Celebrating History: Bank lawsuit, Havre schools and the fair in the news

By Emily Mayer

Local news in the papers this week 100 years ago was a mixed bag. Local resident Edward Burke was none too happy about not being able to cash in some accounts held in the Security State bank. This article was printed in the September 23, 1924, Havre Daily Promoter.

BURKE BRINGS SUIT AGAINST SECURITY STATE BANK

Edward F. Burke, through his attorneys Jos. P. Donnelly and Louis P. Donovan, yesterday started suit in the district court against the Security State Bank for the money he had on deposit at the time the bank was closed last January.

Burke was one of the depositors who refu...