Downtown July 1894 — ‘Governor and groceries’

“Governor and groceries comprise the alliterative” theme of J.R. Kelly’s display ad, and C.R. Eddy was advertising special deals available after the parade, The Morning Star of Glens Falls reported on July 18, 1894.

The downtown retailers were piggybacking on the visit of Gov. Roswell Flower and some of his chief advisors to Glens Falls that day.

The visit coincided with the bidding process for construction of a new armory on Warren Street, making the Democratic governor unusually popular in a Republican village.

St. Mary’s Band and the Juvenile Cornet Band marched in the afternoon parade to welcome Flower to Glens Falls, which preceded a reception.

A contingent of bicyclists escorted the governor and his party from Miller Hill at Queensbury to downtown Glens Falls.

In other July 1894 downtown Glens Falls news collected from historic newspapers of the region:

• Hotel improvements were under way in downtown Glens Falls.

“An attractive new sign was placed over the front entrance to the Collins House yesterday. The front of the building is being treated to a fresh coat of paint,” The Morning Star of Glens Falls reported on July 17, 1894.

“Three rotary ventilation fans are being placed in the office and barroom of the City Hotel, under the direction of E.L. Stearns.”

• “Earl G. Smith will leave pure Hudson River ice at your door for thirty cents per hundred, or forty cents if cleaned and placed in the refrigerator,” The Morning Star reported on July 4.
• “There will be a moonlight dance this evening on a lighter in the basin on Canal Street,” The Morning Star reported on July 13.
• “Fred Nugent and Martin J. Byren have gone on a fishing trip. Their friends have warned the Glens Falls marketmen of laying in too great a stock of fish, as it is expected that these redoubtable Waltonians will bring home a wagonload,” The Morning Star reported on July 12, 1894.
• “Stewart & Co. advocate free drinks, and while you wait to have your order for fruit filled you can try a glass of their new and refreshing beverage known as Cherryolime,” The Morning Star reported on July 14.
• “The work of making repairs to the interior of the Kenworth building, Warren Street, will be commenced this week,” The Morning Star reported on July 17.

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