The Eureka Mirror (Eureka, Mont.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
272 issues from 1932 to 1936, published in Eureka, Montana, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Eureka Mirror was an eight-page, six-column weekly paper first published in Eureka, Montana, on March 15, 1932. C. W. Runyan served as editor until June, when A. L. Stearns took over as both editor and publisher. Stearns turned the Mirror over to veteran newspaperman E. B. Sisson by September.
Sisson immediately switched the publication date from Tuesday to Thursday. He also made a commitment to serving the people of Eureka, asking them what they most wanted from the paper. In his first editorial, he wrote, “It is our desire to have the people of the community express their opinion as to the news and features of The Mirror and we will only be too glad to make any changes suggested which we deem to be to the best interests of everyone concerned.” This attitude differed from that of similar papers of the time, which often asked the people to serve the community instead of asking how the paper itself could do so. Sisson’s editorials also tackled such subjects as farm co-ops, taxes, and government overreach.
The political view of the paper remained mostly neutral over time. In 1934, one of its only indications of political stance was the phrase “Progressive, Independent, Home Owned” printed above the banner.
The Mirror carried local news, a classified section, syndicated fiction, a health column by the local doctor, school notes, and occasional national items. The Montana Newspaper Association’s insert supplied the rest, carrying state, national, and agricultural news as…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Eureka, Montana, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
- Credit
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress