Celebrating History: News on the hospitals

By Emily Mayer

Editor’s note: Havre Weekly Chronicle did not receive last week’s Celebrating History in time to publish it in the May 16 edition. The full column follows.

There was a lot of news regarding the two big local hospitals in Havre 100 years ago. First, this bit of good news was published on the front page of The Havre Daily Promoter’s May 11, 1924, edition:

“SACRED HEART ONE OF BEST HOSPITALS IN NORTHWEST

“Tomorrow will be observed throughout the country as National Hospital day and in keeping with the day the friends of Sacred Heart hospital will conduct a tag day, hold open house...