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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1929
Page
9
Wheat and grain futures moved lower in a short Minneapolis session with dull trading and a late rally limited by modest support. Oats corn and barley drifted, flax eased, and cash offerings remained sizable as buyers showed mixed interest. durum and winter wheats were quiet to slow amid light demand and subtle price shifts.
Sioux City market summary shows cattle and hog trends with mixed gains and declines across weights. Beef steers yearlings bulls and feeders All showing varied strength while hogs sold steady to higher with top around 10.35 and several load lots noted. Sheep and lambs mixed with steady to slightly lower ranges for fat lambs and feeder stock.
Chicago potatoes market report shows 189 cars on track 216 total shipments Thursday 52 Friday 404 cars with trading steady to slightly stronger in the north and steady elsewhere. Prices listed for sack round whites in Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota 80 to 89 cents per pound and Idaho russets 1.55 to 1.75 per unit as fancy bakers command higher quotes.
Market notes show Armour receipts and hogs to noon, with quotations from public markets for various grains including northern wheat and red durum, mixed durum, white oats, barley, flax and rye. Poultry and butter prices, plus Switz Co freight car capacity changes, are listed with dates and unit values.
A fragmented OCR item notes a direct shipper price for heavy hens and jackrabbits. The text is garbled but indicates market price tagging and station notation. No clear dates, names, or organizations are readable to specify amounts or entities.
Installation of the Automatic Gut Projector with novel slide ads will crown the 50 Olson building at Third and Dakota and be completed by early next week. Advertisements for 26 Huron businesses will flash on a 14 foot screen, with slides remaining about one second each. The Lyric Amusement company led by Mr. Leak and Gouethel holds exclusive rights for North and South Dakota, Minnesota and Nebraska and will operate and market the equipment to individuals in the state.
The Brookings Battle Mountain sanitarjum, Frank McCarurex, Sioux Falls Auxiliary, and Mrs Otto Linstand of Pierre announce visiting dignitaries for a Legion and veterans bureau program. National officers L Lippert, Mrs Freda Kramer, Purley Kesue, and Linnie E Bender are listed with addresses in Brookings Rapid City and Sioux Falls. A luncheon and entertainment honor the wives of officials at Evergreens and Marvin Hughitt Mezzanine as talks cover hospitalization matters and matters and things.
The South Dakota House delayed action on the joint investigating committee bill to study the state highway department, with a companion measure awaiting Senate disposition. The House also passed a measure to exempt city officials from free pass prohibitions, and defeated an amendment raising telephone switching charges from 25 to 30 cents monthly. The day featured committee reports and recall of five adverse measures amid a busy calendar. A memorial service honored George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, with Judge John T. Medin delivering the keynote.
President Coolidge in a George Washington birthday address says alliances are artificial and warns against universal entangling alliances while urging defense of liberty. He notes US relations with most nations remain cordial aside from Russia and cites relief of Central American tensions.
The South Dakota Young People's conference opened in the Huron college chapel with 30 to 75 delegates expected for a two day gathering. Leaders Dr. F Hayward and Mrs. Grace Sloan Overton arrived to lead sessions including a song festival, plenary addresses by Dr. Bernard, and assignments of delegates to groups for discussion. An evening program at the Methodist church featured Mrs Overton and Dr. Royal C. Agne as host.
Dr. Georg Krause, head of Munich's South German Serum Institute, develops a process to purify water by adding specially treated silver. Professor Rudolf Dekwitz certifies results. Injecting 1.14 grams of silver purifies about 2,500,000 gallons, with claims of temperature independence and applicability to any water quantity.
Helen Sheridan, wife of Lieutenant Hiram Sheridan and army flying instructor at Kelly Field who helped teach Lindbergh, announces plans to pursue the women's endurance record in Los Angeles.
Firefighters answered a blaze on the roof of Ralph Sparks at 1005 Kansas Avenue Southeast where sparks from a chimney likely ignited shingles. The smoldering area was found and extinguished with two extinguishers, leaving four small sections of shingles destroyed.
The railroad bill was reported to the Senate with a recommendation for passage to permit a limited number of rail systems strong enough to provide efficient service at reasonable cost. Supported by Senator Fess of Ohio, the report explains the aim to balance system size for effectiveness without unwieldy scale.
The text discusses possible rail line unification through merger control consolidation or absorption under Interstate Commerce Commission oversight. It notes a proposal for two or more railroads to unify lines under specified instructions, with the ICC as the governing authority. It also reports that US exports of electrical equipment in November 1928 reached a postwar peak.
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