Bound Volumes

August 29, 2024

160 YEARS AGO

A returned soldier of the Sixteenth Connecticut regiment says that our soldiers who are prisoners at Andersonville, S.C. number no fewer than 12,000; that they are confined in an open field bare of all trees or shrubbery; and that, in these dog-day heats they are suffering severely. A similar account is given of a still larger number of Union prisoners confined in Georgia, where large numbers are dying from exposure, lack of food and proper attendance.

August 26, 1864

85 YEARS AGO

August 30, 1939

60 YEARS AGO

The Sperry Chevrolet garage south of the Village of Cooperstown on Route 28 recently completed its new showroom. The structure, which contains 10,500 sq. ft., features a colonial brick front in keeping with the architectural character of the village. The showroom has room for 6 cars and the rear contains a modern garage and body shop. Sales will be managed by Robert Sperry and Robert Clinton.

August 26, 1964

35 YEARS AGO

The month of September has been declared “James Fenimore Cooper Month” by Mayor Harold H. Hollis, in honor of the Bicentennial of Cooper’s birth. A service at Christ Church at 5 p.m. on September 15, the date of Cooper’s birth, will be a highpoint. Professor George Test, a Cooper expert at SUNY Oneonta, will be the main speaker. On September 10, an organ recital performed by The Farmers’ Museum associate curator Kate Boardman and organ restoration specialist Sydney Chase will be held at the Fenimore House at 2 p.m. Boardman and Chase will play an 1800-vintage barrel organ that was a popular feature at Otsego Hall, the Cooper family residence.

August 30, 1989

20 YEARS AGO

The Otsego Electric Cooperative has announced a new, high-tech service they will begin to provide to area customers in the near future—an affordable, broadband internet service for rural families. OEC is partnering with “Wild Blue” and the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative to provide satellite-delivered broadband internet access. Robert Murdock, CEO of OEC, believes the service has the potential to transform rural areas and generate economic growth. “I think it’s going to go like gangbusters,” said Murdock.

August 27, 2004