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[[File:1677785428664blob.jpg|right|]][[File:1677785428664blob.jpg|right|thumb||M.C. Meagher Wholesale Retail ICE, [[Parnell%20Meagher|Parnell Meagher]]| at the wheel. (undated)<br>|Courtesy of Sean Dobbins]]The '''Meagher Ice Company''' was operated by [[Michael%20C.%20Meagher|Michael C. Meagher]]. It later expanded into providing coal, and later still, ice cream.  [[Parnell%20Meagher|Parnell Meagher]] and [[Richard%20Darrah|Richard Darrah]] worked for the company.

"Approximate amount of “natural ice” harvested each year in the 1920s by the Meagher Ice Company of Saranac Lake: 10,000 tons." -- "Adirondack Stats: Ice Harvesting" ''Adirondack Almanack'', December 5, 2010
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''Plattsburgh Sentinel,'' July <span>13,<span> <span>1923

Roger<span> <span>Denison,<span> <span>16, of<span> <span>Saranac <span>Lake is suffering<span> <span>from<span> <span>a<span> <span>fractured<span> <span>leg<span> <span>sustained in an accident when the motorcycle he was driving collided with a large ice truck belonging to the Meagher Ice Company.
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''Malone Evening Telegram,'' October 29, 1924

'''DARRAH—STRACK'''

A pretty autumn wedding took place Monday morning, October 27, at 7 o'clock in the Church of the assumption, Gabriels, when Richard Darrah, of Saranac Lake, and Alice Strack, of Gabriels were united in marriage. Rev. Father Dumont, of Gabriels, officiating.

The church was prettily decorated for the occasion. The couple were attended by Harry and Olive Strack. brother and sister of the bride.

A portion of the church of the Assumption choir sang the mass. with Rena Strack, another sister of the bride, presiding at the organ. Those who participated in singing the mass were: Louis Strack, the bride's father; Lillian and Catherine Strack, Fred Perry and Marie Dumont. Altar boys were Richard Strack and Raymond Perry.

After the ceremony the bridal party had breakfast at the bride's home, after which the newly-weds left on a brief honeymoon. They will reside in Saranac Lake. Mr. Darrah holds an important position with Meagher Ice Cream Co. of that village.
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''Lake Placid News,'' August 4, 1933

'''<span>SUPREME<span> <span>COURT,<span> <span>COUNTY <span>OF ESSEX'''

Harry<span> <span>R. Ruses:, Plaintiff

—<span> <span>against —

Parnell J. Meagher<span> <span>and [[Raymond%20E.%20Meagher|Raymond]]<span>[[Raymond%20E.%20Meagher| ]]<span>[[Raymond%20E.%20Meagher|Meagher]],<span> <span>as Executors<span> <span>under the<span> <span>Last<span> <span>Will<span> <span>and Testament of Michael<span> <span>C.<span> <span>Meagher,<span> <span>deceased, [[Mary%20Meagher|Mary Meagher]], Economy Food Products<span> <span>Company,<span> <span>Inc., William B. Smith, <span>[[George%20L.%20Starks| ]]<span>[[George%20L.%20Starks|L. Starks]], [[William%20B.%20Davidson%2C%20Sr.|William]]<span>[[William%20B.%20Davidson%2C%20Sr.| ]]<span>[[William%20B.%20Davidson%2C%20Sr.|Davidson]],<span> <span>co-partners<span> <span>trading as<span> <span>Co-Operative<span> <span>Plumbing Company, and Bertha Poggie, Defendants.

TAKE<span> <span>NOTICE<span> <span>that<span> <span>in pursuance of a judgment<span> <span>o foreclosure and sale, made and entered in the above action, bearing date the 31st day of August, 1931, and entered in<span> <span>the office<span> <span>of the Clerk<span> <span>of<span style=""> <span>the County<span> <span>of<span> <span>Essex,<span> <span>I,<span> <span>the undersigned<span> <span>Referee<span> <span>in said<span> <span>judgment named<span> <span>for that<span> <span>purpose<span> <span>will<span> <span>sell at public auction at the North Elba Town<span> <span>Hall in the Village<span> <span>of Saranac<span> <span>Lake,<span> <span>Essex<span> <span>County, New York, on the 16th day of September, 1933, at ten o'clock E.S.T., in the forenoon of that day, the following<span> <span>described<span> <span>property<span> <span>set forth<span> <span>in said<span> <span>judgment,<span> <span>to wit: ALL<span> <span>THAT<span> <span>TRACT<span> <span>OR<span> <span>PARCEL<span> <span>OF LAND,<span style=""> <span>situate<span> <span>in the Town<span> <span>of St. Armand,<span> <span>County of Essex<span> <span>and State<span> <span>of<span> <span>New York, and is in the south west p&rt of Lot<span> <span>No. 31 of Township<span> <span>Eleven, Old<span> <span>Military<span> <span>Tract<span> <span>and on<span> <span>the east side of Moody Pond<span> <span>(so called) bounded and described as follows;<span> <span>vis.: BEGINNING<span> <span>at<span> <span>a stake<span> <span>set in the ground<span> <span>on<span> <span>the north<span> <span>side<span> <span>of a large... [complete page [[http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn86033359/1933-08-04/ed-1/seq-11/|here]].]