The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-10-09
The CORN PALACE OVER
Saturday Night Brought Out a Fine
Crowd of Home People for the
Closing Night.

Mitchell people responded with a.
very large audience for the closing
night of the corn palace and the
audience was a magnificent one, and
it was enthusiastic in it's applause
for the various acts in the evening.
Thaviu's band played a fine con-
cert program, which was made up
solely OF request numbers. Mr..
Thaviu did all in his power to please
the people with the class of music
that he presented during the week,
and he met with a fine success as a
result of his efforts. The band play
ed the popular class of music in the
main, although each program con-
tanned II of the classics, and which
the band handled in fine shape. For
the closing musical number Mr..
Thaviu presented a selection of pat
riotic numbers IL when the Star
Spangled Banner was reached for
the finale the audience arose and
cheered the selection and the band
Justify.
The vaudeville artists finished
their work in the same good name
in which they performed all the
week, although Melville and Higgins
had to leave the city on an evening
train to appear in Sioux City Sun
day afternoon. The vaudevine
stunts were among the best that has
ever appeared at the corn palace.
For the closing act Thaviu's band
appeared on the stage and played
America" accompanied by the
cheers of the people-and the corn
palace seaso closed for 1908 in
what can be determined as a fine
success.
The corn palace committee is able
to meet all obligations and they will
have a good sum of money in the
treasury.
1t is something of a big under
taking to manage the business and
come out ahead on the proposition,
Jul lllS Jud1SlOuo IldlllCl III WlllCLl
the committee worked brought about
the success that it was entitled
to. The committee is compos-
ed of VIM. NJ. Smith, president, L. ].
WEIGH, secretary, j.. T. Morrow,
treasurer, and Messrs. Michels and
Davis, whose work is to be highly
commended for the excellent manner
in which they looked after the de-
coration of the building, giving the
best building that was ever decorat-
ed, also Robert Burns as chairman
of the advertising committee, and /.
w. Seaman, who looked after the
county exhibits. These gentlemen
did the work at something of a per
sonal sacrifice, and they are entitled
to the thanks of the community for
presenting the enterprise in it's best
: possible form. 1t is to be hoped that
these gentlemen can be retained for
the corn palace next year.
The Milwaukee and Omaha roads
contributed very largely to the sue.
cess of the enterprise in furnishing
: the train service that brought the
people here in such large numbers
Both roads made a rate of one fare
for the round trip and they hac
: about all the business that they
could attend through the week.
The vast crowds that were here
during the week spent a good lot o.
f money among the business houses
: several of them reporting an increase
e of business owe last year.
1t is something Of a problem tt
e feed all the people who came to Nit
chell during corn palace week, ant
the churches were a very large fact
or in Offering this great accommoda
ton. The Methodist. Catholic ant
Presbyterian churches opened eat
4 ing houses and they did an immens,
S amount of business every day. With
out their assistance it would hav'
been a diftiult matter to have proper
@ Ily cared for the immense crowds. A
every meal practically they wer,
rushed to the limit and they pu
forth their very best effort to &C
commodate the visitors. The Meth
odist ladies are reported to have fe'
LOCO people in one day. The ladie
who were in charge of the eatini
houses had an exceedingly hard weel
and they are to be congratulate,
and commended for the sacrifice
they made i'll order that the visitor
IS should be given a chance to ge
n something to eat. A full stomach
l. makes a person quite agreeable t
surrounding circumstances.
ii A word of commentator is du
Chief of Police Allison and his dc
is partment for the good order tina
was maintained on the streets dur
ing the week. At the outset the
mad some trouble in stopping tn
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