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Some workers stand in front of the Havre Brickyards. The brickyards were located on what is now U.S. Highway 2, between where 4Bs is located and Andy's Restaurant. The brickyards had just opened 120 years ago.
The Havre Advertiser, in its July 4, 1893 issue, encouraged people to participate in the Fourth of July celebrations 120 years ago, complete with misspelling:
Let Her Go
Everything comes to him who waits and the 4th; the day of carnival and general holiday is with us bringing its influx of visitors cordially welcome to our thriving little town. The citizens of Havre have responded liberally to the tune of some $500, more or less, towards the town fund collected with the instinct of hospitality for the purpose of setting forth a programme calculated to the entertainment of all, less for the residents, who cut only a minor figure, than for the stranger that is within our gates.
People who have never listened to the inspiring declamation of the articles of American Independence will hear something they have never heard before; the oration by the Hon. J. Wade Williams, of Wisconsin, will be a revelation; there will be races, sport and games of every kind, and, finally, for those who are still presentable to the ladies, a grand ball will wind up the festivities sometime tomorrow morning.
It would be impossible to name all the various places of refreshment for both man and beast, suffice to say, that the courteous proprietors of Havre’s hotels, saloons and livery stables may be safely let alone to cater satisfactorily to their customers every time.
Havre is a western town, does not pretend to be prudish and simply behaves itself as well as it can; it is quite doubtful, anyhow, if there is any harm in imbibing even a little too much upon such a day; there will of course, but only for those who are disposed that way, be a little fighting, which really does not matter very much, as long as we leave each other alive to enjoy yet another Fourth.
Havre had another newspaper in 1893 — The Havre Herald — but microfilm of that paper is only of 1907 to 1908. It did, however, congratulate the Advertiser on its new venture, as did other newspapers. The Havre Herald’s praise said, complete with misspelling:
Havre’s new paper appeared this week laden with spicy editorials and interesting local news, together with “write-up” of the town. The Advertiser is typographically neat in every way and a credit to the fraternity. The Herald extends to the Advertiser its best wishes, and may it meet with unparalled success and prosperity in the journalistic arena of this, the “sassiest little city in Montana.”
Little factoids could be found throughout newspapers of yore, and these appeared in this issue, complete with grammatical error and misspelling:
The halcyon days are the seven days before and the seven days after the shortest day. The halcyon, or Kingfisher, is supposed to be breeding at this time, for which reason the sea, for this fortnight, is supposed to very considerately preserve a perfect calm.
Steam carriages, ponderous phaetons with a steam engine and boiler underneath to supply the motive power, have become comparatively common on the streets of Paris. They run about ten or twelve miles per hour, and, as they make a great deal of noise, horse are all afraid of them.
Plucking ostriches requires many precautions. The birds are driven into a large inclosure, then into smaller ones until they are so closely packed together that they cannot fight or turn around; from there into a plucking box, where there is just room for a bird to stand. An operator standing on each side of the box reaches in and with shears snips the long, white plumes from the wings. The tails and the glossy black feathers on the body are pulled out.
In the “City and State” social pages, we find, complete with misspellings and two spellings of the same last name:
The handsome lamp raffled off on last Wednesday evening by A. J. Broadwater was won by Conductor Chas. Hulett whose thow of 39 carried off the prize.
Mrs. J. H. Patterson, in addition to the tempting display of millinery already on hand, is daily expecting a supply of the very latest styles, in ladies’ hats, trimmings, etc., worn, from the east. Visitors, while in town would do well to take the opportunity of looking in at this lady’s establishment where they may be assured of receiving every attention, and of being will accommodated in every particular.
Messrs. Gussenhoven & Olesen proprietors of the Havre brick yards have just completed their kilns the manufacture of a large parcel of brick of first-class quality, which they are prepared to dispose of at the very low rate of $10 per thousand. Mr. Ole Olseon, who is the active partner of the firm, has had an extensive experience in the art of brick making, and has the well carned reputation of being a master of his business and turning out an article that will compare favorably with the product of eastern manufacture-something that is calculated to last.
With good brick at hand, at a price that brings the erection of substantial buildings within the means of the citizen, the prospects of Messrs. Gussenhoven & Oleson are undeniably encouraging.
Advertisers in this week’s newspaper 120 years ago include: W. H. Phillips, carpenter and contractor; and Elite Tonsorial Parlors, Joseph Landry, prop’r., “Pompadour and children’s hair cutting a specialty.”
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