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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1929
Page
4
In London a display of talking movies in color was demonstrated under broad daylight. The screen was specially prepared from black silk to enhance sharpness and visibility even in strong sun.
A reader attacks the State Chamber of Commerce and the State Tax Commission for failing to offer specific tax relief ideas. He argues only farmers and miners bear real burdens, blasts proposed taxes on goods and services, and calls for clear sources of relief while defending tax payers. He challenges officials to publish concrete proposals now.
National Advertising Representatives Prodden King Prudden Inc lists Chicago New York San Francisco Seattle and Los Angeles locations. Entered at Huron D post office with rates per week per month six months and per year. Associated Press rights noted.
A summary of entries from South Dakota history notes: 1863 marks the birth of James M. Lawson, longtime Brown County legislator. 1863 cites Father Charles D. Martin as the first Presbyterian missionary to hold services in Yankton. 1872 records John Blair Smith Todd, Civil War volunteer general and early congress delegate, dying in Yankton in 1923. J. C. Luce, a veteran of Civil and Indian wars, dies in Groton aged 73.
The Houronite highlights Robert Emmett Dowdell’s critique of single tax arguments and urges that wealth creators beyond farmers and miners bear tax burdens. It notes a strong SD lineup for the Sioux Falls gathering, including Cyrenus Cole and Dean H. G. James, with many local speakers addressing agriculture and tax policy.
A Chicago Tribune article surveys future power possibilities beyond coal, predicting abundant cheap energy from wind, tides, solar, and Earth's internal heat. It cites Arrhenius on coal reserves, Bennett on wind potential, tides yielding 106,500,000 hp, Parsons on power wells, and Stelnmere's note on solar vastly exceeding annual coal use.
Mr and Mrs J W Campbell hosted Miss Lovejey of Aberdeen visiting them. A bouffette supper at 11 followed by dancing until midnight. A New Year at twelve. J E B Hipple passed through to attend S W Bowmans funeral at Ashton. Bayard Beach returned to Champaign to resume studies. Jean Hutchinson left for Chicago to continue studies. Prof J W Smith returned from Aberdeen after S D E A meeting with 600 paid enrachments. The Millers hosted New Year luncheon for Miss Ethel Ching of Castlewood. George H Costain, wife and child were present.
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