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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1911
Page
8
A faded ad fragment asks if a buyer should consider land near a residence. It references 8 room residence, nine lot, and a contact with phone digits 322 and 60S W Fourth. The copy hints at real estate options advertised in a local water district listing.
The funeral for Jom C. Roth was held at Welock after a requiem Mass. Born in 1840 in Frankfurt, he lived in Mitchell and Milwaukee, served in the Wisconsin volunteers, and worked as an engineer and carpenter. He leaves a wife and four children.
State Game Warden Bancroft announced the annual list of wardens for the state. The roster includes wardens for Aurora to Yankton and beyond, with names such as J. W. Primmer, J. W. Thompson, C. J. Kelley, J. G. Miles, L. R. Medley, and W. N. Carpenter among many others serving counties from Davison to Tripp and Turner to Yankton.
Elmer Ziezler, recently freed after serving time for a five horse theft in Stanley County, escaped from Fort Pierre authorities after being arrested on an older 1908 theft charge involving several more horses. He had been granted a brief parole before vanishing.
Mrs. I H Darriman widow of a railroad magnate faces an organized Wall Street move to seize her railroad system. The plan involves selling stock to fund a national bank to safeguard her late husband’s money. Harriman once secured Morgan’s pledge to block a raid, but that understanding has now dissolved.
The American Association of Railway Commissioners advances a plan to cut or eliminate express rates. A committee favors abolition, proposing regulation by the ICC or a government parcels post. Railroads pledge to oppose rate cuts. Washington may face new legislation.
A tornado swept through Divide County near Noonan North Dakota killing two men identified as Noonan John Paquin and H Claveck and injuring several others. Widespread property damage included farm houses wrecked fences and livestock losses with crops torn.
Directors of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway and the Iowa Central Railway announce Newman Erb was elected president of both Hawley roads at their annual meeting. The Minneapolis and St. Louis line will be extended toward Cana, per the notice.
Washington D C The house committee on territories named a five member panel to confer with the Senate on the Arizona and New Mexico statehood bill vetoed by President Taft. A compromise measure acceptable to both houses and Taft is sought. Dr Harvey Wiley testified on pure food while Solicitor McCabe opposed him.
The Senate approved the conference report on the wool tariff revision bill by a 38 to 28 vote, sending the measure to President Taft for his anticipated veto. A second item notes an upcoming comprehensive investigation into International Harvester, proposed by Rep. Foster and approved by the House for the next session.
In Tecumseh Nebraska the bodies of Mrs I F Hesse and her daughter Waunetta were pulled from a filled well on the Hesse farm. A coroner's jury returned a verdict of murder and urged the governor to offer a large reward for I F Hesse's arrest. The women disappeared in July 1910 after he claimed they went to Lincoln. An anonymous letter spurred the sheriff to probe, an augur found flesh and clothing fragments, and the well revealed the decomposed remains.
Fragments describe border plans granting access to two Canadian routes and the Canadian Pacific line, creating an entry into Minneapolis and St Paul. The notes hint at infrastructure links shaping regional travel and commerce.
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