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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1936
Page
2
Armour stockyards at Huron report unchanged prices for loestock and hogs with mixed gains and losses across sessions. Chicago Livestock notes a steady hog market with slight shifts in weights, while beef and cattle prices show modest gains and weaker cutter grades amid cooler weather. Sioux Falls and other bids echo firm hogs and mixed lambs with variable demand.
Sioux City and South St. Paul markets show mixed week with hogs weak to 70 cents higher on lighter weights, cattle gains 25 to 50 cents on improved dressed markets, and lambs up to 25 cents. Receipts exceeded weekly norms but wholesale demand kept activity steady to active despite uneven price shifts.
Markets from Huron to Chicago report varied poultry prices and butterfat values. Hens over 5 pounds command 13 cents. leghorns and springs show mixed ranges. Butterfat Nos. 1 and 2 quoted, with regional differences noted in Woonsocket, Sioux City, Mitchell, Watertown, Sioux Falls, and Chicago listings.
OG D Gilman of Shields and Co notes production up 13 percent and consumption about 10 percent lower than last year, predicting softer butter prices. Eggs steady with firm in extra firsts, poultry live about steady with various weight classes and breeds showing modest gains. dressed turkeys steady with no price change.
Chicago potatoes report shows steady overall stock with slow demand and moderate supplies. Idaho russets and burbanks quote around 2.95 per cwt for US No 1 fair quality, while US No 2 softer. Wisconsin round whites and Minnesota cobblers appear in limited sales with varied prices.
In a sluggish mood the market closed firmer on early Ardortinga news. Wheat futures rose with May at 1224 and July at Ma. Flax futures held steady with May softness. Coarse grains ranged mixed with oats and rye in steady demand while cash wheat stayed steady and durum remained in good demand.
Beadle County Democratic headquarters set up at the Labor Temple 314 Dakota Ave South. Open house over the weekend announced by Dr. J S Tschetter. Election returns will be gathered at Labor Temple Tuesday night. Governor Tam Berry addressed a rally in Huron with a large crowd.
Beadle County rural school teachers met at the courthouse this morning with an attendance of twenty. County Superintendent of Schools Miss Eva Davis presided as the meeting focused on rural school problems. Miss Marguerite Davis gave a poetic recitation and teachers examined portfolios from foreign countries.
Pheasant hunting resumes Monday in 130 counties east of the Missouri River as a second 10 day period begins. The second half runs through Armistice Day with no change in shooting hours from noon to dark and a bag limit of four birds per day, one may be a female. Hen pheasants may be possessed in the second half. Counties reopening include Aurora Beadle Bon Homme Brooen Brown Charles Mix Clarke Codington Davison Bearl Douglas Edmunds Faulk Grant Hamlin Hond Hanson Hutchinson Jowauld Kingsbury Lake McCook McPherson Marshall Miner Moody Roberts Sanborn Spink. Non residents few. birds plentiful but wily. deputies urge sportmanship and safety.
Gordon McNamara, assistant editor of the Huron High School Tiger, was elected president of the South Dakota High School Press Association at the Brookings convention. Huron High won the cup for the largest delegation, tying with Sioux Falls but awarded on a coin flip. McNamara will edit the Tiger next year as Huron’s paper won first place in the state division for high schools with enrollment over 200.
Moberly Missouri October report states Bert Clyde Perkins 22 died from injuries after a boiler explosion that killed three other men and wrecked the city light and power plant last night. Victims include W. R. Brock not specified age, Reynolds 35, and Bert Bousmaan 45 engineer J. B. Lewis 15 injured. Power service interrupted about three hours and restored by diverting lines of Missouri Power and Light Company which owned the plant. Officials estimate loss at least 100000.
Tom Grace, owner of a Huron restaurant and pool hall, faced a municipal court jury this morning on a charge of selling intoxicating liquor to a minor. He entered a plea and was bound over on a $500 bond before Judge L Crawford. The complaint, signed by Fritz Burkley and Morris Joyce, named Grace and John Doc.
Severe earthquakes rattled Guam the navy base in the North Pacific with damage to some buildings and two natives slightly injured, described as the most serious since 1902 in a report filed by Governor Commander Benjamin V. McCandlish.
Andrew Allen Richmond, 39, received the Carne gie Hero Fund bronze medal for rescuing Mrs Huth Kiel and attempting to save her baby Patricia in a Cottonwood farmhouse fire. He carried the mother to safety, entered flames again, but the infant died. Richmond suffered burns and three broken ribs.
Beadle County residents prepare for the Tuesday election as Auditor Fuller reports 603 mail votes already cast, a figure higher than 530 in 1934. City and county offices remain open with Sunday hours to assist mail ballots while polling places and hours mirror prior years. Beadle County Commission shifts November meeting to Friday, November 6, as city offices plan for election day.
Report summarizes brisk campaign rhetoric from Landon and Roosevelt camps, noting confidence and doubts about landslide outcomes. Weather officials refrain from firm forecasts while unofficial data hint fair conditions Tuesday. Union and other party figures critique drought relief plans and labor strife, with critics from Norman Thomas to Browder weighing in on political and social tensions.
Funeral services were held in Covington Kentucky for Mack Garner aged 33 described as one of America’s outstanding lackeys. He died Wednesday and his obituary notes his notable service and the community’s response.
The article outlines projected Roosevelt margins across multiple states with figures for Landon and Roosevelt in a fragmented, OCR distorted summary. It notes a close overall race, with states like Colorado, Indiana, Wyoming, and New York offering near parity and potential shifts depending on late polling and third party dynamics.
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