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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1936
Page
2
Market closes daily at 400 pm except Saturday at 100 9% mm Armour Stock Yards Huron May W Hog receipts steady with firm care lambs weak. Sioux City Sioux Falls South St Paul and Sioux Falls lists show cattle ranges, hogs up to 10 cents, lambs steady to higher, with steer and heifer price moves and wholesale quotes across several yards.
Livestock numbers show hogs 11 000 with 4500 direct, cattle 12 000 and calves 1508. Hogs priced about 10 cents higher than Friday, cattle and calves showing mixed gains and improved sentiment. Sheep around 3 000 with better butcher demand. poultry markets steady with hens and leghorns varied by weight. butter and eggs steady as Chicago futures inch up in late trading.
Fragmentary OCR reading includes scattered numbers and phrases with references to alums, weights, creamery, scores, and dates. Content is incoherent, lacking a clear event or identifiable entities to summarize reliably.
Chicago and Sioux Falls market notes detail poultry prices and stock levels for multiple classes including hens, leghorns, broilers, turkeys, and ducks with tonnage, weights, and percentage changes. Potatoes prices and shipments across regions are listed, noting US and state grades, washed and unwashed stock, and regional variations. New York reports dressed poultry prices for chickens, fowls, and turkeys with current roaster and old rooster figures.
Watertown area listings show heavy breed and leghorn prices with several egg and butterfat notes. Heavy breed hens up to 4 pounds sell around 2 pounds, leghorn hens around 11, Reese ducks 3, and a few small line items for eggs and butterfat.
In Minneapolis the May futures rose while July and September shows mixed moves. May wheat closed up with a firm undertone overall. winter wheat and barley held steady as cash demand remained active and rye stayed unsettled with liberal offers across the feed barley market.
Minneapolis May 18. Wheat receipts 157 cars versus 50 a year ago. Cash market shows heavier demand for dark northern spring and No 1 dark northern. No 2 dark northern listed with varied prices. barley rye flax and sweet clover seed cited with nominal discounts and prices.
Huron national guardsmen and 100th engineers host the annual dance at the Huron pavilion east of the city. Capt J R Crawford coordinates arrangements as company C members, Huron Reserve Corps Association and personal guard members attend in uniform. A vocal quartet from Company C is featured in the program with Scott Dexter providing music.
Beadle County abstracts note transfers including Ida D. Clark to Jerauld County Farm Loan Association and Etta Knause et al to Beadle County ownership of parcels in townships 22-109-65 and 36-111-33. Also mentions Minneapolis Floor Carload and mixed commodity prices with grain futures data from Duluth and Chicago markets.
Large chorus from Brookings De Smet Madison Mitchell joined Huron to sing at Grace Episcopal Madison in the eastern deanery. St Stephen's boys choir featured. Prelude by Mervyn Cowling. Climax with Te Deum by Dudley Buck. Soloists from Huron choir praised. Priests and pastors presided. Rev Henry Praed Rev John Ward Smith Rev J Ethan Allen spoke on church music morale. Buffet supper followed. festival slated for first Sunday in May at Calvary Cathedral Siane Falls.
McAlester Oklahoma May 18 A prison posse chased Claude Beavers leader of last week’s break from the state penitentiary to a mountain hideout near Clayton Four carloads of guards and bloodhounds closed in after a report that Beavers raided a farm for food Only two of the 24 fugitives remained at large Julius Bohanson is thought to be in McCurtain County Hills and A C McArthur eluded the posse Beavers reportedly preferred death to returning to prison and had fired on officers before.
About 256 McKinley pupils perform a Good Will Day show tonight at 7:45 in the auditorium. The program features songs and games from Hawaii, Scotland, Ireland, South America, Holland, Japan, and the United States, followed by a parade by kindergar ten and first grade pupils. After the program attendees may sample country foods and view items from Hawaii and China, plus a Japanese house, windmill, tulips, lanterns, a merry-go-round, and country-themed friezes.
