From the archives: Montreal was amusing, except for dry Sundays

This story was first published on Dec. 28, 2003, in the Montreal Gazette.
”I have had so many invitations to go to church that I imagine there is nothing else going on in this town on Sunday.”
The Gazette, Monday Dec. 27, 1897
In December 1897, a newspaperman from Minnesota named H.P. Hall faced seeing the old year out in Montreal. He was not distressed by the prospect.
As he would report in The Saint Paul Globe, there was much in the city to amuse him. The Gazette was pleased to rep