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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1931
Page
4
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European matters from Paris are explored with emphasis on constructive statesmanship versus destructive demagoguery. The piece warns that national critics hinder progress between France and Germany and urges trusted government action over political gamesmanship. It notes Hoover era debt moratorium progress and calls for cooperative handling of urgent finances and peace concerns.
An editorial advocates guarding youth health despite austere times. It highlights Senator James J. Davis and Mooseheart’s record, noting 1,400 orphans with no deaths last year amid national mortality of 12 per thousand. Emphasis is on prevention over cure and strict health regulations to prevent disease sources.
The piece stresses ongoing parental responsibility for child health, urging constant vigilance against disease exposure. It argues that children raised by parents or in society deserve equal care, warns against economies that halt care, and calls for regular medical checks of teeth, eyes, noses, throats, and general body conditions with parental consultation to doctors.
The Dispatch endorses William Williamson for Congress and notes his long record of informed service in the House while reporting Jack Reinhard of Spearfish seeking the Democratic nomination for the West River district. It also covers air mail service news for Sioux Falls and Watertown, plus Minnesota road funding and job hopes.
The piece argues Neville Chamberlain promises a balanced budget and debt reduction, calling gold standard abandonment a temporary fluctuation. It notes global financial tension, suggests international cooperation is needed to stabilize monetary systems, and recalls the historic push toward bimetallism.
The Newer Irrigator defends Iowa farmers who resisted tuberculosis testing on animals as defense against government overreach. It argues the majority expressed through ballots and legislature sanctioned the testing, while a small dissident group risked a chaotic democracy if law enforcement was routinely resisted.
Girl Scouts nationwide ready for Christmas as they visit hospitals and homes to sing carols and deliver gifts. In Washington they will sing on the White House lawn for President Hoover and Mrs Hoover. Scouts in Allegheny county plan a Christmas service at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. In Pittsburgh they hold a reunion and in Richmond they host a combined Christmas party and Court of Honor. Community trees in Brunswick and Maize fund gifts for poor children. Scouts report thousands of toys and coats collected, blankets repaired, and clothing distributed via welfare agencies, creating temporary work through the drive.
Huron Troop 1 held its annual Christmas party at the K C hall with 13 scouts and two junior assistant scoutmasters present. A treasure hunt failed to reveal the message, and basketball games saw the Fox patrol lose 12 to 0 while Porcupine fell 8-6 to Beavers. Snacks included nuts, cake and hot dogs as patrols were penalized for messes. Wolverines and Beavers were named winners.
Broadland Troop 15 held a regular meeting with oath taking and a review of the troop rules. Scoutmaster Bischoff read a list of quartons, prizes and tokens while electing Lenin Semith as troop scribe. The scouts planned an exciting party and conducted five aid contests plus singing and yelling games. The next meeting is scheduled at the church on December 22.
Sunshine club of Seabern county produced uniforms in May and swept Mitchell five places. Canning success followed at Mitchell State Fair and National club congress in Chicago with a special exhibit at Wesley Springs to boost club work in Jerauld. Exhibits also shown at Farmer's short courses in Letcher and Alpena. Individual prizes earned and the club won a Huronite free trip to the Brookings short course.
Alice McBride, South Dakota's 4-H canning champion, recounts a Chicago visit for the National 4-H Club Congress. She describes subway travel, tours of the International Harvester plant and twine factory, a livestock exposition, and receptions with Sears Roebuck, Thomas E Wilson, and Adolph Byrd, plus museum and broadcasting center tours and a banquet at the Sherman hotel.
Ralph Uldieh of the Just Bite league in Foster Township, Beadle County, critiques Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. He portrays Scrooge as miserly and hard hearted until the Ghost of Christmas Past reveals a possible future, prompting Scrooge to wake hopeful and softened.
A page fragment presents a cryptic crossword style list with numbered clues and entries. It includes references to positions like superintendent aboard ship, verbs and nouns, verticals, and historical notes such as a senator from Idaho. The reader sees scattered solutions and cross-references from yesterday’s puzzle with many garbled letters and partial words.
Boy Scouts across Lancaster and Pittsburgh aid canning of thousands of jars while Lima Ohio supplies 2083 cars to Family Welfare. Meriden and Clarksburg units assist with odd jobs and clothing drives as part of a broad emergency effort led by James E. West and local committees.
Troop 5 members spent a Wednesday evening on a two mile hike to earn points in the achievement contest. About 64 percent left headquarters at 7 pm and returned around 9 pm after fires were put out and refreshments carried.
Judge James De Elliot of a federal court issues an opinion favoring First Minneapolis Trust Company in a suit involving Minneapolis and IAS 3 against Minneapolis Construction Company and others. The case concerns financing the Mound City and Eastern railway in McPherson County, alleging a mortgage on right of way real property and railroad equipment as security for funds for construction. Bonds totaling 175,600 were issued for the project.
BROOKINGS, Dec. 13. Yellow tomatoes could become a dessert fruit in South Dakota within a year or two. Dr N E Hansen head of horticulture at State college reports a yellow dessert variety found in India high in the Himalayas. The tomato, with pink rose tinted skin and marbled flesh, is being trialed in the college gardens this season. In Europe tomatoes have long been served as fruit, while in the United States they began as ornamental plants and were once thought poisonous.
A snapshot from twenty years ago in Huron and nearby areas chronicles a morning of travel and business. Local residents James Tomlinson Bert Homby G R McBride AL Schroeder Thomas Ernest Wintle Ham Christensen and others depart for cities including Chicago Crawfordsville Aberdeen Wolsey and Pierre on assorted business trips or visits.
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