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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1929
Page
4
A statement from the newspaper confirms AP news dispatches are used under exclusive re publication rights and notes affiliation with the Audit Bureau of Circulation. It mentions the paper’s reliance on AP reporting and local news, signaling licensing and circulation verification.
Chronology notes events from 1858 to 1997 across South Dakota. Patison F. McClure, former immigration commissioner and banker in Pierre, is linked to 1858. The 1917 obituary covers Mrs. F. M. Ziebach of Yankton dying in Winner. A 1997 item recalls Secretary Wilbur's business visit to President Coolidge in the Black Hills during vacation.
San Francisco hosts Carnegie Institute scientists reporting a wobbling North Pole and shifting magnetic pole. Easter Island resurgence and unsteady deep-sea floors suggest undersea mountain ranges vanish, reshaping maps. The piece reflects on Earth's instability and humanity's temporary place between two vast immensities.
Huron residents face complaints about overgrown weeds in yards especially vacant lots. With the district Kiwanis convention from Minnesota and the Dakotas coming next week, visitors will judge the town by its appearance. Residents are urged to clear weeds to present a favorable impression of Huron and the local Kiwanis club.
The American Legion gathers in Mitchell this week, highlighting its aim to serve the broader public. It emphasizes constructive goals, justice, and service beyond personal gain, showcasing the organization’s influence and reach in the state.
The text lauds the American Legion for its patriotic influence in war and peace, noting its members are in prime years and increasingly in power. It highlights public approval of the Legion’s responsible guidance and its broad impact, while also describing Moscow’s flood of atrocity rumors and the new Russian names Electrificatzia and Revolutziа.
Gilbert Swan writes from San Francisco that the Barbary Coast, once famed as the wickedest place on earth, has lost its glory and become a quiet commercial street. While some lament its passing, others note it was never romantic and the world is better off without it. The piece also notes travel by car is hurried, suggesting slower speeds would improve vacations. The Argus-Leader urges county consolidation to cut government costs, arguing many small units could merge into larger counties without loss of service.
A study notes varying attitudes toward women smokers from Atlantic to Pacific. Hollywood sees cautious, public eyeing while New York and San Francisco show casual open smoking at cafes and hotels. Chicago remains more restrained. In daily life, women smoke more at home or private events, with public smoking seen as timider in some regions. The Fisherman's Wharf scene in San Francisco remains lively with markets, food stalls, and harbor activity through the day into night.
A letter urges adopting a lettered grid for Huron streets to aid visitors. The author, living here 17 years, proposes labeling main streets such as Dakota Avenue as A street and naming others B C across east and west to prevent visitors from getting lost in North South avenues. The writer offers to share the prize with anyone proposing a workable system, aiming for friendlier town relations.
The document presents a dense listing of radio programs for Friday August 9, noting times in p m and a p m alongside call letters and multiple station affiliations. It names programs from Rapid Transit to Memories and Quaker Girl with accompanying stations such as WEAF WSM WIY KYW KSD WJ WWJ WGY WOC and many others, reflecting a networked, era driven broadcast grid and noting additional channels and duplicates.
A dense OCR style radio schedule lists numerous stations including WSM WMC KWIX KMOX WCCO KOIL WLS WENR WBBM and others, detailing programs like Story Hour, Modern Tunes, Light Opera Gems, and Chicago Studios. It mentions dance bands, orchestras, Amos Andy, and various local time blocks across cities such as Newark Chicago Davenport and Minneapolis-St Paul.
Pierre August 8 Credited as leading alfalfa production and cattle raising among South Dakota counties Meade county the largest in the state was called an inland empire by Frank D Kriebs state secretary of agriculture Kriebs noted Meade county located west central was part of Lawrences county until 1889 when it was organized and named for General George C Meade It is the largest county in the state with an area of more than two and one fifth million acres Half farming land rest grazing land Last census showed 9486 population Alfalfa is queen said Kriebs with 64116 acres devoted to alfalfa doubling the acreage of its nearest rival The valleys of the Cheyenne and Belle Fourche rivers and their tributaries are part of the region.
Meade county leads in alfalfa and grain production with 15,000 more acres planted in 1928 and a harvest totaling hundreds of thousands of bushels. The report highlights cattle, horses, hogs, sheep, and poultry numbers, Meade’s rail connections, Faith as a railroad terminus, and Fort Meade’s military post as indicators of regional wealth and development.
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