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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1936
Page
2
Market closes vary by day with cattle and hogs showing soft undertones in Minneapolis Saint Paul and Chicago regions. Slower early trading, steady to lower trends for steers, heifers, cows, bulls, and hogs. lambs and sheep mixed with selective higher end lots.
CHICAGO May 27 market notes show a weak to lower tone across cattle and hogs with excess supply. Steers and yearlings traded softer by up to 25 cents as buyers paused. heifers steady to lower, fat cows down 25 cents, light cattle and vealers down to 50 cents. Hog prices weakened, top pork at 10 dollars, fresh pork near 1926 levels amid broad price softness. Produce and livestock markets from Huron and Sioux City report mixed gains and declines in poultry eggs and butterfat.
Chicago and New York market notes report mixed movements across futures and spot prices. Butter and dairy firm while poultry counts show varied live weights and breed prices. potatoes and russets display firmness with light stock and steady demand.
Wheat futures were dull and sagging as Chicago weakness weighed on the market. May wheat closed unchanged while May, July and September futures drifted lower or unsettled. Cash wheat was in ready supply while winter wheat remained scarce and feed ingredient demand varied across categories.
Plans for a public retail sales program in Huron were announced by Proothets Club officers in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce. The event, shaped for early next week, will be held Monday night at Elke Hall in the Marvin Hughitt Hotel.
Duluth reports closing cash prices for wheat and flax with varied grades and weights. Hard amber durum and red durum figures shown, including No. 1 and No. 2 quality lines, along with flax No. 1 values and weights listed in bushels.
New York stocks showed an irregular day with profit taking as steel, merchandising, chemical and specialty issues rose slightly while others lagged. Transfers totaled about 1,250,000 shares amid early rally attempts, a brisk but short-lived recovery, and renewed quiet selling amid Washington US controversy and uncertain economic news.
A garbled list of stock symbols, company names, and percentages appears, resembling a late 19th or early 20th century market page. The readable elements include brand names like Chrysler, Con Edison, General Motors, Goodyear, Penn RR, and Woolworth among numerous others, interspersed with percentage figures and stray numbers. The entry also includes U S bonds data and a brief currency note from Paris and New York markets.
South Dakota Funeral Directors Association advances through day two of its thirty-ninth annual convention at the Marvin Hughitt Hotel in Huron. Registration surpassed 150 as officers planned elections and a banquet with talks by Joseph Galen and Clarence N Bigelow.
Members of the Ladies Auxiliary of Railway gather in Huron for the 1936 convention under Rainbow Lodge No. 385. National officers will attend with Grand President Clara Bradsley of Columbus and Agnes Geelan of Enderlin. Registration at 11:30, luncheon at 12:15, activities begin at 2. Mayor Walsh welcomes, entertainment features, and a 6:15 banquet headed by Rainbow Lodge officials follow before a closing dance at 10:30.
A 1934 campaign radio address includes Iblarik denying signing for the Black Legion. The speaker recalls being asked to join clubs and autograph items, stating he never dreamed the organization would be the Black Legion and questions whether a signature on an application is his.
Open inquiry into forest fires sweeping Ocean Burlington and Atlantic counties finds all fires under control after a sacking rain. Colonel Leonidas Coyle reports investigations into origin underway while Stan Davis assigns teams to Chatsworth area to determine cause. The blaze, 16 miles offshore at peak, has burned 15,000 acres and killed five men.
The Socialist Party launches its broad campaign from Cleveland with Eugene V Debs not aboard a train this time. The party uses red sound packs from central headquarters in Chicago and schedules trips across the nation, with Moorman Thames heading campaigns back to New York and George Nelson focusing on Midwestern agricultural areas.
Fragmented notes allege Black Legion ties to multiple deaths including Walter Fisher found May 4 at home furnace and Alfred Roughley linked to a gas suicide. Police say Roughley’s crew were allegedly initiated by the order. Dayton Dean testified they followed orders during Poole case as motive tied to brutality and planned murder.
In Altus Oklahoma on May 27 a 1 hour old Black girl named Olivia Gardner was arrested after a disputed public safety incident involving a white man. Deputies report she acted in self defense following a confrontation with a 32 year old WPA truck driver, S E Harlan. No charges filed yet. A crowd of about two thousand confronted authorities and the victim’s widow amid the disturbance.
The list names patients at various hospitals including FB Gordon Hitchcock Mrs Edward Meek Iroquoia Edwarr d Wolsey Mrs Bert Mazon Cavour Delmer Mid day Huron Andrew Lippert Mrs Sarah E Thomp son Biendie Daklana Mrs Lizzy Williams Ronita Mrs L 3 Orn Huron Henry Bolte Wolsey Lafe Brown Wessington Mrs John Brush Hitchcock with medical and surgical status noted for multiple individuals.
A Washington report notes a sudden stoppage of tree clearing near a federal project. Chief Forester and officials discuss a possible continuation and salvage plan while acknowledging financial hurdles and program uncertainties.
Washington May 40th delay in a $56,000 suit against three public power irrigation districts. Trial postponed indefinitely by court no date set. dispute over electric features of Tri-County Valley and Loup River projects. Plaintiffs Nebraska Power Company Iowa Nebraska Light and Power Wester Service Cems Power Western Putt Service. court order halts completion of hyel electric features while irrigation dam work proceeds.
Fragmented ad text mentions sale items and train, liquor store and miscellaneous phrases with unclear details. Contains garbled place names, units, and contact cues implying a classified sale context from an old newspaper page.
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