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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1929
Page
13
Receipts and prices from Sioux City and regional markets detail cattle calves hogs and feeders with quotes for various weight classes. Regional reports cover hens leghorns springs ducks geese butterfat and eggs, plus Chicago potato and dairy quotes and miles of fluctuating prices through Friday trading.
Cheisa Livestock at GHIGAGO reports hogs, calves, and cattle with mostly steady to higher trends. Top hogs reach 9.45 per cwt for 240-250 lbs, yearlings in demand, heavy bullocks softer, and calves around 1,000 head. Cows and fat lambs varied, with buyers steady and packers showing mixed demand across weights.
The day’s market page lists various poultry prices including ducks geese and hens with a mix of weights and price ranges. Butter and other dairy items show fluctuating figures, reflecting a varied demand.
Minneapolis market notes show flour prices rising with figures for family patents at 7.10 and 7.202 per barrel in 9s pounds. Cotton sacks shipment listed at 38,511 while bran markets range from 27.09 to 28.50.
Yesterday's Quotations reports wheat futures gaining 3 cents with broadening buying after early soft start. Cash wheat remains strong with better quality commanding top prices. mixed grains also show gains as market reacts to demand and receipts.
Mary Pickford visits Hollywood, while the Huron Chamber of Commerce plans a relocation this afternoon for patron convenience. Emry and Durrett, marketing secretary, lead a statewide chamber campaign to boost membership and attach South Dakota booster stamps to outgoing letters starting December 1, making buyers automatic state chamber members.
The report lists grains including No 1 amber durum and No 2 yellow corn with bid offers, futures for May and December. It notes Duluth cash close details for durum and flax as prices hover around 1.1 to 1.4 for durum and 2.28 to 3.38 for flax and wheat futures with various delivery months.
New York traders saw a tough day with forced liquidations pushing many issues near 32 points early. Strong buying supported gains, rationing declines to mixed results and lifting indices. U S Steel rose from 161 1 2 to 177, General Electric from 195 1 2 to 233, Johns Manville from 4 3 4 to 112, and Consolidated Gas to 96 3 4.
A garbled OCR transcript lists numerous ticker like codes and company fragments including Am Car, Armour, Atchison, Beatrice, Cerro, Ches Ohio, Chrysler, Col-fuel, Erie, Amer T and T, and several obscure abbreviations. No coherent narrative or complete entities emerge beyond a broad collection of industry and stock shorthand.
A compact list of company abbreviations and percentages. Names include Kennecott, Kroger, Packard, Pan Am, Reading, Remington Rand, Sears, Studebaker, Texas Pacific, Union Carbide, United Fruit, US Steel, Western Union, Woolworth, and others with varied figures and notations.
An annual rainfall figure of 452 inches was recorded at the summit of Mount Fidalesla Kaul in the Hawaiian Islands during Th22. The report also mentions Minneapolis stocks and various banks in a fragmented financial snippet.
Headquarters of the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce has moved to Parlor atix Hotel Marvin Hugh , itt. Secretary Ros Emmy, returning from the Black Wills, said furniture would bel
At a pheasant dinner in Huron club rooms the fire department closed a three day school in effective fire extinguishing methods. Attendees included James A. Craigie Minnesota captain and school conductor O C Tice state deputy fire marshal Sanford Herberg inspector Minneapolis city officials Chief Hopkins State Auditor Harry B McFarland William Joy William Olson and Mervin West. Mike Tobin longtime resident was principal speaker sharing early Huron days and pre bathtub anecdotes. Chief Hedges introduced Craigie who demonstrated rapid building dismantling and fire scene tactics noting Craigie has answered over 1100 Minneapolis calls this year.
The parish men's club met at the Episcopal church parish house with dinner by Trinity Guild led by president Mrs. J. F. Sainsbury. OC. R. Morey served as toastmaster and introduced speakers, notably Attorney Mumford of Howard, who spoke on church work among South Dakota Indians under the National Council of the Episcopal Church.
In Huron a church group spends about a hundred thousand dollars yearly for its cause. Royhl, the bishop's chancellor, spoke on church governance and the roles of prominent lay members. After addresses an informal forum heard speeches from Mackoess, Buykl, Cone, Wheeler, Miter, Robinson, Hitchcock, and Sewell. Plans were set for another meeting in December.
In Los Angeles on November 7, affidavits from three women jurors claim fear of radio broadcasts by Nev. R. PF Shuler and alleged coercion influenced their guilty verdicts against vaudeville figure Alexander Pantages. They say mentions of clemency affected the deliberations and that threats and perjury accusations swayed them, while district attorney Pitt warns of prior knowledge of the statements.
Baulcvable Life Assurance society opens an office on the second floor of the Masonic temple. E. J. Dahil acts as special agent in charge. W. 3B. Mason of Aberdeen plans to move to Huron to manage the new office next spring. Dahl previously sold for B. G. Olson clothing store for about ten years.
Blake Patton was unanimously elected president of the Wardan Kiwanis club for 1930 succeeding Dr. C K Walker. C H Hanson district trustee and H C Whales treasurer were also chosen, with four program chairmen named for each quarter. Installation will occur at the first January meeting.
Three witnesses identified Horace Wheeler, Loray mill worker, as the shooter in the Meri Wiggins killing during a mob attack on National Textile Workers union members in North Carolina. The state prepared 75 more witnesses as investigations into the fall violence amid textile labor unrest continued in Gastonia.
P Gilbreath assistant general manager of the Standard Of company in charge of sales, was in the city today conferring with Manager L Bailey and other officials at the South Dakota offers of the company. Galbreath reported that the Stan dling III motor airplane would reach the legal airport at noon Saturday, carrying company officials who will hunt pheasants in this territory.
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