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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1919
Page
2
A public appeal urges saving through war savings stamps to prevent discontent, boost morale, and prepare for postwar needs. It stresses securing jobs for soldiers returning home, fostering thrift, and building long term financial stability through periodic purchases and the power of compound interest.
Montana employment director Scott Leavitt urges strong public cooperation with the U S Employment Service as job seekers greatly outnumber available opportunities. Across the state, reports show roughly ten to one in favor of job seekers, with men willing to take any work to earn money for life’s necessities. An employee in a major city notes the influx of heart wrenching stories from the unemployed and the urgent need for placements.
Reports from Hemet and San Jacinto show a frame Vosburg hotel enduring the quake while nearby brick structures collapsed. Lumbermen note wood’s fiber resiliency allows it to twist and recover, whereas brick floors under shock crack and fail.
A French Canadian Private carried his ten year old son in his kit bag to France after his wife died. The wife and son followed to England, but the boy was found at Boulogne and sent to Folkestone where he became a police ward.
Department of the Interior notice at Great Falls Montana dated December 5 1918. Cornelis Sonneveld of Bole Montana filed notice of intention to make three year proof to establish a land claim described as sections 22 23 township 24 N range 3 W Montana Meridian. Proof to be given January 20 1919 before A C Warner U S Commissioner at Chateau Montana. Witnesses listed: Renk Blanksma Cornelius Bouma Matthys Emnar of Bole and Walter G Dauwalder of Chateau. J A Barker Register. First pub Dec 19 last Jan 16.
The new rate structure charges 5c per six miles up to twenty four miles and 5c per eight miles beyond that. Station to station calls should use numbers when possible. if not, provide the subscriber’s name and address to the toll operator.
The article explains the person to person toll rate higher by about one fourth than station to station, with a day rate basis and a 20 cent minimum. It notes messenger calls add charges, minimum 25 cents, and that no messenger or person to person call is accepted if the station to station rate is under 15 cents. Report charges follow the same general rules.
A report charge applies when a person to person call fails to reach the desired party within one hour or when the caller is absent after connection. The fee covers operator work and is about a quarter of the station to station rate, with a minimum of 10 cents and a maximum of 2 dollars.
The text defines appointment rate as one-half higher than the station to station rate for calls set at a definite time for a person to person conversation. It applies to day rates and night rates, with no appointment calls accepted where the station is involved.
New night tolls take effect 12:01 pm January 21 1919 for station to station messages. From 8 30 pm to midnight the rate is about half the day rate while midnight to 4 30 am is about a quarter. The origin time governs night rates and a minimum night rate of 25 cents applies. Day rates apply if station to station charges are below the minimum night rate.
Collect calls are charges reversed to the distant station where the call is completed. Such collect or reversed charges are permitted only for person to person calls.
The document lists initial period rates for service classes between toll points, including station to station and person to person rates and messenger charges. It specifies time-based rates from 8:30 p.m. to midnight and midnight to 4:30 a.m. with amounts and conditions.
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