Celebrating History: Not a lot of good news

By Emily Mayer

I hope your new year is going well so far, and that those who celebrated with gusto are now fully recovered from the reverie of New Year’s Eve. The first edition of The Havre Plaindealer of 1919 didn’t carry a lot of good news.

The weather summary for 1918 had been released and while there were no record breaking low or high temperatures, precipitation was down, following a weather pattern that started the year before. For December 1918 alone, the area received only one-sixth of normal moisture.

The problems just aren’t stopping for the Rev. E. J. Huston and company. This one is...