How to: Make Your Own Skees?

If you should plan on make a trip to one of New England’s many ski trails, you could save a lot of money if you made your own skis.

This how-to article I found certainly seemed like an uncomplicated task for a young person with nothing else to do and maybe no sense of their own safety. Really though, how fast could home-made skis go?

This article combines 2 of my favorite things: A discovery of old papers, and a word I’ve never seen before now. I rarely read the articles in the old newspapers and periodicals I find, but maybe I should start.

I had actually framed this page from 122 years ago for the ads printed there. It wasn’t until I tried adjusting the frame that I read the article and really became fascinated with that word, “Skees.”

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and maybe you can help me find out if the word has an origin or is just an overlooked mistake...