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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1921
Page
3
A Canistota farmer reports his record setting hen named June hatched three eggs after 12 other hens abandoned nests. Local police removed a feared man from the crowd after he addressed tensions and warned against Steelers.
A mob of boys and men in Yankton ducked Joe Steobin a local colored man in Donaldson's lake after punishing him previously. The incident occurred June 18 and indicates ongoing community hostility.
During a Monday evening storm, 14 year old Robert Davison was instantly killed by lightning as he prepared to help his father and a hired man milking cattle in the barn. The bolt struck the doorway area and only the boy was injured.
Mrs. Croft mother of F. J. Croft editor of the Chamberlain Democrat was struck while crossing railroad tracks on her way to visit relatives' graves near the cemetery in Chamberlain June 18.
An early morning passenger train fatally struck a resident near Hartley Town. Mr and Mrs Croft attended the funeral services, honoring the deceased in a somber ceremony near the home.
Pierre reports an amended bounty law effective July 1 offering 10 cents for each crow and magpie killed. Payments come from the county general fund. To claim, hunters must show the head and feet for crows and magpies and both front feet and claws for gophers to the county auditor.
Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts of Washington leads a petition from Cincinnati to Secretary Hughes seeking to halt the Dempsey Carpentier bout set for July 2 in Jersey City. The Life and Thought club of Lincoln Neb supports the effort contending the fight harms national morals and cites the Supreme Court view on state power over public welfare.
President Harding nominates Jennie P. Musses as collector of customs for District No. 48 with headquarters at Salt Lake City Utah in a historic first for the administration and sent to the Senate on June 22.
John G. Hmery of Grand Rapids Michigan was elected national commander of the American Legion by acclamation at the national headquarters in Indianapolis. Thomas J. Bannigan of Hartford Connecticut was chosen vice commander succeeding the late F. W. Galbraith Jr. The report also notes Emery’s real estate career and military service from 1917 to 1919, plus other Legion news and incidents.
Worthing June 20 Robert Urben of this city had an unusual experience with a road hog and escaped serious injury after aiding an unknown driver through a mud hole. The speeding car struck Urben’s foot, causing injuries that will keep him from work for days. He says he won’t aid unknown motorists again. The Concordia Ladies Aid Society will serve dinner at Hans Jacobson’s next Sunday afternoon. Otto Schaunaman’s body, killed in a railroad accident, arrived from France and was buried in Emmanuel church cemetery led by Rev. Steffen. E. H. Lilleford is here for farming interests. Florence Hagen and Esther Reich work at the Commercial Hotel in Sisseton. H. A. Varland left for Brookings to attend Lutheran Conference as a Goodwill church delegate. Gordon Dahlin and sister Hunice visited Grandma Blomquist. H. L. Spackman returned from an auto trip to the western oil fields. The Torvicks went to Minneapolis for Thelma Torvick’s graduation from the McPhail School of Music after completing the conservatory course. they traveled by car to Appleton.
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