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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1929
Page
8
Sioux City reports cattle and hog prices with steady to lower bids across fat cattle yearlings and sows. Chicago and St Paul markets list slow hog demand and mixed cattle strength with top yearlings around 16 dollars and lambs firm to higher on native lines.
Sioux Falls and Mitchell markets report butter fat and eggs with price ranges for various poultry categories. Chicago potato shipments move across the U S market, while Minneapolis flour shows unchanged prices and large shipment totals on the week.
Wheat futures opened higher on Liverpool strength with mixed closes for later contracts. Oats and barley showed varied activity with hedging pressure and weak flax, while cash wheat held firmer early but demand faded. The Minneapolis market lists No 1 dark northern wheat at 1.12 and barley at .45, with rye around .80 and flax at 2.58.
An undisguised bandit robbed the First National Bank of Bridgeport, Illinois, 13 miles west of Vincennes, at noon and escaped with 4000 dollars. J. D. Madding, bank president, M. O. Brown, assistant cashier, and a customer were inside. After taking cash, the robber crossed the street and vanished. He is described as about 30 years old.
Huron corps finished fourth in the recent Drum corps competition at the state American Legion convention in Mitchell. Judging covered 11 criteria with up to 10 points in nine branches and five points in two. Judges Mallard Scott Rosebud Jimmy Munn and Vern Pratt assigned scores to the competing corps.
Commissioner Rhoads and his assistant Scattergood win instant nickname as the Indian twins after placing desks side by side in the interior department. They study the Indian problem as a long process, aiming to make Indians self supporting citizens while retaining ties to Bryn Mawr college.
A brief market snapshot notes Chicago and regional grain figures with cash and futures values for wheat corn oats barley and flax. It lists No 1 northern and amber durum types, various protein levels, and arrival expectations alongside weekly Duluth cash and futures closes for durum and flax.
New York stock market gains amid bullish activity led by U S Steel common soaring over 10 points to a new high around 259 percent. LaClede Gas surged about 40 points with many steel, utility, railroad and aviation shares rising 1 to 10 points. General Electric slid early then recovered to 387 percent, Simmons rose to a record, and other major names advanced as heavy summer output supported prices while credit conditions eased.
A dense ledger of stock quotes includes numerous firms across industries with varying daily changes. Companies such as General Electric Chrysler United States Steel and Reading appear alongside railroads like Penn Central and Southern Pacific.
The Standard of Indiana, listed on the curb market as OFL IND, finished trading today at 55 percent. The modest rise reflects cautious investor tones as trading proceeds.
Chicago report says "Baby Face" Willie Doody, sought for multiple killings and robberies, was captured at noon after detectives stormed his West Jackson boulevard flat. Doody offered no resistance and surrendered. authorities pursued him on suspected plans to flee by plane.
A chaotic fragment notes rackets harming small merchants in Chicago with a cited cost to the city of 156.6 million dollars and an average 36 dollar loss per worker. The garbled text references the Employers' Association and a city secretary, indicating heightened concern over organized crime and racketeering impacts.
Open fighting erupted in the city council chamber when union labor members presented a petition against jitney buses amid a street car strike. Police restored order after missiles, tear gas and gunfire wounded bystanders. several commissioners and officers were assaulted as crowds battled outside.
Philadelphia report on appeals court decision upholding dismissal of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan suit to bar Rev. John F. Strayer and associates from using the Klan name. The national Klan had appealed from a Pittsburgh district court ruling that it came to court with unclean hands and denied relief.
Tens of thousands of boys departed Arrow Park as the World Scout Jamboree closed. About 50,000 youths from nearly 50 countries left camp, many bidding farewell amid rain and mud. Visitors totaled 314,422, and organizers announced the next jamboree for 1953 with Salzburg to determine the site.
Washington August reports indicate President Hoover does not plan to visit Mexico in December though he hopes to travel there someday. Congress reconvenes next month and the President aims to remain in Washington for an extended period. He is expected to visit Cincinnati mid October for the Ohio River waterway opening and then travel to Louisville by river steamer through the new locks.
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