Celebrating History: A slow week in Havre 100 years ago

By Emily Mayer

There wasn’t much going on in Havre 100 years ago this week. The Havre Plaindealer’s March 15, 1919 edition contained the usual articles of thrift. A list of “Nineteen New Victory Resolutions for 1919” was printed which stressed being thrifty not just at that time, but in the future. War stories, the aftermath of The Great War, and crop predictions were also part of the Plaindealer’s edition. A good wheat crop was being predicted, as was a good sugar beet crop.

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