Bound Volumes

February 22, 2024

135 YEARS AGO

Corn is still and probably always will be our staple commodity. Last year we produced 2,000,000,000 bushels. The average price paid was only 23 cents per bushel, but even at this low price the commercial value of the crop was $74,000,000. This is almost equal to the value of all the gold, silver and lead mined in the United States in 1887, which was worth $87,535,000. Corn is our greatest crop. It makes hogs and cattle and alcohol, and in those forms is exported. Corn’s use as a human food is not thoroughly appreciated in this country and is hardly recognized in Europe. Our present export of corn only aggregates four percent of the total crop. How can it be increased? There will be a good opportunity this summer through the exposition in Paris.

February 22, 1889

110 YEARS AGO

The blizzard of 1888 has met its match at last and the blizzard of 1914 will go down in history as the equal if not the superior of that famous storm of 26 years ago. According to the official figures the fall of snow on Friday and Saturday last was exactly equal to that of the 1888 blizzard which was 32 inches. In 1888, it snowed 44 hours, while the storm of last week succeeded in depositing the same amount of snow upon Mother Earth in 18 hours. All glory to the blizzard of 1914!

February 19, 1914

60 YEARS AGO

A Cooperstown insurance agent and real estate broker, Arthur T. Peevers, made a safe emergency landing on the New York State Thruway near Schenectady Sunday night after unusually high tail winds had blown his light aircraft miles beyond its scheduled landing point at Utica. Mr. Peevers brought his Cessna 172 down on the westbound lane of the Thruway near the Guilderland service area shortly before 10 o’clock just before his gas tanks ran dry. Mr. Peevers, who has logged more than 1,500 hours in more than 20 years of flying, including a stint with the U.S. Army Air Forces during WWII, came down without incident and taxied the aircraft to a crossover between the two Thruway lanes. It was later pushed and towed to the nearby service center. Late Monday afternoon, with a detail of State Police holding up traffic, Mr. Peevers took off from the eastbound lane and landed at nearby Albany airport where repairs to his radio equipment were addressed.

February 19,1964

35 YEARS AGO

After a one-year derailment, trolleys will most likely return to Cooperstown this summer. “The village is planning on operating the trolleys if nothing unforeseen happens that would make this intention totally impractical,” said Village Clerk Douglas Walrath. Along with a contribution of $8,000 to $10,000 from the Village of Cooperstown, financial commitments from various organizations will make up the estimated $80,000 operating cost.

February 22, 1989

20 YEARS AGO

Paul R. Leonard and Suzanne Clarvoe have been named Presidential Scholars by Clarkson University for the fall 2003 semester. Leonard, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Brent Leonard, is a sophomore majoring in interdisciplinary engineering and management. Clarvoe, the daughter of Paul and Martha Clarvoe of Hartwick, is a sophomore majoring in business and technology management. Clarvoe is one of 24 Clarkson students involved in Revolution 24 Inc., a ground-breaking, student-run corporation actively participating in the field of federal bidding. Revolution Inc. hopes to establish itself as a crucial link and “middleman” between suppliers and government contractors.

February 20, 2004