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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1929
Page
4
The piece recalls the last week of a legislative session in Pierre with alcohol fueled antics. It notes sociable parties, ritual dazzle, and the varying effects on lawmakers from dramatic to subdued, including drinking on a scale described as a quart per person and the differing impacts on debate and voting.
A condensed Huron column notes Mrs T F Kester and her daughters Missea Lina and Maud left for Chicago on the southbound train. Several residents including John Connors C C Kragh and J C G Klenmme made Tuesday business trips to nearby towns. Mrs G Coyne plans a Cory visit March 15. Drs Wood and Durkee reported patient recovery from February 24 operation. Richard Barr Aberdeen and family visited Thursday.
Fragmentary notes reference Major Thomas H. W. Ruth a former state land commissioner and banker at De Smet born in Pennsylvania. It mentions 1844 Lawrence County organization and the McIntyre party making locations at Water.
President Hoover pledges to translate the voters will into action with a focus on law enforcement, world peace, and farm relief. He aims to reduce prohibition and shift enforcement duties while inviting public support for national unity and restraint in government. The piece also includes a poem from Yankton reflecting on moral beauty and civic virtue.
In a discussion mirrored by Meredith Nicholson's College Humor piece, the small town and large city living question stirs personal view. Nicholson notes a farm boy may envy metropolis life while considering the tradeoffs of size, opportunity, and community.
Beadle county farmers and business people will hear A B Anderson director of agricultural extension at State college discuss the 1929 market outlook. He will cover hogs beef cattle dairy cattle poultry corn wheat oats barley flax and potatoes with a forecast for the coming year. The session begins at 10 o clock Thursday morning in the American Legion hall. This is the first effort to inform all local farmers and business people about the market outlook and its importance to the county.
The text notes opportunities to study human nature in those days and debates whether legislation benefited the public. It asserts that watching recent legislative finishes over the years leads to the conviction that such processes make a difference, though whether that difference is good or bad remains debatable.
The Senate voted down an investigation of the state banking department amid doubts about the report’s facts and concerns over harming banks statewide. Supporters cite openness, while opponents warn against unnecessary costs and rumors. If real irregularities exist, experts and a grand jury could be used to uncover them.
Minneapola Journal notes President Calvin Coolidge will leave Washington on Monday afternoon for Northampton Massachusetts. He will reside in a modest rented two family house there for at least a time. The piece defends the home as a symbol of Coolidge’s imagined immobility and tenderness.
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