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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1939
Page
4
A fragmentary OCR page notes scattered clues including phrases about a fairy tale and various terms, with stray references to names, places, and schedules. The readable portion mentions Gustavus Adolphus College and Peter Minnesota, a weather bureau note, and an upcoming home wedding of Malissie Rose Sherman to Lowell Johnston, with wedding at Sue Sherman’s home.
A reflective piece argues that speech shapes opinion far more than printed text, citing Aristophanes Whitman and Hitler to show how evening audiences yield to stronger will. It warns against unthinking mass obedience and urges readers to read, think, and resist hasty rhetoric despite hysteria.
City Electrician Fred Erlandson notes that inexpensive appliances such as electric razors and mixers cause radio static in Huron. He urges residents and businesses to cooperate and invest modestly to curb the nuisance, rather than blame neighbors.
A column notes simple tests for electrical devices that cause static and advises purchasing affordable filters to fix the nuisance, a step worth to households and neighbors with expensive radios. Ruth Millett critiques wedding guidance courses and mocks a New York trainer for prospective brides, arguing character matters more than courtly maneuvers.
A jumble of quoted remarks from figures like Earl Long Elsie Janis Churchill and Shaw appears, pairing statements on clemency murder cases bravado and public attention. The collage treats wit and opinion as a single dated clipping.
In a brisk diary style note dated Thursday March 16 a farm woman recalls back on the job after illness. She describes washing dishes with a rattle of the separator and preparing beans in biscuits for dinner noting how her family rallied for supper. She mentions a farmer’s meeting, a gravely ill weather-man, and a hope to visit him tomorrow to offer comfort.
Aberdeen Evening News notes that without a planning board, South Dakota could improve highway safety by adopting outside planning board findings. It cites a Town planning board subcommittee recommending compulsory statewide vehicle testing and periodic brake and light checks, plus more warning signs on roads. It urges legislators to consider driver license testing and continued funding for research and independent surveys for road safety improvements.
Washington brief outlines alleged Russian rigidity and potential weaponry, plus Senate Education Committee delay on Wagner Act amendments. Reports on labor union realignments AFL CIO splits, White House leverage in labor talks, and court appointments in Washington. Also notes on social security case, congress anniversary editions, and Michigan politics.
New York radio networks schedule a two hour live plan for Mussolini speech from Rome this Sunday morning with programs across NBC CBS and mutual networks. Highlights include America’s Town Meeting on limiting rights of political groups, Emanuel Celier on retaliation against Hitler, and a slate of music variety and drama programs across WABC WEAF and other stations.
In Huron yesterday afternoon at the First Presbyterian parsonage Milo Brown and Estelle Conkey of St. Lawrence united in marriage. Bride Elizabeth Bendy and Warren O. Johnson wed at the home of her parents with plans for a brief wedding trip before residing at the G A Bandy home. A Three B bridge club gathering at Anna Greenquist’s home featured Lois McDonald and Mabel Sheldon as top scorers and a lunch. The week’s social items reflect local youth education milestones and community activities in Huron and nearby St. Lawrence.
Olive Neff explains planning five daily school luncheons focusing on hearty meat sandwiches. She recalls childhood lunches, notes meat provides essential protein iron and vitamins, and praises modern meat packing for quality and safety.
Miss Rachel Nesheim arrived from Lincoln Nebraska and is spending a short vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Lou Nesheim. Her sisters LuVay from Miller and Vera from Pierre also visited Highmore on Sunday.
The March meeting of the ME Ladies Aid was at Mrs. Thomas Venables home. Attendance was small due to bad weather. A lunch was served by Mrs. W C Denison Jr Mrs. William Smith and Mr Venables. The April meeting was tentatively set for Mrs. Christian Bader’s home.
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