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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1936
Page
2
Armour Stockyards at Huron reports Monday hog receipts 2200 with prices steady. Cattle and lamb prospects also steady. daily close at 400 pm except Saturdays 1 pm. Chicago and South St. Paul markets show mixed but largely firm prices across hogs cattle and lambs with top hogs around 9.80 and feeders steadier, fewer heavy bulls and increased demand for lambs.
Livestock trade remained largely steady amid ample supply and competition for poultry. Hog runs nearly reached two year highs with steady to firm prices, top hogs at 19.0 dollars per hundredweight. Yearlings and steers held steady to firm, fat lambs priced slightly higher, and cattle generally firm with top steers around 12.45. Sioux City cattle and calves varied, with better fed yearlings up and stockers steady, while lighter weights and feeders showed strength.
Sioux Falls livestock prices show hogs mostly steady to 10 cents lower with top at 10.00. Carcasses and butchers at 0.75 to 9.1. Cattle runs around 1,500, remained steady to strong with fed steers and yearlings at about 10.00 to 11.00, medium to good fed meats and yearlings near 11.90 to 12.00, heavy cattle 25 to 1059, calves 7.00 to 10.25 with varied quality fluids.
Ledger of daily market quotes from Huron, Woonsocket, Watertown, Sioux Falls and Sioux City items with poultry weights, egg prices, butterfat quotas and No. 1 No. 2 classifications. Notes on heavy springs hens and various breed prices. Chicago report notes butter steady, poultry steady, and retail demand hints for butter production and stock levels.
Nev Poultry market update lists live seers trucks and steady hen rates with dozens of weight classes. Leghorn, Plymouth and white rock categories show pre holiday price spreads including dressed turkeys and young hens with varying weights and imports across flock sizes.
AP reports dull tone in commodities with butter futures and poultry prices listing irregular values. Dressed poultry in New York and Miami markets show varied weights and price ranges for broilers roasters fowls turkeys and ducks across regional quotes, with several gaps and unclear figures in the stations data.
Futures showed fractional changes as high Argentine wheat crop estimates influenced prices. Dec futures rose to 31.30% while May and July saw losses, cash wheat remained soft, and coarse grains were unsettled amid light trading.
Minneapolis and Duluth cash close reports list No. 1 dark northern and No. 3 white wheat prices, mixed quotes for barley and rye, with futures moves and loading data. Quotations reflect declines and varied arrival weights, while a broad stock section lists major traded names and bond actions.
Marie Brown former city and school district treasurer admitted misappropriating 74159.45 in city funds in circuit court before Judge Howard Babcock. Sentencing set for later this week as auditors review shortages, including 48768.96 in the Aberdeen independent school district.
In Aberdeen Arthur Pfeiffle, held in city jail since Friday night, faces possible charges after police found him beside the body of Lloyd Smith in a stalled car. Autopsy results awaited coroner's inquest, with evidence not proving foul play. one witness described Pfeiffle's urging of heavy drinking. Funeral services for Smith are planned for Tuesday.
Mrs. Margaret J. Hunter 72 formerly of Huron and Northwood dies in Perry on Nov 5 while visiting her daughter. Born March 22 188? in Detroit she taught school and married Willis W Hunter who died in 1920. Survivors include Clyde Northwood Ruth Fell Perry and Kenneth Northwood. Burial at local cemetery after Baptist church services.
The Thanksgiving story hour moves from the afternoon to 10 o clock Wednesday morning at the Carnegie Public Library. The play school hour remains at 2:39 in the afternoon.
Emperor Haile Selassie protested to the League of Nations against Austro Hungarian recognition of Italian occupation in Ethiopia. The note was delivered in a letter to secretary-general Joseph A. C. Avenol.
Admitted to hospitals are Doris Chancellor Huron Mrs L Vernon Caine De List Mildred Aldrich Huron surgery Mrs William Davis Wolsey medical Mrs Harry Bender Huron medical Annie Sanders Potter Nob medical Mrs Joe A Glanzer Yale medical Mrs Jacob Hofer Yale medical Clarence Farmer Oldham medical George Hofer Cavour medical. Dismissed include Mrs C B Austad Madison Mrs William Davis Wolsey Mildred Aldrich Huron Franklin Love Huron George Hofer Cavour Frank Ernsver Wessington.
Gainesville, Georgia, moved quickly to show gratitude for Red Cross aid after a devastating spring tornado. With the annual Red Cross roll call beginning, community support surged from 800 to 2000 members enrolled within days, marking a strong show of local backing.
The South Dakota Resettlement Administration office in Brookings will vacate its building by December 21 and transfer operations to Lincoln Nebraska. About 100 staff are employed, with roughly 90 expected to relocate or be reassigned, while remaining personnel wind down tasks.
Aberdeen’s Bersagel was elected South Dakota Education Association president for 1937 by the general council, succeeding the absent rival. 2,000 expected attendance with Sioux Falls and Yankton campaigning for the 1937 convention. Governor-elect Lastie Jansen spoke at the session, predicting rain and progress as campaigns highlight bids for facilities and accommodations.
Louise W. Jones obtained a divorce from Arthur C. Jones in circuit court with judge Alva E. Taylor granting the decree and allowing Louise to resume maiden name Louise Paulson. The couple married at Sioux Falls on May 2, 1935, and there are no children.
A fragmented crossword style clue set mentions LU Barton and a list of varied terms across themes like baseball, music, and navigation. The scattered entries hint at a historic puzzle page presenting word connections, with multiple definitions and cross references embedded in a single feature.
A light snow cover in Huron melted as a warm November sun boosted temperatures from an overnight 22 degrees. Weekend precipitation, the first since early November, eased into the ground aiding farmers. South Dakota forecast calls for warmer weather Tuesday, with roads generally in good condition though some ice and sleet pockets noted.
P. Van Sweringen, Cleveland railroad magnate, dies from heart failure in foggy conditions aboard a private car near Hobomen New South Wales. The exact location and conveyance details were not confirmed by the Lehigh Valley Railroad officials. Unknown context surrounds the voyage to New York.
Officials report heavy drought relief needs across the Dakotas Montana Wyoming and Nebraska with over one third of North Dakota's population on relief and aid reaching thousands. Federal meteorologist G W Roberts warned of possible strong precipitation deficits next spring based on this fall's light rainfall. City representatives attended drought conferences in Bar on and Bisn while Major Warfield M Lewis was slated to attend the Army Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth Kansas.
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