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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1929
Page
9
Minneapolis reports a sharp drop in wheat after an early uptick, with oats and barley steady to quiet. Prices across futures and cash markets show mixed firming and softness, while protein levels remain steady and offerings small as demand stays fair to good.
Sioux City weekly cattle sales show beef steers and yearlings down 15 to 25 cents, fat stockers weaker, high-quality weight classes mixed. Veal tops at 13.50, cows around 8.00, light weight feeders near 12.50, sows up to 10, market generally steady to slower amid thin demand.
Markets built on gains but ended with a brisk weekend pullback. Utilities motors and copper led losses in many issues while others like International Nickel and American Telephone rose. Major names such as National Cash Register and Montgomery Ward weakened, with several issues testing near highs before retreat.
In a dense OCR list the Hudson column shows percentages for many companies and brands. Notable values include Motora 86 percent IntCentral 143 percent Int Com Eng 4 percent Int Harvester 105 percent Kennecott 54 percent Mack-Truck 113 percent Nash Motors 11544 percent Reading 10753 percent Sears Roebuck 16674 percent Southern Pac 183 percent Union Pac 220 percent Westinghouse Electric 145 percent Studebaker 87 percent Texas Corp 61 percent Un ion Pac 220 percent and other industry names such as Packard Pan Am Revl 45 percent Philips Petroleum 39 44 and Rem Rand 80 percent. The fragment appears to be a sponsored list or market indicator of corporate performance or share-related data with mixed punctuation and OCR errors.
Public market notes from Huron Market include No. 1 dark northern wheat at 1.05, No. 2 mixed durum 0.30, corn 0.78, rye 0.80, barley 0.43, oats 0.25, and poultry and egg prices by local firms. The Huronite cannot supply daily quotes and readers are advised to consult other sources for current market data.
Kabul faced a crisis as Jalalabad tribes menaced Habibullah Khan’s young reign. Fierce fighting near Khujevar pushed royal forces toward the capital, while Logar valley residents resisted the new government. An Afghan foreign office spokesman dismissed border rumors as nonsense.
Pilot Frank Barber of Boeing Air Transport and two passengers forced down Thursday in Nevada. Barber was slightly injured when the plane struck a ridge in mountains east of El Nevada. Passengers uninjured. All endured cold and exposure.
Army air pilot J B Haddon leapt from a burning airplane near New Carlisle after the craft caught fire in frigid conditions. He survived the jump and landed safely, the incident occurring on a January day in Springfield, Ohio.
Washington January 26 Senator Nye Republican North Dakota urged the senate to cleanse the Standard Oil Indian subsidiary industry of agents and officials amid a contest between John D Rockefeller Jr and Robert W Stewart. Nye cited a Senate inquiry into Stewart's ties to the Continental Trading company and noted Stewart’s perjury trial and acquittal. He contended dividends to Standard Oil stockholders came from controversial dealings and criticized Stewart for profiting from the Continental affair. Chicago January 28 Stewart released a new statement denying personal profits from the Continental deal and announcing his bid for re election as director of Standard Oil Indiana with a stockholders vote set for March 7.
A biologist spokesperson notes ongoing controversy as Dr. Austin H. Glark challenges the theory that humans evolved from apes. The discussion centers on Shakhava and the institution's stance as recent events unfold.
A director asserts entitlement to reelection based on ten years of stewardship and states the board and daily working group back his selection. He cites near unanimous employee endorsement and denounces any coercion claims as libelous, asserting the outcome reflects genuine sentiment.
Judge Frank R Fisher ruled that a deed and the mortgage on the Huron property tied to a care contract between C A Culver and his son Harry A Culver were set aside. Harry was awarded 200 for supporting his father for one year amid a three day hearing signaling ongoing circuit court sessions in Beadle County with next terms at Redfield and February 25 adjournment.
Wj C Paulson is slowly recovering at his home 109 Illinois avenue northwest from a serious thigh muscle bruise after being kicked by a broncho Thursday evening at the stockyards of the Chilesg2 and North Western railway. The railroad worker was assisting in unloading a reel of western horses when the accident occurred. He was taken to a hospital then returned home after doctors found no bone fracture.
The Beadle County State College Alumni Association plans its annual start this Tuesday evening in the American Legion hall. After the regular business, officers for the year will be elected and a social program outlined. Meeting begins around 8:30.
Graham-Paige announces a 1929 contract change with C, FL Conkey Huron and KR.1 Atkingon Wolsey as new dealers for the northwest territory. The agency becomes James Wesley Motor company based at 256 Wisconsin Ave SW with service and parts departments. First car consignments due shortly after February draft. formal opening planned then.
Kansas City Kansas January 26 Acting under Governor Clyde M Ree ds new law enforcement program authorities began a statewide drive late last night and continued today. County officers and three special assistants to the attorney general arrested more than 59 and seized liquor and gambling establishments. Twenty five arrests were for prohibition violations with others taken up as frequenters in college saloons and gambling halls. The program aims to make Kansas the driest state in the Union using a $40 000 fund and special attorneys general to investigate violations and aid prosecutions. Both legislature branches approved the measure by large majorities.
Rep Newton of Minnesota urged a tariff increase on high protein wheat flax feed sugar beets cheese whale milk and cream before the House Ways and Means Committee as part of a broad agricultural tariff revision hearing. He argued current duties were too low to counter Argentine competition on the Atlantic seaboard.
A fragmentary page note blends overheard gossip about "The Hal" and a judge query on a witness, with stray lines from a Scottish golf anecdote and an applicants interview. The text references a man visiting Scotland and a golf miscue, plus scattered dialogue about an approved lady and an applicant who refused to wash children.
Captain George Fried of the America is hailed as hero after saving 42 men from the Italian tramp freighter Florida. Manning, the young chief officer, led the boat crews in the daring rescue while Fried downplayed personal credit and praised the Florida’s radio operator for the crucial SOS messages.
Birmingham, Jan 26. Funeral plans form for former Senator Oscar W. Underwood who died yesterday near Washington. His body will arrive for simple ceremonies likely at 11 a.m. Monday, burial in Elmwood cemetery. Expressions of tribute pour in from Montgomery and Peters Towns.
CHICAGO Jan 26 At least one person was killed and several injured when an outbound Chicago and North Western suburban passenger train crashed into an inbound train backlog into the terminal. The rear coaches were knocked from the elevated tracks and toppled toward the embankment. It was believed the inbound train jumped a switch. Dozens of passengers were hurt with injuries not yet determined. Emergency calls brought volia and fire appliances and more than a score of ambulances.
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