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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1929
Page
4
June 26 1864 Captain John Fitzgerald killed by Sioux on Little Cheyenne River. Sully defeats Indian murders. 1908 Robert E E McDowell of Yankton died.
The Russell Sage Foundation urges uniform nationwide marriage laws to curb divorce. It cites lax licensing, mail issued licenses, and 57 loose markets as key causes, calling for minimum marriage age of 16, five day notice, regular hours, no license clerks’ fees, religious bodies’ seminaries training, and state supervision bureaus.
The Pierre Capital-Journal comments on the Doland Times-Record view of waning civic spirit and warns that such attitudes threaten public rights and utilities. The piece imagines violent mob action against presses, laments counterproductive attitudes, and ties urgency to oil from Standing Butte.
Doane Robinson in the Argus Leader argues the highway plan is unfair as state roads are funded by automobile and gasoline taxes while town streets suffer direct taxation. He notes Sioux Falls contributes to bad funds but none of it funds local thoroughfares and calls for fair allocation by the commission.
The Woonsocket News urges Sanborn county youth involvement in 4 H club work to keep boys and girls on the farm and toward owning farms. The Argus Leader debuts a 48 page modern newspaper press. An Ipswich man develops a three row corn cultivator expanding from two rows.
In Des Moines the Corn Belt Federation condemns the Farm Board Act as utterly farcical while urging intensified farm organization to gain bargaining power for fair prices. An editorial excerpt from the St Paul Pioneer Press is cited to illustrate the act’s aims to support cooperatives and raise farmer influence through government aid.
A vivid travel sketch of Pittsburgh contrasted with New York and Los Angeles. It describes misty approaches, chemical orange streams, squalid shanties, bustling depots, shopping crowds, and a triangled river city’s maze of streets. The piece observes mill workers and diverse ethnic faces returning home as electricity reshapes jobs.
Wessington editor J McNeill returns from leave to Huron to resume duties. Thrall leaves for Yankton to attend an official meeting and will visit Springfield churches. J Eckart plans a two story brick block on Dakota avenue funded by local remarks. Dickson injures left arm. Charles dislocates wrist and forearm in fall. Mrs Wullenweider and Mrs Sweeney return from trips. F E Thompson and wife head to Chicago and beyond. E Li Abel returns from Pierre bankers meeting. Mrs Zeigler arrives to visit Mrs Perriton. Gertie and Fern Null depart for Dayton Ohio. A R Goodale visits Aberdeen family in Huron.
The listing details CBS and NBC stations with programs and time slots including symphony orchestra performances and vocal appearances. Notable entries include AIBO soloist, Jessica Dragonette with the Sentinels Orchestra, and multiple stations such as WABC New York KOA WMC WRIG and WHAS.
A dense listing shows multiple stations WBAP WMC WSAI WGY WTAM WWJ KYW KSD WHO and others broadcasting music orchestras duos and dance bands. It includes concert hours like 7:30 and 9:00 with named ensembles and performers such as Frank Black Orchestra James Lewis Gustave Hienschen and Jack Albina.
A vintage ad explains hard water causes a dirty ring in wash tubs and dirt on clothes. It promotes Melo as a water softener that improves soap effectiveness and cleans better, encouraging purchase at grocers.
A fragmented OCR of radio station schedules shows programs across Chicago Des Moines and Detroit. Entries list times and show titles from WBBM WABC WGN WLS WMAQ WHO and more, noting music talk and orchestral hours and times.
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