Celebrating history: Wedding were big news 100 years ago

By Emily Mayer

Weddings were the big news items in the Havre newspapers this week 100 years ago. Here are the three that appeared on The Hill County Democrat’s June 24, 1916, issue:

Married on Anniversary of Mother’s Wedding

A pretty wedding was solemnized last evening at the home of Mrs. Peter Gowrie, one of the pioneer residents of the city, when Mr. Earl R. Bevis, a fireman of the Great Northern Railway company and Miss Ruth Gowrie were united in wedlock, the Rev. P. H. Case, of the Presbyterian church, officiating.

The bride was attired in a beautiful gown of white satin and the...