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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1929
Page
4
This week honors Armistice day and recalls the great World War ending 11 years ago. It presents four veteran voices on peace, including a German, Englishman, Frenchman, and American, reflecting on war as a costly lesson and a path toward lasting peace.
In early World War I, soldiers from opposing sides shared quiet, humane exchanges trading tidbits and cigarettes before battle resumed. The piece reflects on wartime hatred born from ignorance and how national pride gave way to a broader call for truth and humanity.
A World War I survivor speaks of suffering and transformation. He recalls entering the Valley of Death and emerging with a supreme quality: gratitude for life and a renewed will to live. The narrative frames war as a brutal crucible shaping meaning and purpose.
Two sides, witches and ghosts, competed in a playful game event. The witches won most of the games. Afterward, participants threw snow balls and then went home.
Arthur Erie a 12 year old Lake Preston boy shows profitable pig farming from last summer. He bought a Chester White sow for 50 dollars, the sow farrowed seven pigs in April, piglets were weaned at two months and fed a oats skim mill and pig meal mix then corn. By November at six months six pigs sold for 17 dollars each.
The speaker reflects on how near death gave new sight and gratitude for life. Those who survived war or disaster felt life’s value intensely, while others long spared from danger may forget. Fate’s kindness became a call to act, to perform the vowed deeds if life endured.
Henri Barbusse argues the 1914 1918 war did not birth a new ideal but sharpened old ones. He identifies two opposing currents conservatism and revolution, with monarchism fascism and bourgeois democracy against change. He asks if humanity can advance toward one without endorsing the other.
Veterans recall the costly meaning of conflict and urge decency and tolerance after the fighting. They describe warfare as personal, not monstrous, and stress respect for enemies who share common humanity. The aim is to pass lessons of restraint to future generations through dialogue rather than killing.
The Young Citizens league hosts Lakeview pupils from Lake number 4 for a day at Lakeside school Beadle county. Activities include kittenball, a spelling contest, a datebase game and horseshoe ties. Visitors and Lakeside pupils share lunch and photos amid warm hospitality.
Lakeview Y O L held its first social affair on November 1 after organizing late in October. Classes ran in the morning, pupils went outdoors at noon, and teacher Lavine Decker with Susie and Ida Tschetter prepared lunch. Activities included sweeping, laying newspapers, and a simple Halloween meal followed by games.
An advertisement links a weak stomach to poor skin and facial pimples, claiming undigested food toxins cause issues. It promotes Tanlac as a herbal remedy, with a teaspoon before meals to aid digestion and improve appearance, priced under two cents per dose and offering money back if it fails.
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