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News you can use
Emily Mayer
There was plenty of information about buildings in Hill County in the newspapers 100 years ago. The biggest news was in the March 20, 1915 issue of The Hill County Democrat, complete with misspelling.
STORAGE PLANT IN HAVRE
C. & J. MICHEL BREWING COMPANY TO ESTABLISH ONE IN HAVRE
PLEASED WITH BUSINESS DONE
Local Manager, E. S. Ward, Also Takes Care of Agency At Shelby
C. F. Michel, president of the C. & J. Michel Brewing company of La Crosse, Wis., arrived in the city on No. 1 and was at the Grand last night, leaving for Great Falls and Billings this morning. Mr. Michel seemed well pleased with the amount of business done in this city last year. His company is making arrangements to build a cold storage here as soon as a site can be procured on the team track of the Great Nrthern. Mr. Michel sees a great future for Havre and if the company can not get a site on the tracks of the Great Northern, it is possible they will buy some real estate and erect a storage anyway. E. S. Ward is the local agency manager. Mr. Ward also takes care of the agency at Shelby, making that territory once a month.
Fundraising is a long-held tradition in Havre. This entry was in the Democrat:
CHARITY BALL FOR BENEFIT OF HOSPITAL
The Loyola Circle of Catholic Ladies will give their first annual charity ball for the benefit of the Sacred Heart Hospital of Havre, on Thursday evening, April 22nd. An inviting supper will be served, and the committee in charge is making arrangements for the largest attendance of any ball of the season. This is given for the benefit of a good cause and will help to keep up one of our public institutions.
In The Havre Plaindealer of the same date, we find:
St. Patrick’s Tea
One of the most successful and charming affairs of the nature ever given by the Women’s club was the St. Patrick’s tea on Wednesday. The lecture room of the library was attractively decorated in green and white. The table, which was presided over by Mesdames Hulfish, Skylstead and Nelson, was a picture in green and white, with baskets of St. Patrick carnations and fern, tied with fluffy green bows, placed down the long table. A most attractive flower booth had been arranged in one corner of the room and here dainty little shoulder bouquets were sold. The ladies who assisted in serving and who had charge of the tea were Mesdames Hammond, McCormick, and Clack, while the guests received by Mesdames Stranahan, Wilkie and Wilson. The money derived from these affairs is used to carry on philanthropic work of the club, in which the ladies are so actively engaged.
The women weren’t the only ones making good use of the then brand new Carnegie Library. In the “Of Local Interest” social pages, we find:
State Manager Farmer of the Brotherhood of American Yeoman has been in the city this week organizing a lodge, returning to his home in Great Falls Wednesday. Mr. Farmer stated that a lodge of over fifty members had been organized and that their first meeting would be held on April 8th in the lecture room of the Carnegie library.”
In other Plaindealer social pages news, we find complete with misspelling:
St. Mark’s Guild will meet with Mrs. John Matthews, Third street, on Wednesday next, March 24th. All members are urged to attend.”
The Democrat had the following in its “Local Brevities” social pages:
The Layola circle will meet with Mrs. Louis Mayer at 811 Second St. Thursday afternoon.
Phil Clack has just completed the filling of his new ice house, which is one of the largest in the state. He put up 3500 tons.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin T. Iverson expect to have a house erected on their lots in the Devlin addition in the near future.
John Daoust, county surveyor, moved his office fixtures and furniture from his office in the City Hall to the Skylstead building, where he will occupy the offices left vacant by Judge Pyper.
County Surveyor John F. Daoust moved his office from its present room in the city hall to the rooms recently vacated by Judge W. B. Pyper in the Skylstead block. The room recently occupied by the county surveyor will be fitted up and used as judge’s chambers by Judge John W. Tattan.
Ed. B. Thomas, a well known resident of this city, has again entered the livery business, having secured the Horses Home stables, an institution conducted by him for several years.
There was not a single room vacant in the new Grand hotel on Monday and several guests were turned away as there was no room for them.
Miss Sarah Bear, who built up a good business for the Havre Bargain Store, has sold out and the place will be ocupied by “The Havre Kandy Kitchen.”
Of course, we can’t leave out the news of the courthouse. These were found in the Democrat:
County Surveyor John F. Daoust has been busy this week surveying the grounds proposed for the building of the court house. The survey was made for the purpose of getting an estimate for the amount of grading, filling, etc., to be done and an estimate as to its probable cost.
Build that court-house and build it quick. We are not so particular as to the exact spot as that it be built at once.
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