Celebrating History - Lots of news a century ago

By Emily Mayer

There was a lot of local news in The Havre Plaindealer's Aug. 4, 1917, issue. The 1917 Chautauqua schedule was the biggest news, with pictures of leading speakers and entertainers filling the front page, as well as a large advertisement with admission fees included and an encouragement to purchase a season ticket to avoid paying single admission tickets, which were "nearly three times the cost of season tickets." In other words, they wanted people there the entire week to see what they had in store for audiences. Considering local weatherman C. W. Ling had announced that Jul...