Our Town 100+ Years Ago: March 1895

The March weather of 1895 in the Jefferson Valley was not a lot different than now. There were blizzards and warm days and people were busy going here and there. Back then, the Zephyr reported the good, the bad, and the funny of the town and valley. The following is as it was written in the March 15, 1895 edition of the Whitehall Zephyr.

William Franklin, a well-known knight of the grip, departed last Wednesday morning, after enjoying several days in Whitehall society. He found upon a frequent and judicious application of his tape line that his bay window was being considerably diminished with...