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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1929
Page
11
Readings note Armour and Co. receipts and farm products in Hur on yard markets. Public market quotations unavailable, readers asked to refer to alternate sources for daily quotes. Cocks Eggs listed with direct shipper and station prices in Huron dairy market listing.
Chicago markets show butter easing four cents per pound amid rising supplies while eggs gain two dimes per dozen. Creamery and storage packs shift as poultry prices hold steady. California and Midwest farm reports include potato and livestock quotes from Chicago Sioux City and Minneapolis reflecting mixed early May conditions.
Market notices show entries for poultry and eggs from Swift & Co and Buck Brothers of Huron with various grades such as light hens cocks and Leghorns. Other lines reference "Heavy hens" and assorted egg categories No 1 No 2 and wet ice storage, indicating a routine local commodities exchange.
Minneapolis commodities report shows wheat and rye advancing with futures higher yet cash demand mixed for protein. oats and barley firm to strong, flax up. Cash and futures quotes for No 1 northern wheat and various durum, amber durum, and red durum grades listed with prices and near term futures.
Mixed durum and red durum price notes with lot numbers and small variations. Entries list No 1 and No 2 grades, quantities around 100 units, with occasional decimals and references to dates and page numbers.
Easing credit and favorable trade news sparked a broad stock market advance with higher volumes. Active issues gained up to 16 points, many firms hit year highs including American Bose Magneto and International Business Machines, while Radio and various industrials showed strong gains. Closing was firm with about 4.3 million shares traded.
Decision to start construction at once on the Yankton Norfolk railway line was reached at a meeting of the Yankton Norfolk and Southern Railway Company. Work will begin within 10 days at the south end of the Missouri River bridge. D A Tennis of New York chaired the board meeting.
Final arrangements are under way for the annual high school district music contest at the Aberdeen college auditorium tomorrow and Friday. Several hundred students from 28 high schools in northern South Dakota will compete in solo and group events for the right to represent the district at the state contest.
May Day saw heavy police precautions in Europe and the Americas. Berlin saw clashes as 1,000 communists violated orders. Mexico City eyed anti American rhetoric. New York deployed thousands to guard officials and buildings while parades and mass meetings were permitted with conditions.
Funeral services for Alex Brewer, 51, a state legislator who died by his own action Monday, will be held Friday afternoon with the Rev. C. H. Loock of Rapid City conducting. Burial is planned for Fairburn cemetery. No motive is given beyond a note in which Brewer expressed intent to go to his "imax."
The New York Times reports a millions battle for rail control in the east, pitting the Pennsylvania Railroad against the Baltimore and Ohio and Chesapeake and Ohio. Through the Wabash Railway the Pennsylvania seeks ICC permission to acquire lines sought by B and Q and Van Sweringens to form a fifth trunk line from Chicago to Baltimore and New York.
Japanese ratification of the Kellogg anti war treaty is delayed as the cabinet fails to overcome privy council objections. Officials say discussion will pause during the Duke of Gloucester visit and is unlikely to resume until late May.
Aberdeen May 1 Carrol Stinson, science teacher at the local high school and athletics assistant, was named principal of the Aberdeen junior high schools by the board of education last night. He succeeds Wendell H Dunn recently elected principal of Central high school.
Paul Groves, a young farmer near Wellington, sustaining a two place leg fracture when the plow hit rocks. He was thrown, dragged by the wheel, and found unconscious by passers-by. He is in Mitchell hospital with improving condition.
City Mothers clubs plan a joint meeting Friday evening at Jefferson school starting 7 30. Jefferson students perform multiple acts including The Death in the Nursery and The Rosary with a health program to be broadcast by HWIKS. Miss Werence Walker Waubay director of the South Dakota child hygiene department will give an address on promoting health.
Articles filed with the secretary of state reveal Marmon Automobile Company of Sioux Falls with $25,000 capital stock. Directors named include R. G. McClenahan of Kimball Pat Woben and John McClenahan of Sioux Falls.
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