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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1936
Page
2
Hog receipts at Armour Stockyards Huron on July 30 show a steady market with little quotation change. Cattle calves and sheep were steady. hogs and related stock were mixed with slight declines noted in heavier classes and steady lighter offerings. Sioux Falls livestock also reports hogs steady to down, cattle steady with some weakness in heavy cuts.
Chicago reports a hiccup in hog receipts with prices easing 10 to 12 cents from yesterday’s peak. Top hogs traded around 112.5 per hundredweight with some sales higher, while wholesale pork and lighter cuts shifted modestly. Cattle supplies matched demand with prices steady, but overall beef levels remained about 25 to 40 cents under last week. Fat lambs held at 10.50, with other sheep weaker.
From Sioux City and South St Paul livestock markets for July highlights mixed cattle hogs and sheep action. Cattle ranged with fed yearlings up to 825 and cutters steady. hogs mostly steady to lower with lighter weights active. sheep and lambs trading around steady to lower with feeder lambs showing weakness.
Regional produce price notes from Huron Mitchell Watertown Sioux Falls Sioux City and Sioux City markets list heavy hens leghorn springs butterfat eggs and poultry报价 with dates July 20 30 and mention of Swift Co and D Heavy breed hens and various weights alongside egg and butterfat quotations from Chicago New York and other markets.
The Associated Press reports on Enense Produce Futures for Thursday including butter futures and borage standards. Receipts reach 294 cars in Minneapolis market with variations in No 1 heavy dark northern and No 2 dark northern offerings and related weights.
A chaotic OCR fragment lists test weights and grain quality codes for Montana hard and durum wheats, red and yellow corn, oats and barley. Includes numbers for No 1 through No 5 grades, trading basis adjustments, and small listings for flax and sweet clover reed prices.
The weekly crop and weather summary from Minneapolis shows grain markets gaining strength near the close. Wheat futures rose modestly with July unchanged and Sept up two cents, while flax and rye posted small losses and cash markets remained firm for corn and wheat.
Grain bulletin shows No 1 dark northern and No 1 mixed barley oats rye and corn pricing at Minneapolis with flour and shipper figures. Carrot grain ranges in Minneapolis include hard amber durum and white oats while Duluth cash close lists wheat and flax prices across several grades and weights.
Fragmented text references government bonds mortgage and farm meetings with partial figures and titles. Mentions Home Owners Loan, Treasury securities, Federal Farm Meetings, and a New York state note. Lacks coherent events or full names due to damaged OCR.
Meteorologists foresee warmer conditions across the plains with a likely 95 degree high on Friday. Laskowski predicts near 100 degrees in some bays while Chicago's forecast aligns on higher heat across South Dakota and the central states. Rain is expected to ease drought in western Kansas and Nebraska with pleasant weather returning tonight and tomorrow.
Rebels hold Tolosa briefly as government forces mass in San Sebastian area. Layatist raids prompt heavy gunfire in the mountains north of Madrid while a mobilized merchant fleet forms an anti fascist armada. Americans report property respected as evacuations to the east coast proceed amid perilous Barcelona conditions.
Consul Franklin reported from Barcelona that while authorities could not guarantee protection for Americans, no U.S. citizens were harmed yet. He noted banks remain under local bank employee union oversight and government limits on withdrawals and wage payments, with exchange operations suspended and restricted government intervention.
Jacksonville reports a tropical storm moving from the Gulf of Mexico threatening northwest Florida with probable hurricane force winds. The storm, near Adeluchicola, is forecast to strike between Apalachicola and Pensacola with tides rising and winds around 40 mph. A second Florida landfall previously caused one death from a deckhand and another indirect fatality from a Miami fire.
The Greater South Dakota Association approves a study on water conservation and irrigation due to dropping water tables in South Dakota. President Blaxe F. Patton and others appoint a regional committee, with Huron hosting ongoing work on agriculture industry highways and tourism. A headquarters is set in Pierre for 1937 Legislature, and the first convention will be in Huron with October as tentative convention date. The GSDA reports six months of activity including agriculture, transportation, tourism, and information services, plus cooperation with crop improvement groups and a state livestock directory effort.
Harold Lumb recently returned to the United States from England where he spent three years at Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar. His wife Frances Esteeard arrived in Huron ten days ago to visit her mother, Mrs. Anna Estee. They will stay through August before moving to Cleveland where Lumb joins the law firm Toiles Hogsett and Ginn on September 1.
In Los Angeles a nursemaid’s testimony aligns with Dr Franklyn Thorpe’s divorce dispute with Mary Astor. The nursemaid Nellie Richardson details alleged affairs and a diary entry, while Astor’s lawyers question Thorpe’s conduct and the custody fight.
St Louis Cardinals club physician Sr Robert Hyland advised Paul Dean to take an indefinite rest period after examining his sore right arm. The pitcher was found to have inflammation of the bursa around the shoulder joint and will be inactive for the time being.
Port Huron Michigan reports coroner Albert A Palk concluded Richard Hoanshelt a year old drowned after being knocked from a boat by an older playmate who struck him with an oar during a quarrel. Juvenile court authorities handle the case amid questions of responsibility. Nearby, a children's show is planned with six neighborhood youths performing in a garage Vaudeville setup on August 6.
U S Department of Agriculture reports about half the corn crop damaged in Missouri Iowa Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma and South Dakota as of July 2. Prospects vary by state with some areas showing stable yields while others face severe losses and overall fodder crops also hurt. hay supplies depend on drought recovery and pasture color as winter approaches.
Wisconsin search teams investigated a route between Columbus and Athens for clues to the Slayer who killed John Knox Ritchie of Palo Alto after a shooting at a farm. Authorities traced the suspected killer's movements as officers sought tips from hikers and residents along the route.
A medical admission and discharge record lists patients including Mrs. William Ande Smet, Mrs. J. Vefer, Flora Thurston, Kannyth Huizenga and others. Dismissed: Duce Redmead. Mentions Mrs. Carl Tollefson and baby, Mrs. Murman Schmidt with a boy, and Ev and baby.
Miscellaneous ads list items for sale or trade including stock, trade boxes, and a tractor. Notices urge selling by August 5 due to leaving for the coast, and request responses via box 110 Huron. Also includes requests for buyers, a division manager position, and liquor ad offerings in Huron South Dakota.
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