Our Town 100 Years Ago: November Part 2

The 1895 news is taken directly from November 15, 22, and 29 editions of the Whitehall Zephyr. News from November 1921 is based on notes made by Roy Milligan Sr. from late November editions of the Jefferson Valley News. The accompanying ad is from November 22, 1895, for Cochran’s store in Silver Star.

November 1895: Mr. J.R. Norville, formerly with T.D. Hind & Co. of Whitehall, but now of Anaconda, was a recent visitor to our town. It is said that he came out on account of his health—at least because of a heart malady.

The man whose avocation last summer was cutting ice is now around striking...