Celebrating History: Business is brisk

By Emily Mayer

Most of the local news in the past couple of weeks centered around the upcoming Chautauqua and candidates for public office. The year 1916 was an election year, too, and many Hill County citizens were running for the various open offices.

Business was also brisk. This article was published in the July 29, 1916 issue of The Havre Plaindealer:

EXPRESS BUSINESS GOOD IN HAVRE

Only Two Offices in State Ahead of the Gas City Office

No better index of the substantial growth of Havre could be had than in a comparison of the receipts of the Great Northern Express company in this city and...