News you can use
News you can use
By Emily Mayer
Havre’s progress continued to grow and prosper. How about some good news from 100 years ago? These two articles appeared in the March 24, 1917 issue of The Havre Plaindealer.
NEW DRUG STORE WILL OPEN MONDAY
Is One of Best Equipped To Be Found in State
Havre’s fourth drug store will be formally opened to the public Monday evening. There will be music throughout the evening, and each lady visiting the store will be presented with a rose or carnation.
The new establishment is located in the Chestnut building at the corner of Third avenue and Second street, and is fitted in such a manner as to make it one of the best stores of its kind to be found in the entire state. The fixtures, in golden oak finish, are the very latest. On one side are English wall cases, buffet style, the arrangement of the plate glass being such that every corner of the shelves can be plainly seen. On the opposite side are high and narrow show cases, the very latest idea in this equipment.
Clear glass is in front of the prescription case, giving customers a clear vision of the interior. Above the prescription case is a mezzanine floor that will serve as an ice cream parlor, the soda fountain being located just in front of the case on the main floor. The fountain is the only part of the fixtures that is not yet installed, but it will be put in position in a short time.
The electric lighting is an attractive feature of the new store, being semi-indirect on the main floor and indirect on the mezzanine floor.
The new establishment is owned by Christianson Bros. G. A. Christianson is being the senior member of the firm. The latter is well known in Havre, having been associated with several drug stores for the past several years. He will have active charge of the store, which will make a specialty of prescription work. C. B. Christianson, the other member of the firm, arrived in Havre yesterday with his family from Minnesota, and will be connected with the new store.
Another announcement concerning an opening appears on the fourth page of this paper.
MACHINERY WILL BE ORDERED SOON
Flax Mill Will be Ready for Year’s Crop
That Havre will have a flax two mill ready for the coming season’s flax straw is practically beyond conjecture. Some time ago at a meeting of the business men who subscribed to the guarantee fund at the Hotel Havre, a committee of five men were selected to confer with Secretary McCroskey and to get prices on the machinery necessary. They were also empowered to order the machinery when the best price possible was obtained.
This committee was J. J. Blair, P. H. Jestrab, W. G. McKelvy, W. C. Gibb and E. C. Sweitzer and since their appointment they have been very busy getting prices through Mr. Jonas Brolin, the flax expert, who is in the east at this time for that purpose.
It is the intention to put in a plant that will be the first unit to a larger plant as the industry develops.
There is no doubt this city is the proper location for flax working plants on account of the vast territory that is and will be seeded to flax for years to come. The records of the county assessor’s office show that there was only twelve per cent of tillable land tributary to Havre under the plow in 1916. This means that it will be years before the sod crop of flax will exhaust in this section and at the price such a concern can afford to pay for the straw the farmer can realize well on delivering his entire crop, as this will entail no extra trouble or expense.
It is expected that the committee in charge will order the machinery in the near future.
Drug stores commonly had ice cream parlors in their establishment, but what is notable is the mezzanine feature in the new drug store. The other drug stores in Havre at the time were Boone’s, Havre Drug and Owl Drug.
Flax was the big crop grown 100 years ago, as there was more money in flax at the time than other crops and flax grew well here. However, events happening in April would shift production to a different crop. Keep reading! The flax mill was located near the railroad tracks west of Havre, near where the current water treatment plant is now located.
A couple of fun social gatherings for Miss Mildred Daviss were noted in the Plaindealer’s Society column:
Announcement Party.
An event of much interest among the young people of Havre was made known on Wednesday when Mrs. Gustave Haglund announced the engagement and early marriage of Miss Mildred Daviss and Mr. E. O. Haglund.
The rooms of the Haglund home were beautified for the occasion by the use of red hearts and cupids.
Eight intimate friends of the bride-to-be were bidden and spent the evening hemming tea towels and, when finished, these were arranged on a mop stick, impersonating a bride, and which bore a card stating that after April third she would be at work for Mrs. E. O. Haglund.
The dining table was lovely, with an ivory basket filled with red carnations, as a centerpiece.
Dainty cards of cupids and hearts marked places for Misses Mildred Daviss; Alice and Edna Burk; Marie Mansfield; Elanor Koplin; Liguori Healey; Wilma Daviss; Mrs. Sam Nelson and Mrs. Haglund.
Miscellaneous Shower.
Another event for Miss Mildred Daviss, a popular bride-elect of the coming month, was given Friday evening when Mrs. W. A. Nelson and Mrs. Sam Nelson gave a miscellaneous shower at their home on Fifth avenue.
Twelve intimate girl friends of Miss Daviss were guests and took this occasion to present to her many beautiful and useful gifts.
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