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August 21, 2025

135 YEARS AGO

Local: A “Reception of College Men,” to which about 300 invitations were issued, is being held at the rooms of the Y.M.C.A. this Wednesday evening. It promises to be one of the most pleasant local social events of the season. Among recent college graduates and present students in and near this village, and who will probably be present, are: Cornell, Charles I. Thayer and Charles H. Parshall; Hamilton, John B. Hooker, Jr.; Hobart, Horace C. Hooker; Princeton, J. Prentiss Browning and H.D. Sill; Trinity, L. Averill Carter; Yale, Rob’t. L. Luce.

August 22, 1890

110 YEARS AGO

William Allen White, author of “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” and other well-known writings, declines without thanks the invitation to abandon the Progressive movement and return to the Republican Party. He says there are 2 million Progressives who feel as he does. “They don’t care,” he adds, “whether the Republicans whip the Democrats, or the Democrats the Republicans.” “The Progressives who have returned,” says White, “have their tails between their legs and they are making no fight for the things which interested the progressive Republicans four years ago.” “The Republican Party today,” he adds, “stands for the divine right of property to rule and the ideal that the richest country is the best country.”

August 18, 1915

85 YEARS AGO

The cast for the Pageant, “Historic Cooperstown,” which will have performances Saturday night, August 31 and Sunday night, September 1, on a large open-air stage on Doubleday Field at Cooperstown, has been completed. The cast includes among many others: William Cooper, Fred Dulin; Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Hanson Thomas; Mrs. Cooper’s maid, Mrs. William D. Coddington; other Cooper servants – Margaret Johnstone, Mrs. Robert M. Pike, Hanson Thomas, Doc Thomas and others; The Cooper children – Folger Oudin, Isabelle Carter, Betty Pike, Averill Carter and others; School master, Lester G. Bursey; Abner Doubleday, America Russo; Professor Green, Nathaniel Coster; The Deerslayer, William B. Coddington; Indian Woman, Mrs. Elsie Strong; Indian Chief, Robert Kinney; Medicine man, William Tyler; Indian boys, Jerry Clark, Jack Levante, Joe Mogavero; Indian dancers, Mary Louise Gardner, Constance Armitage;

August 21, 1940

35 YEARS AGO

William F. Streck, M.D., president of Bassett Hospital, has been appointed to the New York State Hospital Review and Planning Council following his nomination to the post by Governor Mario Cuomo. The group acts on issues pertaining to planning, fiscal policy, major medical equipment, project review, and code creation and revision. According to Mary H. Fairbanks, the Council’s chairwoman, Streck’s role on the council is unique because of his extensive experience in an upstate tertiary facility with numerous outreach sites. “Dr. Streck is one of three Council members from the upstate medical community. The other four physician members reside downstate, so Dr. Streck, as the only upstate rural hospital representative, will provide the Council with direction and views from this area,” Fairbanks said.

August 22, 1990

20 YEARS AGO

Long-time runner and spinning instructor Dr. Don Raddatz of Cooperstown will participate in his seventh and final marathon during the last weekend of October. Raddatz will be running to raise funds for the Children’s National Medical Center. Raddatz is looking for sponsors who will help him reach his goal of $1,500 and he would like to go beyond that. “Right now, I’m at $950,” he said.

August 19, 2005