Jurors summoned for a postponed circuit court term were dismissed as the only case on the docket settled out of court. The action, a damage suit by Robert Vogel a minor with Frank Vogel as guardian against J Willy and H F Willy Chevrolet Co of Brookings, sought 5080 for injuries from a January 10 1935 accident in Huron that allegedly left the youth permanently crippled. Judge E E Wagner would have heard it. Plaintiff attorney J H Luby of Huron. defendant attorney Wallace E Purdy of Brookings. Terms not disclosed.
Mrs. Nancy Julius, 78, died at her daughter’s home in Stockton Street Southeast after a paralysis stroke Saturday night. Survived by son Ray Julius of Stockton and three daughters, Funeral services set for Kinyon Chapel Tuesday at 2, burial in Riverside Cemetery.
Yankton mourns 74 year old abstracter, resident for 85 years, who led the Yankton Lodge of BPOE and headed the Building and Loan Association. He endowed a small chapel in Budville for the poor. Survived by daughter Mrs. Tay Wood of Holabird and Mrs. Hemphill of Holabird. Funeral services set for Tuesday afternoon at the Yankton Congregational Church.
An appellate court reversed a DC Supreme Court ruling upholding a resettlement program tied to the 2019 Relief Act. It critiqued delegation of powers, noted executive orders guiding the program, and cited historical rulings on NRA AAA and riot control while linking concerns to housing duties and presidential appointment questions. A Fordham 4-H Club meeting at Walter Beaver’s home referenced county agent Mr. Wagner.
Fragmentary OCR yields a list of medical names and mentions Huron place names. Items include Yur gical Frank Lee Hetty Jane Davis Clara Waltz and Clarerice Peterson with scattered references to Barge and baby, plus Wolsey and Mrs. iE. The text is garbled with misplaced punctuation and incomplete surnames.
Mrs Hannah Hoyer of Dalesbury Church southwest of Beresford was chosen president of the district Women's Home and Foreign Mission Society of the Augustana Lutheran Synod at a two day convention closing Sunday. Mrs G S Swensson of Mitchell was named vice president with Mrs Ernest Sventon of Vedx Falls as secretary and Mrs Vom Bascott of Mitchell as treasurer.
Three day voting and sales events run by merchants offer ballots with each four cent purchase. Nine finalists in a popularity contest will perform in a three night amateur show at venues including the Alex Johnson Hotel and Deadwood hotels. Contestants split into elimination groups Wednesday and Thursday, narrowing to 16 for Friday’s final with audience voting and cash prizes. A carnival dance caps the event at Kiks ballroom as merchants extend bargains through the festival.
Ary Tremein, co chairman, says Central South Dakota service clubs will sponsor the Boy Scout Circus in Huron on June 4. The event aims to unite nearly a thousand youths with a street parade at 180 and free activities. Proceeds fund Boy and Girl Scout summer camps. The Lions, Rotary, American Legion and other groups join in the promotion.
John Bofer received the maximum 30 days in Bendle County jail and a $110 fine after pleading guilty to assault. Judge LR Crawford rebuked him for posting a 14 year old girl. a jury trial was granted. George Bell of Morningside faced petit larceny charges over shrubbery taken from a public park near the brewery on Jones River, with trial set for the next July jury term. James Byrnes represented Bell.
Canton students and citizens gathered at the railroad station to cheer the high school band back from Cleveland where they won a superior rating at the national music contest. A reception and banquet for the band members and adviser director Harvey Moon are planned later this week.
Classified notice collection lists several brief items including a call for a man to share travel costs to Oregon with contact 2173, a 16 year old pasture helper for goats, and a farm labor helper sought by J. C. Johnson in unspecified location, plus a sale offer for a 192 Dodge Viewery model sedan in good condition from KY Cough in 240 Colo.
A short notice lists wines and whiskies by gallon and half gallon measures, totaling 100 gallons for sour selection. The store is banned from liquor sales and is located across from the post office.
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