A continuing series on the 100th anniversary of the current Corn Palace in Mitchell Written By: Marcus Traxler | ×
The Mitchell Republic commemorates the 100th anniversary of the modern Corn Palace in 2021. (Mindy Wirtzfeld / Forum Design Center)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of a series commemorating the 100th anniversary of the current Corn Palace building, which opened in 1921.
Damaged by economic turmoil, low commodity prices, drought and dust storms, the Great Depression impacted Mitchell and South Dakota far and wide in the 1930s.
That included the Corn Palace Festival, which by that point was becoming a 40-year tradition. The insight of that could be seen in a 1933 first-person submission to The Daily Republic from Wallace MacLean, who was the chairman of the Corn Palace Entertainment Committee that year.
Sylvain Sylvain, New York Dolls Guitarist, Dies at 69
Sylvain Sylvain, the guitarist for the proto-punk band New York Dolls, died on Jan. 13 at the age of 69.
A message was posted to his personal Facebook page. As most of you know, Sylvain battled cancer for the past two and 1/2 years, it read. Though he fought it valiantly, yesterday he passed away from this disease. While we grieve his loss, we know that he is finally at peace and out of pain. Please crank up his music, light a candle, say a prayer and let’s send this beautiful doll on his way.