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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1935
Page
2
Hog prices fell 10 to 15 cents with top near 9.25 as receipts around 200. Cattle calves and sheep held steady amid varied dry fed steer and yearling quotes. Sioux Falls, South St Paul and Armour’s stockyards report crowding hogs, steady cattle tone, and mixed veal and lamb figures across markets.
In Chicago livestock trading June 6, receipts totaled about 12,000 hogs with 5,000 direct sales. Prices dropped 5 to 15 cents from Wednesday, top at 10 dollars, most prime hogs about 10 cents under. Cattle and yearlings also showed firm to higher prices with limited beef in supply, while sheep and sheep products rose in demand.
Wheat futures rose with July up 48, Sept up 74, and Dec flat as speculators react to Hessian fly reports across the soft winter belt. Cash wheat remained strong with good demand for winter wheat and good oats, rye, and flax demand, while Minneapolis and Duluth cash prices show firm ranges and notable protein content notes.
Fragmentary text from a Minneapolis area notice references Windhys Lebhes and a Thursday date. It notes flour shipments with prices such as 22.50 for bran and standard middlings. Details are incomplete.
Huron and Sutter markets list 5 lb hens, light feathered and old roosters, with No. 1 eggs and butterfat quotes. Watertown to Sioux Falls and Chicago reports note varied prices for hens, eggs, ducks, creamery butter, and potatoes, reflecting seasonal supply shifts and regional demand.
Two petitions to refer new state laws failed as organizers produced only about 6,000 of the roughly 14,095 required signatures. Spink county Rep Motley blamed farming duties for the shortfall and urged patience. In Sioux Falls, a plan to move Tripp and Gregory counties to the first supreme court district faltered with under 3,000 of the needed 15,000 signatures collected.
A Cuban millionaire Antonio San Miguel, 78, prominent former sister and newspaper publisher, was abducted with his bodyguard, chauffeur, and valet as a mango wagon ruse hid the attackers. Police and soldiers pressed the search while witnesses described the five kidnappers and two cars taking the party away.
New York stock list shows gains in metals and oils with American Smelting and Union Pacific among movers while Cocoa-Cola and Owens-Illinois rise about four points. Transfers around 700000 shares. sugar and bonds also reported steady to unchanged with several U S government issues noted. Minneapolis stocks mixed with Northwest Bancshares listed.
New York report says Bruno Hauptmann awaiting appeal for the Lindbergh kidnapping composes words and music with three other inmates in the Trenton death house. His attorney notes the quartet sings one piece described as a love lyric and that prisoners rest and play games while voices echo along the corridor. Hauptmann is said to be healthy, gaining weight, and focused on his appeal and new evidence.
Across Kansas City June 6 flood waters from the Kaw and Missouri rivers spread over thousands of acres as dikes failed. The Kaw breached a levee north of Lawrence sending water onto bottom land and threatening North Lawrence. About 30,000 acres east of Hermann, Missouri, remained under water as the Big Muddy rose. Government engineers reported wide flood and little danger of a Missouri rise as the Kaw discharged into the larger river, noting a 15 percent increase in barge capacity from channel straightening.
Patton Blake F. Patton manager of Anderson Lumber company was elected district chairman of the South Dakota Retail Lumbermen's association at the district meeting in Huron with 27 lumbermen present. Arthur E. Munck presided, A W Holt spoke on home construction and costs, O Lance outlined NRA status and lumber markets.
Mitchell hosts the fifty-second G A R and W R C encampment with 1561 registrants, 49 visitors. Officers elected for G A R and W R C, memorial service at Widmann hotel, wreaths, a flag program, city welcome from acting mayor, and tours plus a tree dedication mark the opening day. Veterans from multiple towns attend, including Huyck Hawarden and Laidth Sioux Falls among the listed attendees.
C E Scotchiack warns of population drop if 4 percent of residents are missed in the 1938 Huron census. Enumerators report over half the allotted work done with about 5,007 counted, urges volunteers to cover missed homes and districts, and clarifies there is a separate school census. Contact the assessor’s office at City Hall to volunteer.
Beadle County commissioners examined rising hospital costs in May and June at the courthouse. They compared hospitalization costs for the poor with Davison County showing Beadle higher per capita. Commissioner Potter proposed converting the county farm into an invalids home, reallocating hospital space to save money.
Washington June 6 A Commerce Department survey shows a moderate setback in business activity from the spring peak. April manufacturing output rose seasonally while the overall industrial production index fell due to a sharp drop in minerals and continued limits on automobile and steel ingot production. May data offer no clear trend. Pacific coast lumber output also reduced by labor issues.
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