Celebrating History: Mustering an army for the Great War

By Emily Mayer

The Great War and its impacts on life in the United States was featured in The Havre Plaindealer’s January 26, 1918 edition. Pleas to conserve food in the home as well as increase crop production and plan for growing your own fruits and vegetables continued as did news from Red Cross chapters throughout the nation. Young men of draft age were answering the call of duty, and Havre was no exception.

HAVRE YOUNG MEN ENLIST IN ARMY

Five more of Havre’s estimable young men left Wednesday for Great Falls, where they enlisted in the service of Uncle Sam. They were Claude Da...