Celebrating History: More Hill County soldiers go into WWI

by Emily Mayer

The entire Havre community extends a Happy 100 Years Young birthday to Bernice Marie Ragnvald Hoveland Hardy, who was born in Havre on Sept. 23, 1917. A dinner was given in her honor by her loving family, and we salute Mrs. Hardy on her very special day. I am humbled she loves to read this column and hope they bring fond memories to her and her family.

War news and its effects continued to dominate the front page of The Havre Plaindealer in its Sept. 22, 1917, issue. New laws were passed to protect homesteaders going off to war, and the International Printer’s Union was one of t...