the exhibi-
ton is rapidly approaching compile
tion and the decorations are being
put on at the same time. Little is
lett to be one in the way of car
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-15
IN NEWSPAPER WORK
Col. Rohe's Two Daughters are En-
gagged In Newspaper Work o n
New York World.

Col. Robe, who is decorating the
corn palace, has two a daughters en-.
gagged in newspaper work in New
York, both being associated with the
World, and are employed on the reg
ular staff of the paper, taking their
assignments with the best of the
writer's. In a recent copy OF The
World, appears a little bit of poetry
from the pen of Miss Margaret,
which she also Illustrated, called "Af-
ter : Vacation Thoughts" In the
same issue is a cleverly written
sketch Of the engagement in mar
riage OF Jacques Papasani, the New
York sculptor, and his model, Irene
Agnes McGinnis, in whom the sculp-
tor found the relncarnation Of the
Venus di Medici from the pen of
Miss Alice. Che following is
the poetical selection of Miss Mar
You can rave about your summers
At a hotel by the sea,
But my little fat In Harlem
Is good enough for me.
You: can sing Of Natures bath-tub,
The deep and salty brine,
But a little porcelain bath-tub
Is good enough for mine.
Ard when the summer comes again
l won't be forced to roam.
III take my little outing
In my little Harlem home.
Perhaps I'll spend a Sunday
At Coney by the sea,
But little old New York, I guess,
Is good enough for me.
You can talk about your %sailboats,
And the white foam Of the sea,
But q little Harlem schooner
Has foam enough for me.
You may brag of swagger sunburn
And..its smartness all you can,
But I'll see a Harlem tailor
For my little coat of tan.
Mr.. Robe spenta couple of months
n New York with his daughters
this summer and the young ladies
showed their old dad a bowling time,
and one Of them wrote him up to
the extent of a column in The World
as their country uncle from Kansas.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-15

Salem special: Miss Ethel Sheperd
came down from Watertown Satur-
day, where she had been visiting at
the home OF her brother, Rev. w. S.
Shepherd and spent Sunday in Salem
at the home Of her friend, Miss Ida
Hanson. Miss Ethel's friends were
more than pleased to see her, and
enjoyed her visit immensely. She
went on to Mitchell Monday, feeling
that she must get home to see her
brother who is seriously i'll.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-14
BEARING C,I-R Bj-IlDTNs.

It is very kind and real Noble of
/ the Atchison Globe 10 worry about the
great amount of money Topeka has
been compelled to pay the evangelists
who have been holding services here
during the past two weeks. The Globe
says Topeka has to pay these evan
gelists 1925 a week, and it thinks it is
a Shame evangelists should be such
mercenary creatures.
Topeka hasn't had time to worry
/ about this matter, and that is why il
feels so kindly toward the Globe for
doing it for her. Topeka has been too
busy receiving good at the hands of
/ these gentlemen to worry about what
she had to pay them. In fact, she
/ has scarcely given this subject a
thought. Topeka has understood that
she could just chip in what she saw
fit, and that that was entirely satisfac-
tory. She has understood that if there
was enough to go around for the five
evangelists five or six singers, and a
secretary or two all we'll and good: if
there was not enough to go around,
the singers got their salaries and the
evangelists went without.
But the Globe doesn't know near all
the dreadful truth, so perhaps it had
better worry some more. The truth
is that Topeka has paid over two
thousand dollars for these revival SER
vieesl Just think of that To be sure
the influence of the meeting has
reached all parts of the city and they
have been participated in by more thar
twenty churches. Topeka has fire.
uuently paid two hundred dollars or
more to hear lectures that have not
done the city half the practical good
as a single one of DR.. Chapman's ser
mons, and when she secured such SER
mons from not only DR.. Chapman, but
also from four other evangelists, with
music by some of the finest male vo-
calists ever heard in Topeka, she haG
an idea that she was securing a good
bargain-without reckoning the great
moral uplift that has been given the
city.
Topeka is still inclined to think that
the religious awakening of the city is
well worth the financial outlay she has
made, but it is very cOnsiderate of the
Globe to help bear our burdens by do
ing our worrying about the matter.
leaving US free to consider the good
that has been done without being so
mercenary as to count the cost in dol
lars and cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-14

