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The hospital at Fort Assinniboine, at the western-most part of the built-up area at the fort, housed a Havre resident who had been beaten up and robbed.
In this week’s The Havre Advertiser, dated Sept. 28, 1893, there was a lot of news in the “City and State” social pages, as well as a weather report written by C. W. Ling, Havre’s long-time weatherman. For the upcoming month of October, we could expect a normal temperature of 44 degrees. At the time, the warmest October was in 1889 at 49 degrees and the coldest was in 1881 with a mean temperature of 30 degrees. The average rainfall for October was .51 inches back in 1893.
In the social pages we find the following:
City And State
Messrs. Oleson and Purnell returned last week from a trip to the mountains, bringing back with them 87 birds.
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From and after this date the Advertiser will be published every Thursday instead of Tuesday has heretofore.
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Citizens of Havre look to your interests? Select and vote for none but the best men on the 10th day of October.
So far, no names have been published in the newspaper as to who was interested in serving on City Council or for mayor.
Chas. Harvey has opened up a saloon on Main street opposite Raymond & Willerton’s, where he will now be found ever ready to dispense liquid refreshments to his many customers.
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Havre is beginning to loom up like a prairie dog town in a mirage. It is no longer necessary for the wanderer to search the map for the town’s location, or read the newspapers as to its wonderful resources. The court records of Chouteau county for the past week show it all.
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Chaplain Bateman’s great popularity in Havre, as well as throughout the state of Montana, will be attested by the immense crowd which will greet him at the M. E. church on the 29th inst. Not only will there be his intimate friends and followers out in force, but there is expected an unusually large attendance of other people who always like to hear the eloquent and happy chaplain.
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Tonsorial artist W. P. Reilly who tarried with us for a few days and then left for parts unknown is an individual whom you don’t meet every day. After bargaining for the purchase of the Elite barber shop from Mr. Joseph Landy, and with a promise to pay full amount required for the same within a week’s time, Reilly dropped the week’s proceeds of the shop into his own pocket, and converting Mr. Landry’s new hat to his use, he hit a side door east-bound Pullman and has not since been heard of.
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George Frye, a civilian, who has been employed at Fort Assinniboine for a number of years past is now lying in the post hospital in a precarious condition. On the night of the 19th inst., some party, or parties knocked him in the head with a club and then rifled his pockets. When Mr. Frye was found by Geo. Herron he was lying on the prairie near his house in an insensible condition with both pockets turned inside out. Frye was at once removed to a place of safety and medical aid summoned. Undoubtedly, robbery was the only motive as Frye was not known to have any enemies. At the present writing Mr. Frye is resting comfortably but little hopes are entertained for his recovery.
The hospital at Fort Assinniboine was located on the western-most area where buildings were constructed on its massive military reservation. It was flanked by the band barracks to the south and the chapel to the north. The chapel served double duty as a schoolhouse. It was constructed in 1881 with a stone foundation and brick walls and was later razed after Fort Assinniboine was decommissioned in 1911. To add insult to injury, the foundation of the hospital, band b barracks, chapel and other razed buildings in that area were destroyed in 1979, when the site was mined for gravel for highway construction. All that is left are a few pictures, and one is shared above with this article.
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