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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1911
Page
1
South Dakota candidate Syhne lays out a progressive program focusing on railroad regulation tax reform and government economy. He says the Republican body largely shares progressive aims and appeals for broad party support over factional lines.
The jury convicted Paul Geidel, a 17 year old Wartford bellboy, of second degree murder in the death of William H H Jackson, a New York broker. The crime involved robbery as motive, with Jackson found dead in his hotel room and a cloth saturated with chloroform. Seidel confessed but claimed the death occurred during a struggle after an attempted robbery.
A rainfall of one and a half inches was reported here last night, with broad rainfall across the west half of the state. Train washouts were seen on the Chicago and Northwestern line between here and Rapid City, and the Cheyenne river at Wasta rose over eight feet today. A.W. Peterson moved to Parkston to join a barber shop after leaving the Arcade shop in town.
Mrs. Luther Plotner killed herself Saturday afternoon by drinking carbolic acid after a year of domestic trouble fueled by alleged neglect and her husband's alleged infidelity. Her husband, Luther Plotner, a former Davis county sheriff, left town shortly after the tragedy amid threats to kill and a pending peace-bond.
Brule county notaries met to organize for the Rosebud land registration in Chamberlain South Dakota. Twenty notaries will work in shifts at a central site, likely the city hall, to handle a projected 40 000 visitors between October 2 and 21. Registration fees are limited to twenty five cents.
Davenport audience of 5,000 union laboring men heard Speaker Champ Clark discuss "The United States in the Twentieth Century" while Illinois and Iowa Democrats and labor leaders pledged support for his presidential nomination. Secretary Morrison of the AFL cited union membership growth from 265,000 in 1896 to 1,700,000 now.
Funeral services for Mrs. I W Plotner were held at the Congregational church with Rev W M Mair delivering a sympathetic sermon. Members of the Odd Fellows Rebekahs and Degree of Honor attended the service and floral tributes surrounded the casket. Burial rites at the cemetery were conducted by the Rebekahs and Degree of Honor. Mrs Plotner born Elizabeth Gardner in Lost Nation December 27 1874 came to this country in 1883 and married L W Plotner in 1692. She leaves two children Ada Boone and Harry Plotner, a brother Arthur Gardiner and a sister.
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