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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1942
Page
15
Local residents report weekend trips and visits across Missouri Arkansas and nearby towns. Families note address changes farming moves hospital stays and community events. Donations from W S C S lunches and an infantile paralysis drive contribute to area funds.
A. F. Armstrongs announce a household goods sale on February 24 before relocating to Huron. Glaze was raised in Hitchcock and his wife is the former Miss Roberta Newton of Wolsey. Nearby residents include Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Clark Anderson in Huron, Mrs. Ed Stobbs visiting Miller, and Donald Gene Wood staying with grandparents M. C. Wood and family in Wessington Springs this week. The Maurice Moriarty family remains under quarantine for scarlet fever after four year old Donald contracted the illness.
New York report notes that to win South American goodwill the United States should send a jazz band while keeping the institute boys at home. Raymond Loewy and his wife split a three month tour for business and vacation. They found much of South American music originated north of the region. The song Daddy proved a favorite, easing tense talks as the band lifted spirits with applause.
In Austin Texas on February 19, Professor Hilda Rosene of the University of Texas demonstrates root hairs and capillary needles from plant roots. She separates the fine white hairs and threads them into tiny capillary glass tubes for water absorption experiments, under a microscope. The work aims to test a long-held assumption, with evidence pending.
A Baltimore February survey notes an influx of workers and crowding, adding nearly a quarter of a million people to the metro area since the 1940 census. The combined Baltimore city and metro population reaches about 1,087,810, with the city’s 1940 census listing 859,110 residents.
The Office of Indian Affairs arranged a large purchase amid January involving 61 individuals, 31 trading stores, 7 Indian corporations, and 5 rein deer accounts. Transactions supported by Native Arts and Crafts and the Name Skin Sellers Association under Governor Ernest Gruening.
A fragmented notice discusses parrots in a local area, noting confusion over their behavior and sounds. The piece hints at noise concerns and possible public nuisance, with limited readable detail on location or officials involved.
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