Century-old Ti — Economic woes

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

Conditions at local paper mills were rebounding, even as economic woes hit mining operations.

“Another small rift in the cloud of business gloom that has enveloped the village since the shutting down of the mills appears this afternoon when №3 machine at the island mill goes into operation,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on March 17, 1921. “It is hoped that this is a harbinger pf general improvement in conditions.”

The International Paper company had restarted one machine at its Ticonderoga mill on March 15.

The mills had been shut down since Feb. 20.

Meanwhile, The American Graphite Co. on March 12 reduced wages 15 percent across the board at its mine in the Graphite hamlet of Hague.

“These men, however, are better off than the miners at Mineville, for there the men have not only had a15 percent cut, but, with the exception of one mine, the Tunnel, are working only three days a week.”

In other March 17, Ticonderoga Sentinel news:

L.A. Clements, a tenor in the Ticonderoga Congregational Chruch choir, donated fabric for choir robes.

About 200 people met at the Ticonderoga Knights of Columbus Hall on March 13 to organize a local chapter of the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic.

D. J. Crowley was elected president.

An effort was underway to organize a semi-professional basketball league for the 1921–22 season with teams from Ticonderoga, Port Henry, Mineville, Fort Edward, Whitehall and the west end of Glens Falls.

The Ticonderoga High School basketball team closed its season on March 11 with a 44–9 win against Fort Edward.

“Winning 13 of the 18 games they played, the Ti High boys went through the season with flying colors, and earned the distinction of being one of the best school teams in the section.”

“Such a league would undoubtedly serve to increase interest in the popular winter sport, and it is said that it is heartily endorsed by the fans,

Merrill Dolbeck contributed six pairs of men’s slippers to Moses Hospital. Mrs. S.V. Robbins of Graphite contributed magazines.

The Ironville correspondent reported that George Beck tapped 900 trees for maple sugaring.

“The sugaring season commenced this week with a good run of sap.”

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