The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1917-10-25
10000 PARADE
MITCHELL FOR
LIBERTY LOAN
Line Of Marching People More
Than a Mile Long Fills Main
/ Street From End 10 End.
DISPLAY MANY BANNERS
ALMOST FIFTY SECTIONS OF susi-
MESS HOUSES, SCHOOLS, socIE-
TIES AND OTHER TOWNS
FOLLOW BANDS TO.
DAY.

Community patriotism, displayed by
more than 10000 marching people car
rying. banners with slogans of the Lib
erty loan, rose to the most democratic
climax in the history of Mitchell today.
length filled Main rs street from M the he
double column. The front rank led by
the Mitchell Municipal band marched
from the north end Of main street and
returned before the last end of the
column had started to move.
Nearly ga, nifty separate sections, made a,1e
Mitchell schools and the college max.
ing units more than block long. all,
marching in close rank. The entire
procession was so closely packed that
many marchers trod on the heels OF
those in front.
Preparst,on Of ,;, banners s by the sep. sg.
We're shown by the many and unique
embems that were carried by the lead
ers. A distinct feature was the United
States group led by Archie Cummings,
in hte role of Uncle Sam and Miss Viola
McCubhin as the Goddess of Liberty.
+; Had Forty Foot Banner.
The economy grocery y, company ON pafsyot;ao nae
Inscription. I'VE are helping to put
Dakota Wesleyan dsnlayed in large
letters "Rond or Bondage"
/ Notre Dame Academv and the cadets
carried some original inscriptions, such
as For Homo and Flag, Remember
Our Rows Of the Front. Buy a Bond"
and Our Fight Not Theirs"
Other slogans We're "Becker's bury
Bonds to Break the Rloomin Kaiser"
"Here's to Kaiser Bill, II the Bullets
Don't Got Him tho Liberty Loan VIII"
and I'VE are Helninr TO nut Kaiser Bill
on the Bum, Buy Bond"
The response TO the parade commit
tee was gratifying. w. II. King, chair:
The other parade supervisors ": H.
Fritz and George Rev, expressed their
gratitude to the unprecedented re-
sponse to the people of Dawson county
p Mitchell Band Leads.
The order included the sections In
four divisions. After the Mitchell band
followed the Adiutant General ": = =
: Gantain H. A.. .Sanborn of the Eighth
F Canadian Enginears, Hon. Charles
Christopherson of Sioux Falls and Mr.
Henry state insurance commissioner
The other units were:,
Mothers. sisters. home guard. Ret
Cross Rs cosa rosss ksef oppe SGpg
6 club. m with tots on tricycles. Altruis
q club. Mitchell Study club, Twentieth
= Century club. food conseryers: CAM
n Fire GIRLS. Uncle Sam and the Goodies
% of Liberty. Training school hand, 1arm
crs. Liberty girls. Nofrc Dame schoo
y children. >nnhlic school children. pos
IS onire. Coxe-Dnrkee companv, tn
lc M;tchell Publishing company, Baro
m Brothers. Mitchell Banks. Mt. Nern3 n1t,
IL Ranks, Dakotn Wesleyan universitT!
s. Nofrc name cadets, grade school:
e. hi-h school. Wilkins department stor'
Ia Fcononv ~rocerv. y. r. Anderson lib
70 Go y. W woolworth and Icon somra,ntI r,nt
~ ~ 4. Il. McGovern and Sons RerSer a,. ..aoa
aao ao ing company. Western Union, Telegraip q
s,i 81 company. hanks in one section. Ratr
III INN Grocery company and Boy Seoul
y; " on foot and mounted on bicvclss, Z, ss 10.
~ At the breakup Of the rarade nei
III the Corn Palace the crowds Went !
iihe Methodist church and Metropolita
II tnratre where they listened to az az
~ dresses by the speakers OF the DAY