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 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1939
Page
3
Montana workers learn how the five million dollar unemployment reserve funds and job insurance program operate. The Q and A explain fund sources, benefit timing, eligibility, weekly amounts, duration, and how checks are mailed. It clarifies who is protected and how leaving or moving affects benefits.
Wires protest to Secretary of War over reports 15 Teton county soldiers serving as laborers in the American E F University. Pershing to investigate. Masons depart for Shrine degree in Helena. Local deaths, graduations, and travels noted including Lieut. Burrell returning from France and other civic events.
Senate Committee hearings reveal that farmers in the Northwest gain little from large taxpayer funded river projects on the Upper Mississippi and Missouri. Consumers also see few benefits as costs shift to rail and taxpayers, while river interests push for continued light regulation, tax breaks, and dam and lock projects.
Attorney General H. J. Freebourn rules for Bozeman official H. B. Landoe that a coroner may conduct more than one inquest when two or more deaths share the same cause and time. The coroner receives only the daily legal fee when one inquest covers several deaths.
A 1939 AAA definition of mountain meadow land will apply to ranches in Teton County. The rule covers land with native grasses and sedge, normally hayed on the ranch unit, with 35 cents per acre allowances and qualifying practices such as contouring reseeding and terrace work.
Teton county high school graduates with limited prospects may join the Civilian Conservation Corps in July. Applicants must be U S citizens, 17 to 23 years old, unemployed, unmarried, fit for vigorous labor, and not in school. Applications are now being received at the county welfare office in Chateau. The next enrollment will occur early in July.
Becks and Beck relatives from Fort Shaw visit. Quade and Emil plan Missoula trips. Great Falls visitors Bricks stay with Quade. Annual school picnic held at Freeman ranch with lunch and outdoor sports. Pendray family in Diamond Valley and other locals attend events. Farmers Union picnic scheduled June 20 at Lewis ranch Collins area. Choteau visits and shopping trips reported for multiple residents.
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.