Mr.. John A. Mccall, president of
the New York Life Insurance COM
pany, says that he is a poor man.
He denies that he is a millionaire.
II die today" he says. ''most of
my wealth VIII be life insurance"
Tt is suspected that Mr. Mccall was
talking for the benefit of the tax
assessor when he said this-unless his
property is in his wife's name. out
on the New Jersey shore Mr.. Mccall
has summer home. He calls it
SHADOW Lawn" It is not known
just how much it is worth, but the
stable on the premises cost S15O,OO0.
The estate consists OF thirty-slz
acres laid out by the most expert
enced landscape artists. There are
walks and shrubbery and marble
fountains and all the things to make
a beautiful home. Nine men do moth
ing but work on the lawns and shrub
berry. Two more with steam roller
keep the walks in shape. There are
six men to do the stable work, and
the house itself is fairly overrun with
servants.
In the $3.50. 600 stable there are no
less than twenty vehicles. and about
+SA AADSses. BESIDES these MI. MCLail
keeps three automobiles. The stable
floor is of polished rosewood and
glistens like a mirror. over it are
spread rubber mats for man and
beast to trod on.
This is only the summer home Of
the NcCalls. Their regular residence
is a four-story brown stone in New
York, much more magnificent than
the New Jersey establishment And
these two houses are only a small part
Of Mr.. McCall's wealth.
Yet the life insurance president is
probably right in saying he is a poor
man. 1t is true that he has piled up
riches at the expense of the policy
holders of his company, vet he is not
to be envied. How much richer he
would be in the things that count
the respect OF his fellow men and the
approval of his own conscience, as
well as the consciousness of having
done some good in the world-had
he been less ambitious to pile up
wealth and secure luxury, and a little
more anxious to be really honest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-14
THE REAL STRENUOUS LIFE.

Sometimes a popular campaigner
thinks he knows something of being
kept on the jump at the close of a hard
political fight; a business man may
think he has been rushed a little when
he has had three or four times as
many things to look after as he has
had time for; and the mother of
family of nine or ten who has to do
the house work without help besides
keeping up various outside duties may
imagine that her time is well occupied;
but for the real strenuous life a popu-
lar girl in a western town can dis
count them all during the two or three
weeks before her wedding.
This was amply illustrated in a GER
| tain Kansas town recently. About
month ago the wedding was an
nounced, and as the bride was ex-
tremely popular she has had from one
to three society events" given in her
"honor" daily ever since. She has
furnished three-fourths of the filling
for the society column" Of the dailies
in that town. No newspaper was ready
to go to press until her name appeared
in its columns from one to eight times
First there were showers of various
kinds whole shower OF them. These
lasted for two weeks Then came the
dinners, the receptions. and the at
homes-scores of them. The poor girl
wasn't allowed to rest even on Sunday.
When all the other dates had been
taken up. some Of her enthusiastic
friends insisted on giving q dinner for
her Sunday evening. On Monday
came an informal at home" which
was so informal that ii took half
column of newspaper space tosdescribe
the decorations, and it was followed
by a six O'Clock dinner at another
place. Tuesday the bride-to-be had to
undergo a nine o'clock breakfast.
twenty or thirty calls. and . third six
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-14

o'clock dinner. And each Of these
events called for different toilets and a
vast amount Of work and worry. to say
nothing Of the preparations for the
AlI-Important Event itself.
In the meantime the young man in
the case calmly kept at his work and
escaped all these troubles. His name
figured incidentally in the society col
umns. but with no effort on his part.
When the girls name was mentioned
it was invariably followed with, who
is soon to be married to Mr.. Blank
Dash Blank" or, whose marriage to
Mr.. Blank Dash-Blank will take place
shortly" A third OF the social whirl
the bride was compelled to go through
would have sent him to a padded cell
long before the day of the wedding.
This is the real Strenuous Life. The
girl who can go through it and escape
a nervous breakdown is at least phys
ieally capable OF bossing a husband.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-14

The fox terrier hurried across the
street to head off a water spaniel. The
usual preliminaries were gone through
and as there was no cause for fight
the two stopped for d few minutes to
discuss affairs of the day.
q have good news for you
whined the spaniel to the terrier. THE
men are talking about starting a mu-
nicipal meat market"
How does that interest me?" asked
the terrier ''WilI dog meat be any
cheaper or more PLENTIFUL
Perhaps" was the reply, "but I was
not thinking of that. I was thinking
Of what a great load would be taken
off your mind"
IN what way" asked the terrier.
You would no longer have to live
in dread of the sausage maker The
city would not dare to grind up dogs
and call them sausage. Somebody
would raise the cry of graft and an
investigation would follow"
But asked the terrier, what
would they use instead2'
ct don't know" answered the SPAN
iel, but I think they would try cat
Just then a St Bernard happened
around the corner looking for trouble
and the spaniel and the terrier remem-
bered that they had been ordered to
watch the front doors.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-14
As tIle Waiter Understood.

