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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1929
Page
8
Receipts show Armour Slog up to noon. Sioux City market notes cattle 600 head, calves 50, steady to weak prices. hogs 4,000 head mostly steady with Friday trades, top 11.50 for 169-230 lb, lean sows higher. sheep 2,500 head steady with fat lambs around 6.25 and feeders at 13.00.
Chicago and Mitchell reports show poultry, eggs, butterfat and dairy prices steady or mixed. Livestock at Chisago market includes hogs, cattle, calves, and sheep with varied price ranges and top quotes noted.
Chicago notes show U S potatoes shipments at 601 cars with 111 on track 221, Irish Cobbler prices advance for Kansas Missouri Nebraska and Wisconsin, Minnesota. Minneapolis flour prices rise 10 cents per barrel with 41 583 barrels shipped across 98 pound sacks and patent family varieties quoted at 8 00 to 8 10.
St Paul market notes cattle 2 200 with mixed demand and steady to higher prices for select lots. Feeder cattle and calves show strength in spots, sheep lambs steady to weak with native lambs around 12.00 and packer bids softer. Sioux Falls cattle 200 steady with highs near 11 30 for top cattle and heavy feeders around 10 35.
Boston August 16 The Commercial Bulletin reports wool quotations to be published tomorrow on a basis noted as scored. Montana fixed staple and other staple grades quoted with bid ranges around 92 to 96, reflecting blood combing and related processing terms.
Wheat futures closed up 1% or more for September as shorts covered. Oats and barley held steady, flax fell 3 to 54 3/4 amid demand shifts. cash wheat and rye demand remained firmer while mixed durum prices edged higher. Carrot sale ranges cited for grain components and No 1 grades in Minneapolis market.
Minneapolis cash and futures quotes show wheat at 1.324 to 1.85 percent margins with No 1 northern and dark northern grades. corn Oats barley and rye listed with varying prices and protein levels. Duluth futures update reports durum and sea and dec wheat with daily high low and close, reflecting active trading on Aug 15.
Almost 200 former residents joined about 6 000 to 7 000 people in Alexandria for the town's 50th founding anniversary celebration. Governor Bulow spoke, a noon barbecue occurred, and a parade with about fifteen floats depicting pioneer life was planned for Friday afternoon.
The event will showcase relics of the past and features an old time orchestra performing for a Friday evening barn dance.
The market showed an overall upward tendency amid subdued activity as investors awaited the weekly Federal Reserve brokers’ loan statement. Public utilities, rails, and merchandising shares led gains with notable strength in Consolidated Gas and American Can, while some industrials softened. Total volume around 3.4 million shares.
A dense list of company names and percentage figures, likely from a financial page or stock table. It builds a snapshot of market values or yields with entities such as Chrysler, General Motors, Ford, Reading, US Steel, Westinghouse, Woolworth, Packard, and Texaco among many others, with varying percentage figures.
On the curb market the Standard O of Indiana stock closed today at 54 44. The report notes trading activity and the closing price as recorded.
Twelve fourth year Boy Scouts completed a two week tour from Huron that included camping, fishing, hiking, swimming, and exploring Black Hills, Bad Lands, and Deadwood. Accompanying leaders were C. N. Hall D. C. Hobart F. C. Eggers and Mrs Bogers.
Washington reports progress in British American naval reduction talks moving from informal discussions to drafting concrete proposals. President Hoover and Secretary Stimson hopeful for a basic accord within weeks as London aides MacDonald and Dawes tighten the pace. Some observers predict a London conference on a new yardstick for naval strength by year end. The exact formula considering age armor speed and tonnage remains to be finalized by the United States.
The State college president stresses scientific research to improve waste use and notes the need for government support to fund farm laboratories until agriculture develops a self-sustaining industry. He cites large expenditures and the profit potential for business through new by–product methods.
Washington Aug 14 The Navy will sponsor two high altitude attempts within two weeks to study effects of rarefied air on men and machines. Lieut Apollo Soucek seeks a land plane record above 42 088 feet while Air Chief Machinist W T Scott aims for a 25 000 foot parachute jump at Anacostia.
The Rev Cleland B McAfee moderator of the general assembly urges all Presbyterian churches to join a plan for union with other denominations. He cites divisions between groups as visible, calling for a public witness of church unity in Christ and shared salvation.
Authorities in northeastern South Dakota pursue three robbers who escaped with 13000 from the American National Bank in Redfield. A sighting of the bandits car near Red Iron Lake between Britton and Sisseton prompted guards, as officials suspect the trio fled toward North Dakota.
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