This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 24 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1940
Page
1
A misty Monday morning gives way to a rainy period with over an inch falling by Saturday. Fields flood with ponds as crops face delays. the writer notes flexible work, the Peek-a-Boo joke, and reflects on a tar paper shack and distrust of housing programs after seed loans and crop failures.
A reader criticizes federal defense spending and New Deal policies, arguing billions wasted and unemployment unchanged. The letter repeats Capper’s idea of government buying surplus, aiding the needy, and selling rest on the world market to fund grain taxes. It laments Wagner Act controls and WPA flaws, noting unequal hardship across workers.
The speaker argues that early 1937 saw business expect less government meddling and accelerate, but government theorists and brain trusters could not stay hands off. The result was about ten more billions spent for priming purposes.
A correspondent in China among bombed crowds writes about wartime sympathies and policy tensions, reflecting on U S munitions aid to Japan and the complex global conflict shaping public opinion during the period.
Generous rainfall and warm weather enhance growing conditions with forecasts of one of the largest crops in years. Grasshoppers are increasing. poison bait is spread. May precipitation ranged from 0.44 to 2.13 inches across stations, with June adding 1.51 inches in Choteau.
Three games into the league all five teams have played. Choteau Food beat the high school 7 5 with C Bleecker pitching and O Hare catching. Rexall Drug routed Odd Fellows 20 6. High School edged Lions Club 9 8 in a thriller. Next, Chateau Food meets Odd Fellows at 7 p m at the high school field.
H M Daley declared his plan to seek the Democratic nomination and re election for clerk of court though not yet filed. A World War veteran raised in Teton county he served as deputy assessor under Otto Wagnild and filled the vacancy left by Frances Rosengren. He won the balance of the unexpired term and has earned praise from the judge and attorneys.
A large crowd enjoyed a free dance last Saturday and organizers expect another turnout this Saturday as the Tennant-Dahlin band returns to provide varied music. The event starts at 9 p.m. with a supper intermission from 11:30 p.m. to 12:15 a.m. dancing continues to about 2 a.m. Requests will be considered to fit the program.
A veteran commentator notes that the fuel and bombs are American made and argues that despite that, the nation still has far to go before earning genuine prestige.
A large crowd watched Brady defeat Choteau 8 to 7 in a near errorless game. Brady scored six runs in the fifth and sixth to take a 6-4 lead, Choteau tied it, Hallberg hit the lone extra-base hit.
Residents in Chateau's trade territory are invited to the final weekly Trade Day drawing this Saturday afternoon with $100 in cash prizes. Tickets, earned with each $1 purchase or $1 on account, grant entry. prizes include $50, $25.90, $10 and three $5 awards. Lee Brown previously won both $5 second prizes.
Sixteen Choteau, twelve Fairfield, and twenty Dutton Boy Scouts travel by bus to Missoula for a three day camporee and Lions International district convention event. About 1,000 Scouts from Canada and Montana attend. cost to each boy is 1.20. Jack Kempton supervises the trip.
Mrs Harriet Lemmon 75 died Monday June 10 at Choteau hospital. Funeral held Wednesday at 2 p m at the Latter Day Saints church in Bynum Elder Stott officiated. She was born April 6 1865 in Springville Utah and had lived in Bynum 25 years. Survived by son Ross of Chateau two daughters Delia Snelmerdine of Bynum and Leora Shelmerdine of Choteau ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Her husband Jackson Lemmon died in 1936.
Carl Wedum's skill behind the lens earns a first prize of 5 for a Lions Magazine photo. The winning image features the Chateau swimming pool funded by Lions Club efforts. The July issue includes the activity picture and praises the photographer to C. G. Monkman, secretary of the local club.
The sixteenth census reports a population rise for Chateau. Choteau proper stands at 1 176, up from 926 ten years ago. School district total expected around 1 526 with 350 more names to be added. E W Allen notes outside-taken counts may alter figures.
Funeral services were held in Chateau on Wednesday for Herman Huisenga former Collins farmer who died in Great Falls on June 5. He had lived in Teton County most of his life and his death followed two years of illness. Interment was in Chateau cemetery with Banks Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers included Alex Alexander I N Caskey Ed Andersen and others. He was born August 1 1885 in Chicago and came to Montana in 1907 homesteading near Colwe then moved to Choteau. He married Isabelle Vogel November 2 1922 and leaves wife three children Herman Bell Barbara. Surviving brothers and sisters are listed from Illinois Colorado and Chicago. one brother Harry Huisenga had died in 1931.
The Montana railroad commission schedules a public hearing in Choteau on June 19 to decide on Milwaukee railroad's petition to curtail service between Choteau and Agawam, a 13 mile line. They seek one weekly round trip on Tuesdays. Patrons urged to attend and present reasons against the request.
Farmers Union members from Pondora and Teton counties join for a two group picnic at Dutton Lions Park next Tuesday June 18. The day opens with 10 am sports and 50 dollars in prizes, lunch at noon with free coffee, main address at 2 pm by M W Thatcher of the Grain Terminal Assn of St Paul, and a Pondera versus Teton counties ball game to follow.
John Wuerthner of Great Falls wowed the audience at the Masonic hall charity dinner aiding the Methodist church budget. Mayor Julius Wuerthner introduced as speaker. Rev R F Vick hosted. Mary Hanusa and Betty Webb with Mrs R E Nelson provided vocal numbers. banquet served by church ladies. ticket receipts were gratifying.
Bert I. Packer filed to seek renomination for county attorney on the Republican ticket, facing E. L. Kleffman. Packer is in his eighth year as county attorney, with prior terms, and brings a long legal career including a 1916 law degree, World War service, and a Chateau, Montana practice since 1921.
M B Bolland of Dutton, a Diamond Valley farmer, filed Wednesday in the county clerk's office to run for county commissioner on the Republican ticket. He pledged to perform duties impartially and industriously if nominated and elected. He is well known in the county and previously worked with the Agricultural Adjustment association in the Choteau office.
The Glacier Transportation Co of Great Falls releases a summer schedule effective June 15. Eastbound service departs Glacier Park at 9:00 a.m. and arrives at Chateau at 11:35 a.m. Westbound departures from Great Falls occur at 5:45 p.m. with arrivals at Choteau at 7:15 p.m. and Glacier Park at 10:00 p.m.
The county commissioners appoint election judges at their June meeting. Polling places are listed per precinct with judge names for Choteau, Doheny, Rose, Dry Forks, Power, Fairfield, Collins, Spring Valley, Belleview, Pendroy, Blackleaf, Bynum, Agawam, Farmington, Diamond Valley, Dutton, Greenfield, and other precincts. Voters will choose party nominees for federal, state, and county offices, plus a non partisan ballot for supreme court justices. polls run noon to 7 p.m.
Denzil McDonald joined the golf hall of fame after a rare hole in one on the Chateau course during a Sunday round. Playing with R E Nelson Fred BarriLal and Frank Stearns, his 135 yard tee shot on the sixth hole found the cup to mark the course’s second ever ace. The ball landed in an have remained unconfirmed by the greenside crowd.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.