110 YEARS AGO: The only Fair in Otsego County in the year 1916 came to an end Friday after five days of genuine enjoyment for all those who attended an attendance fully satisfactory to the management when the circumstances of attending such an exhibition during the present year are considered. The infantile paralysis quarantine regulation, forbidding the presence of children less than sixteen years of age prevented the attendance not only of the children themselves, but also of many parents who could not safely leave the little folks at home alone.…

160 YEARS AGO: Why was it closed? We heard a great many ask the question, “Why was Messrs. Mendel Brothers Store closed on Wednesday? The reason was, we suppose, that it was the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). Our Hebrew brethren observe this day most rigidly by extreme fasting—neither food nor drink being partaken of.…

110 YEARS AGO: The automobile race against time in which the War Department is taking an active interest started from Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts today, Wednesday, and is to finish at Fort Lawton, Seattle, Washington on Saturday. If plans materialize, the last relay should reach its destination on Saturday. The time allowance for the race of 3,685.5 miles is 120 hours.…