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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1921
Page
3
A historical column argues the Nevada gas chamber death method is the humane option compared to hanging or firing squads. It discusses past methods, public fear, ethical concerns, and asserts the new approach offers a painless, less painful death while noting the psychological elements of facing death.
Citizens of Robinson Indiana rally to support the American Legion post rescuing a deserted cemetery near the city. Three War of 1812 veterans were buried there. markers will be placed and the plot reclaimed. Harold L Turner of Seminole earned the Medal of Honor for single handedly capturing four German machine guns near St. Etienne on October 8 1918.
The American Legion outlines plans for a convention in Kanaa3 City next fall and specifies that the U S flag will be draped over the caskets of ex service men dying in county hospitals. A government grant now allows flag purchases as part of funeral expenses. The Spirit of the American Doughboy statue is chosen for Memorial uses and Armistice Day tribute. The Legion aids in recruiting for Citizens Military Training Camps and promotes the July 4 speedway race observance. Veterans in Louisville face unemployment from a local ad. Tampa veterans are summoned by police to report, leading to mass confinement of over 200 veterans at the station.
The Sisseton Independent School District in Roberts County South Dakota will hold its annual school election on Tuesday June 21 1921 at the school house Block 76 Sisseton. Polls open nine in the morning close five in the afternoon. Frank R McKenna Clerk.
Central Division of the American Red Cross authorizes all 748 chapters in nine states to collect contributions for Colorado flood victims. Governor Shoup formally requests aid, with President Harding urging assistance. Contributions may go to Walter Davidson in Chicago or James L. Fieser in Pueblo. The division also offers disaster relief supplies from depots in Chicago Springfield Rock Island Cairo Milwaukee Minneapolis Omaha Lincoln and Grand Island.
San Francisco man Paul Vittori denied paternity but blood samples from Vittori and his child showed he is the father. Superior Judge Thomas F. Graham accepted the blood findings as conclusive. The report describes electronic tests that purportedly reveal age sex race and parental inheritance of disease from blood vibratory patterns.
A described oscillating capsule uses a condensing electrode and a metronome to communicate a gentle swing. Blood with matching vibratory rate halts the central capsule for about a second within 20 seconds, with oscillations renewed and arrested at half minute intervals, a finding from thousands of examinations.
The capsule is projected on a screen and its movements can be observed simultaneously by a number of viewers.
The Jackson local American Legion post called for blood donors after Welton A. Crawford, a World War veteran, was struck and seriously wounded by a street car. Twelve volunteers responded within hours and a blood transfusion was completed. Crawford is expected to recover.
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