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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1938
Page
4
A correspondent sketches a Chinese infantryman as a frugal hard worker who endures long treks and bland sleep without complaint. The piece notes his stamina and contentment, praising resilience for adventurous youths. It also mentions Hollywood’s nationwide search for a small skunk and a girl who saved pennies to buy dolls, stressing thrift.
Puzzle listing many clues across topics from music to geography. It references a world famous violinist and numerous definitions, with entries for musical notes, objects, and roles, forming a dense mixed quiz.
A Mississippi demonstration shows a mechanical cotton picker outperforming 50 or 60 Negro laborers an hour. The piece argues the device could upend the cotton belt economy, forcing adaptation rather than planning. Change is driven by invention and market forces, not officials, and depends on collective responsibility to steer toward progress.
The Mills house in Cleveland is home to 325 clocks of all kinds and ages. They run under one roof, taking an hour and a half to wind them all. The clock-filled home offers a charming image at first, but the constant ticking serves as a stark reminder of aging and time slipping away.
The article argues war horror is hard for peacetime minds to grasp and uses a defense of Chinese soldiers to illustrate military discipline and effectiveness. It compares explaining warfare to describing an odor to someone without a sense of smell and suggests telling young readers why authorities view Chinese troops favorably.
The article argues propaganda links attractiveness solely to women while men also care about appearance. It lists desired male traits from confidence and care to reliability, smooth hair, alertness, and restraint, noting social expectations and relationships in a 1928 NEA Service column.
Milwaukee soap tester JP John Hanser comments on taste like spinach while Cornell professor Corret notes universal petting and necking. Denver father James Whiteman praises son Paul Whiteman. Howard Hughes jokes that modern airplanes outrun navigation.
A humorous piece by Bob Burns in voice of Bos Burns about matrimony advice and small town folly. Anecdotes include Grandpa Snazzy, Uncle Slug, and Grandma with a punchline about bossing and bruised pride. Copyright 1938.
Joseph Jones, president of Britain's Mineworkers Federation, declares at the annual meeting that strikes no longer pay in the current era. He notes workers and industrial leaders prefer peaceful settlements, with few major strikes since 1936.
A Central South Dakota farm diary notes a cooler breeze and distant storm clouds as rain is hoped for to save a corn crop. The family celebrates wagons full of corn, describes curing and cooking ham, and a power outage prompts a reflection on personal "lamps" versus societal lights. Ink.
Twenty years ago in Huron Mr and Mrs G R Dickson and family left for Yankton via rail, seeking new home and promotion with C N W Railway. A high school kitchen canning service run by Mrs 0 P Drake and Mrs Leonard M Davis demonstrated vegetables preservation for the national defense council. Other notes include Lake Shetek motor trip reports and a party gathering at Lake Byron with several guests and chaperone Mrs J M Campbell returning from Minneapolis.
New York radio listings detail WEAF NBC WABC CBS and WIZ NBC schedules from afternoon to late evening. Notable programs include Major Bowes Amateurs, Toronto Promenade Symphony, Elvira Rios songs, Amos and Andy, Edward Thorgensen sports, and Tommy Dorsey Orchestra with Dance Music. The listings emphasize network affiliations and time slots across stations.
Beagle County State of St Dak transfers parcels to Bertha E Alvey of Cavour for 3000, Pt NW 3-110-80. Mads J Madsen to Elsie Marie Melhaven, Denmark, Europe, for 1, lot 6 bik 3 Kent and Moodys addn in Huron. Floyd T Shaw to R Diekhoff of Wessington for 1, lot 3 bik 26 Brooks ist addn. Aretta V Bowlda and J W Crossby to Joseph C Bowlds of Huron for 1, Jot 5 blk 11 2nd Athletic addn. Ideal Marker Co to Leo Cornelissen for 25, Jot 113 see, % Ideal Cemetery.
Mr and Mrs Jamies Hamlin and family left Sunday for Minnesota to spend their vacation, according to a Highmore report filed August 11.
Washington dispatch analyzes left and right factions vying over Roosevelt's fate and reformist tactics. It details rumored candidates targeted by leftists and counterplay by New Deal leaders, with emphasis on potential outcomes in Connecticut Maryland Georgia South Carolina and Georgia and the broader Senate purge dynamics.
Forestburg reports July moisture at 1.46 inches below normal, totaling 18.47 inches for the year, 3.93 inches above average. Crop conditions show corn still fair, early planted corn well progressed. threshing yields range wheat 22 bushels, oats 35 to 55, barley 35 to 40, and rye 12 to 20. Temperatures peaked at 102 and fell to 50.
WirslIT School friends Highmore reports Clifford Jansa of Sioux Falls spent several days in Highmore visiting old school friends. Jansa is now a student and athlete at Creighton University in Omaha. He was graduated from Highmore High School where he was a prominent basketball star.
Mr and Mrs Charles Minerman of Extra Ta spent a week visiting at the Lloyd Miller home Lane. Mrs Minerman and Mrs Miller are sisters. The Minermans formerly lived on a farm between here and Wessington Springs.
Aug ITORS Lane and Mrs Tinus Sundergaard with their sons from Kirkman Indiana visited their cousins the P Nielsons amid a weed wreck.
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