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December 14, 2023

135 YEARS AGO

Local: It is suggested that the Literary Society of Cooperstown take the initiative in organizing the Otsego County Historical Society.The law against coasting on the sidewalks should be enforced. If those who have icy walks in front of their premises will take the proper means to do away with the danger often resulting therefrom, they will do a good deed.It is suggested that when the Cooperstown railroad orders new locomotives, they may be of the kind that uses crude petroleum instead of coal for fuel. They are pronounced a great success.

December 14, 1888

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