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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1937
Page
2
Armour Market quotes show a firm tone with hogs steady to lower and cattle mixed. Receipts around 10a, live cattle and hogs trading with buyers noting strict steady to 10 cents higher on some weights. Regional markets including South St. Paul Sioux City report mixed changes as fat cattle, vealers, and lambs influence prices across the system.
May 1 report shows hog prices mostly steady with a top around 10.40 and good lambs selling strong. Cattle demand eased as common types moved lower, despite active live action in pens, while receipts offered little for high value sales. Lambs and sheep steadied with fat lambs and spring lambs selling readily, five carloads of California spring lambs at 12.25 with five percent off.
Produce prices from multiple midwestern markets on May 6 show heavy hens ruling at 15 cents per pound in Mitchell and Sioux Falls, with roosters and leghorn hens listed at various weights. Butterfat quotes and eggs across Chicago and Sioux City are included, along with cattle and hog futures and grain prices for the day.
New York reports poultry prices Thursday steady to easy with fresh and frozen goods unchanged. Minneapolis market shows flour shipments and patent brands steady. details include warload Jets per barrel and standard patents around 6.959 percent, with various bran and middlings figures.
Corn futures surpassed twelve year high as May delivery bids rose to 1.29 1 2 cents a bushel amid tight Argentine arrivals and short contracts for May and upcoming weeks. Unfilled May contracts stood near 5,000,600 bushels with stockpiles shrinking. At close May 1 341470 and July 120K, oats and wheat fluctuated in narrow ranges.
A discussion on forage crop plantings cites Safe Farming efforts of 1934 and 1935 as models. Drying weather limited attendance yesterday, but sponsors expect satisfactory results from forage blanks and the special committee. Farmers needing seed loans are urged to submit the accompanying blank promptly.
Report notes supporters pledge moral and financial backing amid producer disputes. Includes a fire at Pugsley plumbing shop on 60 Dakota Avenue South and attendance updates from Rebekah Assembly and Lodge meetings. Also lists hospital admissions and Sunday services schedules at Pear Creek, Cavour, and Richland churches with music selections.
A late rally in rail shares steadied the New York market as early declines diminished but losses remained plentiful at the close. Earnings and dividend news boosted many specialties while transfers traded around 680,000 shares amid a broad list of major stocks and bonds across the day.
Beadle County will join other counties in a pending state supreme court case on county liability under school funds. The commission authorized State’s Attorney H W Markey to join as counsel and allocate up to 50 dollars for the case, warning a adverse ruling could expose Beadle to hundreds of thousands in liability. Markey will urge neighboring counties to act in the suit started by Stanley County.
Four candidates addressed Haran College students before polls opened. Ethel Parrett, the only woman on the ballot, proposed several ideas and pledged to act if elected. Otto Haeder highlighted his experience as business manager and junior class president and endorsed no specific program. Bill Wright urged constitutional changes and more college events like Pow Wow and Paddle Day, while Leslie Lewis emphasized broad college involvement and industry contacts. Parrett and Lewis were nominated. voting began after the program with a possible runoff if no candidate wins a majority.
Funeral services were held May 4 at the Moore Seventh day Church for Rev. J. W. Collins a Potter County pioneer who died May 2 in Yankton. Born March 13, 1872 in Illinois he moved to Kansas at 12 and settled in Potter County in 1900 later living in Gettysburg. He served as Potter County superintendent for four years and as state senator for another four, held M E parishes at Gettysburg and Orient, leaves brother George Collins and sister Mrs E C Moor of Guide Rock. The Rev. H C Moor and the Rev. J Leach conducted the services.
Alton Keby of Sioux Falls was elevated to president of the South Dakota Laundry Owners Association at its annual convention concluded Wednesday. J. S. Fonsberg of Huron becomes vice president, succeeding Kelly, with S. N. Tiffany of Aberdeen re-elected secretary and other officers named.
Local notes report Mrs Warnedalia and Byers women traveling to Pierre for a meeting of the Omaha Theological Seminary Board of Directors. Other items mention a newborn in Fortnightly Club circles, flowers for mothers, and relatives visiting in Pierre and Minnesota.
The Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Simpson contemplate a multi month Austrian honeymoon in the Wasser region. They considered home in Austria or America, with royal observers noting possible a goodwill tour of African colonies. A Castle residence is described, while a press ban and superstition hindered pre wedding photos.
A fragmented report describes a fortude teller near St. Wolfgenz. The slim athletic figure in a blue sweater and Mrs Sarena vanish after an event at a local school. Beauxtry staff and others react as details blur.
Bonilla High School senior class will stage a play titled Bonilla Seniors To Present Play Again at the school auditorium this Friday evening. Cast includes senior leads and a student director with curtain at 7 pm. Proceeds go to yearbook fund and theater club activities.
A community expresses gratitude for kindness shown during a family loss from wartime. The message thanks Mrs Henry Wigner, Ernest Whiner, August Wagner, Hiktia Wagner, Henry Wagner, Bernhardt Wagner, Saul Wagner and the pallbearers, noting how the support aided the grieving family and children.
A jumble of old classified style lines lists buying requests and sales items. Entries mention corsets and surgical supports, customers with phone numbers, a bake or cake line, housework or service ads, farm animals for sale, oats and horses, and miscellaneous notices from multiple names and places. The readable content is sparse and fragmentary, reflecting a historic newspaper classifieds page.
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