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An undated photo from the early days of Havre of the Havre Steam Laundry and the crosswalks that were boasted about in the Milk River Eagle of 1898.
The issues for The Havre Advertiser for this week in 1893 were not on microfilm, so for the next few weeks the year 1898 will be featured.
The Milk River Eagle was the newspaper in 1898. Dudley Axtell was the editor and publisher. Cost for a subscription was $2.50 for one year or $1.50 for six months. Individual issues cost 10 cents.
The main local news centered around the local political parties and their corresponding conventions. Several homestead declarations and final proofs were also on the front page.
Of course, the real news was found in those neat little paragraphs under the social pages column. The Milk River Eagle named it “Town and Country.” For this 34th installment celebrating Havre’s 120th anniversary of incorporation, we find complete with misspelling:
The Havre Commercial company is making valuable addition to its store building in the shape of a new and valuable steel awning.
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Havre’s streets and cross walks show a marked and substantial improvement, in many places the old and dilapidated walks being replaced by new ones while many new ones greet the pedestrian.
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During August, the period known as the dog days, those who contemplate an outing or hunting trip, should provide themselves with an antidote to the deadly poison from the fangs of the rattlesnake. There is only one remedy. Procure a bottle of Old Dominion Rye. For sale by Broadwater-Pepin Co.
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This week has been a very busy one in the Havre courts. In Judge McIntyre’s court Wednesday Elizabeth Turner appeared and answered to the charge of assault with a deadly weapon. The case was prosecuted for the state by Attorney A. E. Sanderson and the defense was cared for by H. A. Wilkinson. A fine of $25 was imposed, which being promptly paid the prisoner was turned loose. Before Judge Meili the cases of Sadie Taylor and Robert Delford, actors in the Great Northern Beer Hall, and W. E. Grant, one of the proprietors of the same institution, were heard.
They were charged with assault by Elizabeth Turner. The first two were fined $10 and $12.50, respectively. It was shown that Grant acted in defense and he was discharged. A. E. Sanderson appeared in behalf of the defendants. These cases were the outcome of the razor beer bottle fracas which occurred in the Comique Concert Hall on the night of August 12th.
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A number of soldiers of the 10th cavalry and others from the ranks of the 25th infantry have returned from Santiago. All who have so far returned have been wounded in the terrible campaign before that rabid pest hole. It is persumed that Fort Assinniboine will be to those colored heroes nothing short of a fountain of everlasting health.
The United States was embroiled in the Spanish-American War in 1898.
This curious offer was also found in the same issue:
One Hundred Dollars
A reward of one hundred dollars ($100) is hereby offered for information which will lead to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who set fire and caused the destruction of the building on west Main street in the town of Havre on the morning of August 19th, 1898. The above amount is offered and will be paid by the town of Havre. EDWARD DOYLE, Mayor.
The curiosity comes in the fact that going through this issue and the prior week’s issue, there is no mention anywhere of a fire. There is also no mention of the type of building involved. This was the only mention of the reward; by the next issue it was not there.
Several advertisements were in this issue. The Goodrich Lumber Company had “Lumber and Building Material of All Kinds;" the Stringfellow Drug Store was advertising Vive Cameras and Crawford Bicycles; the Pioneer Meat Market offered fresh and salt meats, poultry and fish; H. W. Weatherby offered blacksmithing services “Special Attention Given to Horse Shoeing”; Bailey and Purnell Pool and Sample Rooms “Sole Agents for the A. B. C. Bohemian Beer”; Havre Steam Laundry, Joseph Gussenhoven, proprietor; and the Havre Commercial Company selling “Knocked Out Union Overalls.”
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