A certain social club held its annual
with a refreshment dispensary. There
was little ceremony beyond that abso-
lutely necessary to conduct business,
the members draining their stems and
smoking al their ease. The convention
was just getting under way when a
delegate late in arriving rushed into
the hall
WAS the convention called to or
der?" he demanded of waiter who
was standing about. on the watch.
Now, this waiter was not up on par
liamentary terms. His chief acquaint-
ance with technical words was with
those of his own business. So his re-
Spouse was not at all unnatural:
Il don't know whether it was called
to order or not, sir" he replied: but
they are ordering quite freely. New
Orleans Times Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-14

Reliance on pull not infrequently de-
velops into a dangerous passion. Such
was the case with a prominent citizen
of Westfeld, who must be nameless.
This prominent citizen. with three 9TH
ers, had been to a resort on the Con-
necticut river near Holyolze, where a
clambake was held. Beer and strong
drink had flowed freely. until on the
ride home late at night the hired driv-
er was the only man in the party who
was wholly awake to his surround
ings As he came near a grade cross
ing he heard the whistle of an an
preaching locomotive and refined in his
horses.
'Waz er masser?H inquired the prom
fnent citizen, who had been aroused by
the stoS-
Springfield express coming. Got to
let it go by" said the driver.
Drive on, drive on!" ordered the
man in the carriage, reassuringly; =" 3
all right. I know the engineer. '-Bos-
ton Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-14
JAYHA WlKER JOTS

A Jack the Hugger" is doing busi-
ness in COncordia but the girls are not
making much FUSS about it.
Albert T. Reid notes that the result Of
| a fight between a Topeka reporter
named Steel and policeman simply
demonstrates that Steel beats copper
every time.
The Clay Center Times accuses Joe
Bristow of turning PoDulist on the
/ hoad question: because he favors
the Roosevelt rate regulation program.
Well, there are others.
Judge Pollock went into a Leaven-
worth barber sho3 to be shaved the
other day, and the barber asked him if
he wasn't Attorney General Coleman.
The judge isn't over being mad yet.
Up at Belleville the high school stu
dents struck because the school board
Insisted on their speaking pieces The
board, of course. did not nave to listen
to the speaking while the students
did.
They have-to-conle back-to-Kansas =
item from the St. Francis Herald: Sam
Workman spent nearly thousand dol
lars that he had made here and a
years time looking IN better place
to live than western Kansas, and after
travelling from the golden shores of Call
ifornia to his native state of Kentucky,
he is now thoroughly satisfied to re-
main in Cheyenne county the remainder
of his life, and own as much real estate
as he can Get hold Of
A Salina man who has been given
many medals for many different things,
according to the Journal, said to his
wife the other day: When I am dead
what are you going to do with all these
things?'- Well she replied, 7 think
III Just build a little house right by IT,
side Of your grave and put them all
there together"
Bert Monroe. the engineer on the
Howard branch passenger out of EN-
poria. appeared on the street in a new
black suit and a white collar, and the
event was such an unusual one that it
got special mention in the Gazette. Bert
Monroe has been running on the How
ard branch for twenty years and al
ways goes up town at the Emporia end
of his run, but this is the first time he
was ever known to take week day off
and out on his glad toys.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-14
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

LFrOm the Philadelphia Record.l
Lots of men try to feed their wives
on fiattery.
The eloquence OF silence doesn't ap-
ply to the voice of conscience.
It isn't the girl with a cold manner
who is apt to freeze on to a fellow
No, Maude. dear. the yards of a ship
are not made for children to play in.
The Temple eff Debt is equipped with
revolving doors that work only one
way.
The man who succeeds must strike
the word Impossible from his yocab-
uIary.
wigg-"He's a thorough pessimist
at 30" Wagg-''Well, you know he
married at co.
Some people cast their bread upon
the waters and expect it to come back
to them in the form Of sponge cake.
It is natural for a man to deceive a
woman. How else could he ever get
her to marry him in the first place?
He='sWhat would you do if should
attempt to kiss you 2" She-"I would
call for help He-s'But don't
need any"
Miss Antique-sY GU must admit that
the average woman has more common
sense than the average man Mr.. old
bach-"Oh, don't know. The AVERAGE
man can't very well get married with
out being aided and abetted by the
average woman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-14
GLOBE SIGHTS.

