Celebrating History - A slow news week 100 years ago

By Emily Mayer

There wasn’t much news in the Aug. 11, 1917 issue of The Havre Plaindealer outside the upcoming Chautauqua performances in Havre. In the meantime, there were come gatherings reported in the Society column.

Shanks-Stocklyn

On Tuesday evening at the bride’s apartments in this city occurred the marriage of Guy V. Shanks and miss Emily J. Stocklyn. Rev. E. J. Huston officiating. The ceremony was witnessed by a small number of intimate friends. The groom is a local machinist and the bride was an employee in the office of the Western Union in this city. They will make their home in Ha...