Century-old Ti — Adirondack skunks

This is the latest in a series of posts about news reported a century ago in the Ticonderoga Sentinel.

The odor of their spray is the same, but the value of a skunk pelt, determined by the amount of black fur, was considered greater in the Adirondacks a century ago than in other northeast states.

“A strange thing about the skunk skins is that the skins that come from northern New York contain more black than those in Vermont, while those caught across the lake are superior to the Massachusetts skunks which have a gray streak through them,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported, in a Nov. 13, 1919 article about fur prices.

Fur prices generally were running 15 to 20 percent above 1918 prices.

“There is every indication that the fur business will be larger than ever unless the supply of muskrats falls far below normal, as is indicated by the early returns.”

In other Nov. 13, 1919 Ticonderoga Sentinel news:

Entertainment

“The lovers of musical comedy will be delighted to learn that Harry Bulger in Mort Singer’s big musical success ‘The Flirting Princess’ will be seen at the Dolbeck Playhouse tonight. The rip-roaring combination of humor, satire and melody, singing and dancing ran for a whole year at the LaSalle Theatre in Chicago.”

New store

Merrill A. Dolbeck opened a grocery and meat market in Ticonderoga.

“He plans to carry a full line of sea foods, fresh meats and groceries.”

Two-sport athletes

Brothers Stanley and Johnny Gilbo “of baseball fame” will be the “nucleus” of the Port Henry basketball team.

Re-elected

Merritt C. Stanton was re-elected, without opposition, as chairman of Essex County Board of Supervisors.

Click here to read the most recent previous post in the series.