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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1930
Page
10
Sioux City livestock market reports mixed prices with cattle and calves steady to weak and hogs uneven. Chicago bids eased after opening firm with hogs at 11.30 to 12.30 per cwt and cattle sluggish. fat lambs and sheep bid lower amid slow selling. Also listed are price notes for dairy, poultry, butter, eggs, and regional produce markets.
South St Paul market shows thin cattle demand with feeders and calves weakest. Cattle prices range from 4.50 to 13.00 with bulls down 25, hogs mixed though steady to 25 lower, light weights strongest, sheep bids weak and lambs steady to lower.
Sioux Falls market Thursday caps a 4000 head run with uneven prices down 15 50 cents, top 10.25, bulk 9.25, heavy butchers 9.00 to 9.50, food packers 8.57 to 3.75. Cattle steady at about 20.00 head.
Markets list poultry and butter offerings furnished daily by Swift Co and Buck Brothers of Huron. Items include hens, leghorns, ducks, geese, cocks, and various weights with price notes subject to change. The fragment lists weights such as 414 pounds and under 4 3/4 percent, indicating a rough ledger of merchandise and pricing.
Light and medium weight hogs led a firm day at Armour Stockyards Haro on May 12 as buyers pushed values up to 20 cents. Flellies showed strength with a top price of 10.10 while receipts totaled 700 head in a brisk market session.
Wheat futures had a volatile session with an opening drop then partial recovery. May closed modestly lower as corn and oats turned around later, while rye and barley showed heavy selling early but little demand. Cash wheat remained narrow with few buyers and high protein offerings scarce. Durum quiet and milling rye hard to find.
Minneapolis cash close reports mixed grain prices with No 1 dark northern wheat and amber durum holding near previous levels. Futures ranges show May July and September corn oats rye and flax trading with modest shifts as traders digest supply signals and seasonal demand.
Minneapolis and Duluth market notes from March 12 show mixed grain price moves. Wheat No 1 amber durum and No 1 northern range around 90s, durum varieties hover in the 80s to 90s, corn and oats quoted with lower figures, flax around 2.80, while Duluth futures and cash closes list several wheat and durum bids and near-term delivery prices.
New York stocks faced a sweeping selloff with many issues dropping 1 to 10 points and several hitting yearly lows before a late dip lessened losses. Volume exceeded 2 million shares by midday as utilities, steel, chemicals and electric equipment led the decline amid mixed broker observations and constant call money at 4 percent.
Twelve division managers of Northwestern Public Service will meet at company offices in Huron for a two day session. The highlight is a public speaking contest to choose the local winner to enter a national contest by the National Electric Light Association. Contestants include Martha Busse Aberdeen Godfrey Arpin Webster John Gossman Redfield Harold Huyck Mitchell Chester White Huron with Europe tour hopes and prize money of 500 for first 250 for third. Judges are J F Halladay D C Reutter and John W Lapham. Aimed topic The Electric Utilities Contribution to My Community State and Nation.
The Evening Tribune reports a 500 mile pipeline from Kansas City will end in Minneapolis at a cost near $20 million to supply natural gas from Midcontinent fields. Directors of Missouri Kansas Pipe Line Co review possible Northwest towns to serve, with routes through northwest Missouri Des Moines and branches to Omaha Sioux City Cedar Rapids and other cities.
Prominent educator Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase resigns as president of the University of Illinois to accept a higher post. He will be succeeded by a retiring administrator, paving a clear path for the university’s leadership transition.
Edward F Albee a pioneer showman who built a chain of theatres and later led major amusements in the industry died in Palm Beach Florida at 72 after a heart attack. He had suffered heart trouble for some time and plans were made to ship his body to New York for funeral services.
Frank H. Dwyer, chairman of the arrangements committee, announced that the charity concert program at the Masonic temple next Monday evening is being worked out rapidly. The delay is not in selecting songs but in arranging the program members of the Wednesday Musical club and others who will participate.
The program includes a piano duet Pan Americana by Victor Herbert performed by Mrs Camden Rayburn and Mrs E Kvntrud, a Gypsy Love Song vocal solo by Mr Herbert with Mrs Gretchen Sauer Roght, vocal duets Kiss Me Again and Oh Sweet Mystery of Life by Victor Herbert with Mrs Fr Coffey and Mrs Bayes, accompanied by Mrs Walter Frost via Miss Kathryn Marson, and a cello number by Mrs Waits Greyhounds.
Cincinnati, Ohio report details Frank Foy and associates at a hospital event. Perdita Bake and others named, with surgeon A TilHsel noted. Outcome or significance unclear due to fragmented OCR.
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