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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1935
Page
2
Cattle and calves show weak demand as midweek trading slips. Prices for good to choice cattle and steers soften while calves remain mixed. spring lambs and hogs see varied activity with overall slower turnover and steady to weaker trends across categories.
Sioux Falls reports heavy hens and leghorns with varied weights and prices, while Chicago futures show a sharp drop in poultry and steady butter and egg markets amid large-quantity cases and certain creamery butter prices. foreign exchange shows US deflation impact with the franc at 6.588 cents.
C F Rowland of St Louis urged plans for the annual Red Cross roll call and the Home and Farm Accident prevention drive at a regional conference. The nation’s aid agency reported handling 110 000 disaster victims in the last year with 8 of 10 states avoiding serious incidents. Gerald Wesselius of South Dakota joined the discussion on accident prevention as officials met at Aberdeen.
The Huron Chamber of Commerce launches a November 4 membership drive led by Arthur Tremain to secure full support from local business and professionals. Tremain notes retained budgets and increased demands require broader participation to sustain progress and community goals.
Hog prices slip sharply extending the seasonal drop with prices mostly 25 to 40 cents below Wednesday. Top hogs dip below 10.00 per hundredweight for first time since July as receipts rise and marketings increase. Cattle also showing uneven declines across major Midwest markets with varied bids for feeders and fat cattle.
Prices for wheat futures slipped across the board with autumn contracts down and deferred months following. Cash wheat and oats demand remained healthy while barley and flax showed muted activity as traders weighed stock and corn weakness.
Grain market notes from Minneapolis Chicago and Duluth outline bid prices for No 1 dark northern spring No 1 dark northern and amber durum varieties with quotes for hard amber durum and red durum. Wheat and flax futures move with cash receipts and delivery months in late October market activity.
Perry, proprietor of Central Radiator in Huron, suffered a skull fracture and remained unconscious at a hospital after falling on concrete stairs to the Recreation Parlor in Hotel Marvin Hughitt basement last night. He was admitted shortly before 2 a.m. The midweek Forward Movement service at Grave Episcopal was postponed.
Dentists from the Third District of the South Dakota Dental Society gathered in Watertown for their 1996 district meeting. E Harner was elected Watertown president with Stratton as vice president and Ward Williams as secretary treasurer.
New York stocks ended a quiet late session with uneven moves. United States Smelting rose 3 points as Owens-Illinois held after gains while General Motors and Chrysler showed changes. About 225000 shares traded.
Mussolini proposes peace terms rejected by Great Britain and France as Haile Selassie refuses to consider similar offers. London and Paris show little interest while the League of Nations deadlines loom. Officials note sanctions could be delayed, with Franco-British naval concerns and troop withdrawals altering but not ending the Ethiopian conflict.
The Standard Oil Company held a regional dealers meeting here on Wednesday to outline its winter merchandising and advertising program. About 200 dealers and wives attended, ending with dinner and dancing at the Elkay ballroom. Attendees came from Pierre Mitchell Bridgewater Arlington and Hitchcock, with similar sessions planned in Watertown Aberdeen and Rapier City.
The location of 25 Civilian Conservation Corps camps in South Dakota was announced by Roberts & Fechner. About 5,000 youths will work this winter on national forests state forests parks wildlife refuges soil erosion reclamation projects and national parks across multiple counties and towns including Custer, Meade, Lawrence, Pennington, Beadle, Brown, and Chamberlain.
Herbert Hoover lauded the Salvation Army as a key postwar influence, saying it searched highways and byways for the needy. He introduced Gen. Evangeline Booth at a reception ahead of Army territory openings, praising the Army for meeting burdens of unemployment and distress with Christian spirit.
H Tenney of Winnetka received three stray bullets while hunting near Lipa with a party from Winnetka. Two bullets hit his face and one hit his left arm. He was treated at a hospital around 4 30 p m Wednesday. Injuries described as minor and he planned to hunt again this afternoon.
Keompier was wounded while putting on his coat as assailants fired at least 20 shots in a tavern. Samuel Gald survived after being shot three times. Police questioned seven men and three women as Schultz and Berg factions clash over turf. Authorities note rises in gang violence and possible retaliation for Amberg’s murder.
The report discusses a highway improvement plan stretching toward the county line, proposing widening to 199 feet and involving officials in Washington. It notes grading details and financing approval, with engineers to assess the necessary work and cost.
Funeral services for Harry May will be held Friday at Gelestt Welter's chapel. The Rev. Wo. Riley will conduct the services and burial will follow at Riverside cemetery. Immediate family and local friends are invited to attend.
A collage of ad lines and notices appears, listing sales, wanted help, used goods, and local bargains. It mentions Brindisi Italy travel, carnivorous plants count, and various small ads for meat markets, groceries, a furnace, and household goods. Names and places are scattered and partially readable.
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