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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1936
Page
2
Armour Stockyards Huron reports a steady to strong hog market with 1000 head receipts and a Friday price surge up to $110, cattle and sheep steady. Chicago and Sioux City bid stock higher on eve of the holiday, with hogs showing gains across regions and spring lambs maintaining demand.
Sioux Falls and Chicago markets report mixed movement across cattle poultry and butter. Hogs top at 10.35 with 98,000 bulk traded. butter futures rise on pastures and milk news. eggs and local produce show varied prices in Sioux Falls, Sioux City,Watertown and Mitchell with multiple animal and dairy items listed.
Market card notes corn and mixed classes with No 3 yellow and notes on tonnage and grading for the region. Indicates No 1 mixed and No 3 assists, reflecting standard commodity sizes and market labeling in northern shipping lanes.
Grain futures were volatile with July wheat down 1.44 cents and September 0.04, December unchanged. Dry weather aided gains in several grains while flax and coarse grains showed strength. cash wheat and corn demand remained varied with oats and rye in steady demand. Weather and profit taking shaped the session in Minneapolis market report.
Minneapolis cash close notes heavy wheat receipts at 122 cars versus last year. Prices shown for No 1 dark northern hard winter and No 2 dark northern, with various weights and discounts. Oats corn barley and flax quotes listed, plus flour, shipments, and carlot ranges for wheat and related grains.
Friends in Huron report the death of Walter Otteson, 42, of Watertown, brother of Merle Otteson. He died at Snelting Vet Range Hospital in Minneapolis at 5:30 PM Wednesday. Survived by widow Audrie Ann, mother in Brookings, two brothers Merle and Conrad in Brookings, three sisters. A World War veteran, he had worked as a traveling representative for Manchester Biscuit Co during his Watertown residence.
A rump faction of the National Farmers Holiday Association led by Rep. Asher Burdick of North Dakota announced plans for its own national convention within 600 days, asserting communistic control over the parent group. The split followed Bosch’s Minnesota-led bloc electing a new president and tabled Lemke endorsement amid walkouts by state unit heads.
Admitted: John White Bancroft medical Mrs. Phillip Erickson Huron medical W B Nash Hitchcock minor surgery Jeannine Steinberg Huron minor surgical dismissed Elsa Stolz Huron Leste Westeel Esmond
A dense, partial OCR list of stock tickers and company names with percentages and numbers. The fragment includes names like Armour, Chrysler, Du Pont, General Electric, Kennecott, Kodak, Packard, RCA, Sears, Studebaker, Texaco, and Home Owners Loan. It reads like a ledger or rundown of securities with mixed punctuation and garbled bits. Data appears scraped from a historical financial page, lacking coherent narrative or dates.
New York July report notes business divisions show a pickup in the past month with retail sales up 12 to 6 percent year over year in most regions. Demand for apparel and vacation moods boosts wholesalers while seasonal slowdowns hit drought districts. Regional gains range from 10 to 20 percent with Pacific Coast up 14 to 18 percent as farm equipment and hard goods trim schedules yet furniture and sporting goods keep rising.
CHICAGO July 3 7 P Blocked in their efforts to solve the mystery of the slaying investigators were called to a conference in the state’s attorney’s office to plan a new line of attack Chief of Detectives John L Sullivan indicated the meeting aimed to acquaint those on the case with all facts now in possession of workers Mrs Castle a 24 year old tavern hostess was beaten to death in her small hotel bedroom as her seven year old son Jimmy Thompson lay beside her later Jimmy told police a story of having talked with the killer as he knelt over his mother striking her
The Red Cross extends free swimming and life saving instruction at Ravine Lake in Huron. John H. Pasek will lead daily sessions except Sundays with morning swimming classes, junior life saving, and senior life saving slots. Registrations are urged at the pool for timely life saving tests later in the summer.
Store managers from Montgomery Ward and Company gathered in Huron for a two day conference. The sessions aimed to plan the purchase of a new line of shoes for the forthcoming season.
Mivees eye movies Hortense Babbitt and Addie Babbitt prepare a vacation trip through Wisconsin Illinois and Michigan to attend the first American puppetry conference and festival in Detroit from July 8 to 11. The event features lectures performances by the Martin Marionettes Cincinnati the Tattermans Cleveland and the Marionette Fellowship Detroit with Tony Sarg guest speaker and demonstrations by Paul McPharlin. En route the Hyronians visit relatives in Madison Wisconsin and LaGrange Illinois.
Mrs. V A Erleson announces weeklong day camp staff for Havon Girl Scouts at Riverside Park July 1 to 11 am to 4 pm daily. Director Helen Buchanan, business manager C E Barks, nurse Maurice Gowdy, and archery teachers Elinor Nielsen LaVerne Gibby lead sessions. Other coordinators include Joyce Anderson, Bob Sheeks supervising swimming. handicap craft with Barkl Gibby. mapping and dramatics by Dunbar Lusk Fortune Rayburn Morison. younger group led by Mary Boyle Rayburn. intermediate by LaVerne Gibbs Betty Martin. older girls by Frank Coffey Nielsen. Each girl brings notebook, pencil, bathing suit, towel, cup, and a noon lunch. park provides a drink or hot dish. Ravine Park pool reserved mornings 9 to 11. Report at Riverside Park at 8 o’clock. late registrations accepted Monday morning and cloak.
In Geneva on July six France calls for a reinforced system of regional pacts supervised by the League of Nations to guarantee world peace with swift armed punishment for aggressors. Yvon Delbos, the foreign minister, urged reform of the International police body as a gunman wounded a Czech journalist fired two shots, then hospitalised while the assembly resumed.
A long list of residents selects lakeside and city locations for Fourth of July festivities. Huronians plan at Lake Kampester near Watertown while Lake Dudley hosts celebrations. Lake Okoboji draws Frances Swoboda and others. Other groups pick Sioux City, Stone Pass, Black Hills, Fargo, Willmar, Maiden, Carrington, Webster, Aberdeen, and more for holiday events with family and neighbors.
Two defendants, Clots and Marie Kearns, were bound over on forgery and obtaining money under false pretenses in Beadle County Municipal Court. They faced separate counts and were sent to circuit court on bonds of 300 dollars, as prosecutors allege a second racket involved a store refund via altered sales slip claiming a purchase by a relative. Officials detained the pair after a store audit and a report of a refund dispute led to their arrest. James Byrnes represented the defendants, State's Attorney H W Marley for the state.
Cuero Texas July 3 Hundreds of lowland people fled escalating floodwaters from the Guadalupe River. Property and crop damage nears 50 million dollars. At least 23 people dead, many between Austin and San Marcos, as 25 000 acres and 40 homes inundated near Victoria. Refugees ferried by motor boats, creeks recede, communications crippled, Leesville left desolate with heavy rains.
The Bethel A M E Church sponsors a Sunday event for all colored people of South Dakota at the State Fair Grounds. Des Moines district elder preaches from 10 to noon. A basket dinner is planned from 12:30 to 1:30. Mayor J P Walsh of Huron will speak at the Young People’s program in the afternoon. No concession stands announced.
Danforth Folen and Barbara Bridenbaugh with their uncle Leonird Bridenbaugh visited relatives in Nebraska for a week. Miss Marian Keck, attending summer school at Huron College, spent a few days with her parents. A celebration will be held on the Fourth of July at Huddleston's Grove with music by Hally Martin's dance band.
Notice seeks two young men for concession work with photographic experience preferred. Also lost keys on a chain including one marked Studebaker. Reward offered. Liquor store ad offers wines and whiskies in various gallon quantities from the post office.
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