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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1937
Page
10
Store invites shoppers to compare prices and form the habit of regular shopping at Skaggs System Stores. Saving two pennies on every other item can reduce monthly food costs, with many occasions offering even more savings than that.
Prunes from the Santa Clara Valley are described as clean plump and tender skinned with high sugar content. Friday and Saturday offer 80 to 90 size three pounds for 19 cents.
An ad touts a fourteen ounce bottle of catsup described as fresh sunny ripened tomatoes and pure vinegar with tangy spices for a smooth piquancy. The large bottle will sell for 9 cents.
A Riverside market advertises tree ripened oranges priced at two cents each for large 176 size and two dollars and fifty-five cents per bushel basket for all sizes. The notice warns this may be the last car the season will allow.
An old style classified notice touts Extra Extra value and extra standard tomatoes in large No 244 cans offered at a sale price of one cent per can.
A promotional note touts Del Monte Red Alaska Salmon in tall one pound cans as a superior food suitable for discerning guests. The tall can is advertised at 9 cents, appealing to households seeking quality seafood at a low price.
A fragment notes a sale on large twenty six ounce jars of fancy apple butter offered at 1 cent per jar. The wording is unclear but highlights a bargain price for the product.
Goldie Hauke leads as a domineering queen in The Queen's Husband directed by George and Herbert Stuh at Huron College tonight at 8 15. Miss Hauke majors in English and aims to teach after normal school training. The play centers on a wife who dominates the family while her husband gains influence only at the end amid a subplot with his secretary and Princess Anne. The program notes add a zoological aside about the dogfish, a shark family member.
J Henry Terwilliger of Iroquois received full military funeral honors conducted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars with Vern Bandy of Huron as officer of the day and Emory G. Smith of the U S Navy as commentator. Honorary pallbearers included state VFW officers and 17th Field Artillery veterans from the Mexican campaign. Terwilliger enlisted in 1914, rose to sergeant major before leaving in 1919, and served as a state rehabilitation officer for four years. He was a civil engineer, University of Chicago graduate, and active in veteran affairs statewide.
The Soil Conservation Service notes that fields with vegetation hold moisture for spring seeding, while bare fields dry out. Snow accumulates on vegetative covers, eight to 18 inches, due to drift, with snow fences and road ditches collecting drifts. Vegetative cover is urged to combat drought and wind erosion despite minimal compositional differences in plants.
Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra, $80,000 aircraft nicknamed the silver bird, is at Oakland airport for final tests before a Monday departure. She plans a around the world route via Honolulu Howland Island Australia India Brazil and Panama, with navigator Capt. Harry Manning to Port Darwin. Georgy Palmer Putnam, her husband, a mechanic and radio unit representative accompany the crew as officials anticipate a historic nonstop ocean crossing.
Lillian Waldner wins the Boots and Her Buddies coloring contest as this week’s top entry. She earns a free ticket to the Human Theatre and can claim it by calling at the box office on the day she plans to attend.
The notice lists entrants including Jona Maxvold Shirley Jana Barringer Dale Keelin Louise Smith Joyce Goocher Jean Ner steddt and others from Huron and nearby areas. It requests all entries reach the Evening Huronite office by the stated Friday deadline.
J C Donahue and daughter Joyor returned to Rockham from Mitchell after two days of business and visiting relatives. Mrs Harold Oxwang and her children Thomas and Sally joined them for the trip and plans to spend time in Rockham.
IE L Dana, long a leading northwest cattle operator, has sold all interests in the EL Dana Livestock Company based in Sheridan County. He managed a vast empire with about 160000 acres and over 20000 cattle, while keeping oil and mineral rights and a 25000 acre ranch in Cascade, Montana.
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