Bound Volumes

185 YEARS AGO

Man is so constituted, that when he directs all his energies to a single employment, the products of his labor are far more abundant and excellent, than when he follows several employments. By confining both body and mind to a single operation, a degree of skill and dexterity in that operation is acquired, which could not be attained if the same, or even a much greater amount of labor had been bestowed on several direct objects.
December 12, 1836

110 YEARS AGO

Christmas is drawing near and with all the season’s hustle and bustle comes the question — what shall I get that would be the most suitable gift for father, mother, brother, sister, or grandmother and grandfather? The Journal which has furnished you with the news throughout the year again comes to the front to furnish the solution to your quandary. Only read the advertisements of our many enterprising Cooperstown merchants and the problem will be solved.
December 13, 1911

60 YEARS AGO

The block on the northwest corner of Main and Pioneer Streets will be torn down, according to officials of The Freeman’s Journal Company, its owners. The decision to raze the building was made last week following an assessment of the cost of repairs to the block made necessary by the disastrous fire which destroyed the printing plant on Pioneer Street of The Freeman’s Journal Company and gutted nearby structures. The corner building formerly housed the offices of The Freeman’s Journal and The Otsego Farmer, and also Lippitt’s Jewelery Store on the ground floor, and the photographic studio of Peter L. Hollis, and the dental office of Dr. L.E. Pitcher on the second floor.
December 6, 1961

20 YEARS AGO

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Busch Hager, Jr. of Cooperstown have pledged $700,000 for Bassett’s Heart Care Initiative which will include the region’s first cardiac surgery program. Louis Hager previously donated $300,000 to fund renovations to the Critical Care Complex, which brings the Hagers’ total giving to $1 million since 1997. The late Alice Busch Gronewaldt, Mr. Hager’s grandmother, began the family tradition of supporting Bassett Healthcare as she donated $1.5 million to the Hager Cancer Center in memory of her son.
December 7, 2001