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August 28, 2025
185 YEARS AGO
ONE CENT REWARD—Ran away, or rather walked away (being too lazy to run) from the Subscriber on Sunday, the 9th inst., an indentured Apprentice Boy named William Henry Baird. This is to forbid all persons harboring or trusting said Boy on my account, as I shall pay no debts of his contracting after this date. The above reward will be paid to any person who will return said boy, but no charges paid, and but few thanks given. Abner Graves, Jr., Cooperstown, August 10, 1840.
August 24, 1840
135 YEARS AGO
Wedding Bells—Their merry peal is heard over our village this Wednesday afternoon, at about the hour the Journal goes to press. A crowd of invited guests are filling the Presbyterian Church to witness the marriage of Mr. Russell Warren and Miss Alice Brooks, only child of Mr. and Mrs. George Brooks. Mr. Curtis L. Burlingame is best man on the occasion, and Miss Jennie Russell of Oneonta is maid of honor. The ceremony is performed by Rev. Mr. Denniston. Miss Emma Russell presides at the organ. A reception follows at the home of the bride’s parents on Leatherstocking Street. Friends of the bride have generously remembered her by a large number of valuable and beautiful presents. Among them are bank checks to a handsome amount. These young people have grown up together in Cooperstown. They are to make their home in the West, where so many of Otsego’s sons and daughters have already settled.
August 29, 1890
110 YEARS AGO
In Our Town—A most enjoyable party was that given by Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Quaif and Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Mason at the Hickory Grove Inn dancing pavilion Monday evening. The Mohican left her dock shortly before 8 o’clock with a large number of guests, others going to the point in launches and automobiles. The dance hall was charmingly decorated with ferns, American flags, golden glow, dahlias and Japanese lanterns. Bronner’s orchestra furnished music of the variety which keeps everybody on the jump and delicious ice cream and cake and punch were served during the evening.
August 25, 1915
60 YEARS AGO
Cooperstown appeared on the National Broadcasting Company’s “Today” show last Friday in the 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. slot. Friday’s Cooperstown feature, narrated by Jack Lescoulie, opened with general scenes around the village. Included were shots along Main Street, Otsego Lake, the Otesaga Hotel and its general manager, Kenneth Arnold, host to the NBC crew, which filmed the show, the Elk Street stable and its attendant, 93-year-old Peter Delaney, the Woodland Museum, Indian Museum, and Christ churchyard and the graves there of the Cooper family. The scene then switched to the National Baseball Hall of Fame where director Ken Smith and Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller awaited their turn on camera.
August 25, 1965
20 YEARS AGO
Ruth Lewis Yule died peacefully on August 17 in Hollywood, Florida. The former Valedictorian of her class at Richfield Springs high school received a teaching degree at Albany State University before completing a graduate degree at Syracuse and Colgate universities. A distinguished poet, Ruth taught for several years at Hartwick High School and more than two decades at Cooperstown High School. After retiring she moved to East Lansing, Michigan where she led classes in great literature for 18 years, earning recognition and awards for her contributions to the East Lansing community. Ruth was preceded in death by her husband, Jimmy Yule.
August 26, 2005
