Downtown retailer B.B. Fowler attempted unsuccessfully to enlighten, pun intended, Glens Falls residents about the importance of increasing the budget for electricity for street lighting. “One fact appears to be overlooked by many of the taxpayers of this village. It is hardly fair to compare the taxes of a few…

It was as if Mother Nature had a good memory, or, perhaps, had consulted a competent almanack, in advance of the Civil War reunion at Glens Falls. “Twenty-five years ago, the fifth of this month, it rained at night, and on the following day, when the Twenty-Second regiment came marching…

Fort Edward officials had hopes for reviving a dormant shirt factory in the town. “Several parties from out of town have been looking at our shirt factory, but none of them have made any final bargain for it yet,” The Commercial Advertiser of Sandy Hill, now Hudson Falls, reported on…

It was an Oscar Seagle performance more than worthy of the “handsome watch” presented to the internationally-known baritone as a token of appreciation. “Oscar Seagle sang straight from the soul last night and into the souls of a large audience in Christ Church (of Glens Falls),” The Post-Star reported on…

A new young men’s social club of about 20 members was established at Glens Falls. The Laurel Club leased space at the new Leavens building on Ridge Street to hold meetings and events, The Morning Star reported on Feb. 6, 1889. The club was to hold its first “hop’ on…

The duties of a Silver Bay Association executive include settling disputes on the baseball diamond. “Snooks” of the Silver Bay baseball team “made a specular run” in the forth inning of a scoreless game against arch rival Huletts, but the ball was called foul. “This blew up a scrap and…

Puns are just the opposite of the old saying about children. A pun is best appreciated when it is both seen and heard. “A small boy rises to remark that most doughnuts come from Greece,” The Morning Star of Glens Falls reported on Dec. 6, 1888. “Some grocery scales never…

A.M. Call, a bachelor of South Glens Falls, suddenly increased his chances of wedded bliss, desired or not, when he had the winning ticket for the annual drawing for a diamond ring at the L.P. Juvet jewelry store in downtown Glens Falls. “It is said that no rose is without…

It’s a tough choice between spring-like weather and whimsical winter transportation. “The warmer weather the past few days has spoiled the sleighing,” the Patten’s Mills correspondent to The Commercial Advertiser of Sandy Hill, now Hudson Falls, reported on Jan. 14, 1880. “The fine weather, it is feared, may necessitate the…