175 YEARS AGO

Regimental Orders, State of New York – By order of Aaron C. Whitlock, Brigadier General of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division of the New York State Artillery, the Commissioned, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Musicians of the 12th Regiment in said Brigade, under the command of Col. Hezekiah B. Sprague, will rendezvous and parade for Artillery exercise and improvement at the house of John Brewer, in the village of Cooperstown, on Monday and Tuesday, the 26th and 27th days of August, at 9 o’clock a.m., precisely. A.W. Clark, Adjutant, 12th Regiment.
August 12, 1833

150 YEARS AGO

Ashamed of it! – We do not wonder that some friendly hand has been induced to daub “Bukanan Bridge” on the new hemlock structure over the Susquehanna – the Commissioners are ashamed of their child! If party has had anything to do with the matter, the public will not be slow to understand who did the “wire-pulling” with the Republican Commissioners. A cheap bridge has been secured – just at present the tax will appear light – and the thing answers practical purposes. But in the course of a few years, it will prove anything but an economical affair – while every man entertaining any feelings of pride in such matters, will condemn it.
August 6, 1858

125 YEARS AGO

An ice cream sale will take place Friday evening of this week, in the vacant store in the Schrom block, opposite the Ballard House. The cream will be made by Mrs. B.F. Beadle. The proceeds of the sale will be devoted to the Grand Army uniform fund. Show an interest by attending the sale, and give the Veterans a helping hand.

Willie Armstrong, aged four years, son of Geo. Armstrong of Fly Creek, while playing in the Old Chapel Cemetery with an older brother, on Monday last, had his right thigh fractured, and was otherwise injured, by the falling of a gravestone. Dr. Leaning reduced the fracture.
August 11, 1883

100 YEARS AGO

Those of our readers who have not experienced the sensation of being one hundred years old, can hardly realize the feelings of the editor of The Freeman’s Journal on Saturday last, August 1, 1908. For it was on that day this old newspaper passed its first century mark and launched out upon its second hundred years. The event was marked by no demonstration; in fact, the presses and other machinery hummed on as merrily as if nothing unusual had occurred; there was nothing to remind one of the many years, both of storm and calm, that have elapsed since somebody, way back in the primitive days, came overland with a press and type and began giving the pioneers of the Otsego Lake region the benefits of a local newspaper. There are in the Journal office now, some old curiosities in the way of type and material that may have been used in getting out the first edition. But even the files of those early days are missing, for the bound volumes in the office begin with the year 1820. George H. Carley, Editor.
August 6, 1908

75 YEARS AGO

Where Nature Smiles – It has been suggested that the excellent concerts by the Cooperstown band at Doubleday Field would be enjoyed to better advantage if the children would refrain from using the playground apparatus while they are in progress. Mayor Dunn, when questioned by a representative of this newspaper, stated that at the concert next Wednesday evening official action will be taken to prevent further annoyance of that kind. The steamer Mohican, recently purchased by August A. Busch to be transformed into a floating houseboat was towed by a motor boat to the new landing at the Fox Run Hill Farm at Three-Mile Point.
August 9, 1933

50 YEARS AGO

Editorial – Americans are practically unanimous in wishing to withdraw their troops from the Middle East (Ed. Note: American troops were in Lebanon). This applies to those who feel there was no alternative to the intervention as well as to those who feel a bit foggy about the whole matter. It applies to the reservist who wants no more soldiering, to the businessman concerned about taxes, and to earnest friends of Arab nationalism.
August 6, 1958

25 YEARS AGO

Plans for the new Clark Gymnasium are proceeding on schedule, Clark Foundation representative Edward Stack said Monday. “We’re right on schedule, and if everything goes as planned, we’ll begin construction in May 1984,” Stack said. “We might be able to start before that if we can get through the paperwork.” Stack said the gym, which will be located on the Iroquois Mansion property outside of Cooperstown would take approximately two years to construct. The new $7 million gymnasium will offer racquetball and squash courts, a full-sized gymnasium with bleachers, a 75-foot competitive swimming pool, a diving pool, eight bowling lanes, exercise and weight rooms, locker and shower areas and spectator galleries.
August 10, 1983


Bound Volumes is compiled from resources provided courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library. Tom Heitz is the Town of Otsego historian.

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