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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1932
Page
4
A reflection on Lord Macaulay's prescription for governance urging the state to confine itself to its lawful tasks while offering temporary aid to secure fair prices, defend property, and promote industry. The piece adds a modern duty to protect the weak and ensure human rights, trusting the people to follow through.
The article discusses Lewis W. Bicknell's Democratic bid and his call for a real bank guaranty law for national banks with a fifty percent reserve funded by undistributed profits of federal reserve banks. It notes the paper’s reluctance to back the deposit guaranty and argues the government should oversee banking while ensuring depositor protection.
The piece surveys proposed banking and tax reforms including private bank depositor protection and stockholder liability, plans to liquidate closed national banks privately, rediscount good assets, and reduce government, with critique of tariff talk. It notes Hoover critique and predicts Bicknell's plan will gain attention as Wessington spans reorganizes its commercial club to boost community impact.
Nation’s Business editor Merton Thorpe estimates total government outlay at fifteen billion dollars against a seventy billion national income, arguing taxes are too high and complex. He urges deflation of government, simpler laws, and restraint in public spending to ease the tax burden on individuals and businesses.
During National Thrift Week January 17 5 the Girl Scouts plan thrift activities and pageants marking Benjamin Franklin and Poor Richard Almanac. Troops will visit banks discuss budgeting and savings under leaders guidance while radio broadcasts and exhibits highlight conserving resources and managing family income.
Mary Han ity, a seventh grade student at Owl Creek school in Belle Fourche, won first prize in The Young Citizen essay contest for January. Lesis Schwartz took second place. The winning essay urges relief work during drought and economic hardship, calling for thrift, charity, and better citizenship.
The Rustlers Sheep club elected officers at a meeting during the post week Wayne Gorham named vice president and Flap Ballister secretary and treasurer Be vice-president attended the session and spoke on Winter Care of Ewes Bir. Deleng showed club work movies including shots from the State fair plans for the next meeting at M. C. Gordon home Webrumey BL 7 akon.
Aloyt Sill, 18, of Madelia Minnesota, feeds 42 Angus calves after a club project featured in the Minneapolis Journal. He notes the key is selecting good feeders and avoiding wasteful feeding. He and his father Lloyd bought 32 Aberdeen Angus calves at South St. Paul market to winter with fodder and a ration of corn and linseed meal.
Edmund Martin, a member of the Richland Hoosiers under Roland Leonhardt, recounts his 4-H Junior Short Course trip to Brookings. He describes travel, activities at the Armory, assemblies, a sight-seeing tour, a stunt night won by Brown county, grasshopper studies, meat curing, forging, livestock judging, a banquet with Kernmeth Anderson as toastmaster, and the announcement of National 4-H club camp delegates in Washington, D. C.
Three Boy Scouts may win fully funded trips to Alaska through a program by the United States Department of the Interior and partners Alaska railroad Alaska Steamship company and Northern Pacific railway. First prize is a 19 day interior trip return, second prize a 12 day Seward trip, third prize a 10 1/2 day Skagway trip. Eligibility is 14 or older on February 15 1934 with demonstrated Scout ideals leadership and service. Applications require scoutmaster endorsement and two nonfamily adults plus a pantograph in Scout uniform. See area executive or Scout magazine for details.
The Debden Star reports the Golden Star League held its January meeting on a Friday. C. J. of Fordham town, clerk county, presided for Teague president James Falkenburg, with the session detailing routine business and yesterday’s agenda.
A garbled OCR page presents a long list of mixed phrases and vocabulary items with numbers and cryptic spellings. Entries include references to places, occupations, body parts, and objects, though many fragments are unreadable or misspelled.
The article stresses purposeful record keeping for expenditures to help the family maximize value. It warns against simple one page tallies and urges classifying spending by categories such as clothes, food, and recreation. An analyzed record reveals good and bad money management and guides future improvement.
Twenty years ago in Huron a series of names appear as local travelers and business visits. Denniz Savor, a northbound business passenger, and Ben Darby head north for business. Albert Lampe spends the day in Wolsey on business, LC Tredway travels to Sioux City for business. R B Hatfield returns home to Wolsey after a weekend in the city. Attorney W A Johns of Wolsey attends to business in the city. Miss Zillien Jacke returns to Broadland after visiting in the city. John G Weaner travels to Canton for a few days midwinter exams and family visits. J XL Ghiwied departs for Chicago for a few days on a business trip.
Gettysburg reports two fires within seven days. Early Sunday at 5:30 an alarm from a local cafe sparked a quick response by the fire department which contained the blaze with minimal damage. Last Wednesday a larger fire at a general merchandise store caused about 9000 dollars in loss, mostly uninsured, with high winds complicating efforts.
Dr. Harry C. Culver pastor of the First Methodist church of Mitchell was elected to the executive committee of the Dakota Wesleyan University board. He succeeds Dr. J P Jenkins who retired last October and moved to San Francisco. Culver is a Cornnell and Garrett alumnus with eight years of college experience.
The Happy Carthage club girls held a meeting at Ruth Robbins's home on January 16. All but one member answered roll call as songs were sung and committee reports heard. Led by Josephine Sundell, they plan a Valentine box and will meet at Phyllis Wolf's home on February 6. a lunch capped the gathering per Vaneia Syverson.
Unusually mild weather in late 1931 reduced fatalities among Lake boats in ice and storms. No deaths were reported for the year, despite harsh conditions on the Great Lakes. Four women candidates enter the county race in Nacogdoches Texas for county clerk and county treasurer positions.
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