!
TFrom the Atchison Globe.l
Would you rather fight man than
/ let him alone?
If man hews to the line they say
I he is cold-bloOded-
/ A man can feed a horse better than
/ he can feed himself.
/ We have always had prejudice
I against that word "swoon.'
In carrying a pistol around, remem-
Der it is no fun to kill man.
/ When you talk behind a mans back
are you square with him?
/ Do you know why your taxes are
/ high? Because you encourage too
much having.
We have always thought that if our
name were Daisy, we would try hard
/ to be one.
/ The less important a mans business
the more important he looks when he
/ talks about It.
Do you not hate men you know to
/ be honest, respectable citizens? And
are YOU ashamed OF it,
one of the economies to a woman
that comes with years is that she
/ doesn't need as many hairpins.
/ If a visiting girl is awake to her
opportunities, she uses her trunkful
of clothes as if it were special scenery.
Al. people grow older it should be
/ harder for them to believe that the
nice things people say Of them are
true
Il am not trying to hirt with you,'
a man said TO an Atchison woman to-
day; but you are getting better look
/ ing.
When a daughter has reached the
soctety-crazed age, her father can al
ways count on the winter costing him
three times as much.
It is as easy to charge things at
stores as it is to invite company to
dinner, and as hard to pay as it is to
/ get ready for them.
It is said OF a girl visiting in town,
that she is so polite that she will not
attend church weddings unless she is
/ invited. She says they never DO in
Boston.
During the engagement, the girl
stops praying, and the man loses some
interest in the Sunday papers. but af-
ter they are married both are re-
suned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHs.
TFrom the Chicago News.I

From the Chicago NeWs.l
Yes, the cup of love contains many
spoons.
Society uncovers a multitude of feni-
nine shoulders.
A pickpocket is an artist with light
and dainty touch
Ignorance may be bliss, but that
kind of bliss isn't worth much.
It is up to you to win the prize; let
others explain how they lost it.
You will hear a poor sermon if the
preachers mind Is on the collection.
Don't waste words when talking to a
woman: cut your story short and let
her talk.
Most men do what they do because
they think at the time it is the proper
thing to do.
The more henpecked a man is the
more ferocious he tries to act when he
is away from home.
Little drops of water, little grains OF
sand, increase the grocer's profits to
beat the village band.
A married woman says it's still a
debatable question whether 1t is better
to be a mans first love or his last.
No woman should be expected to
work for a husband after marriage.
She usually works hard enough trying
to get him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-14
why the Horse Acted So.

II wonder what's the matter with
that horse said a man to his wife
while he was in the act of unhftching
the animal at Thfrtv-fourth street and
Gfrard avenue YESTERDAY. The horse
was rearing and plunging and display
ing signs of terror whenever his mas
ter came near him. A passer-by came
to his aid, and while Quieting the ami
NAL explained to the owner IT no.
ticed," said he, that you just come out
of the zoo, over there. A slight scent
of the wild animals has chung to your
clOthings and, although your horse has
probably never seen anything wilder
than a COW, his instinct tells him that
where that scent is there is danger. II
Will wear off soon, and you will have
no trouble. ,'-Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-14

Among the heroes Of the day must
be counted the Louisiana physicians
who are fighting the battle of the peo-
pie against the dread scourge and who
viii not give up the fight, even when
stricken themselves. It often takes
more courage to face plague and pesti-
lence in the sick room than danger on
the field, for in the former case there
is none of the glory to win in the end.
It Is simply the sacrifice Of life and all
that makes life worth living at the call
Of duty, and many hero of the bat
tie field would shrink in fear and
1oathing from the danger fearlessly
faced by these Rameless heroes in hui
manity's cause Baltimore American.
DIVISION OF LABOR
We know a girl who boasts that she
has read nineteen novels in thirty days,
and whose mother hasn't had time to
read any.-Dayton News.