BOUND VOLUMES, February 14, 2013
200 YEARS AGO
The Wisdom of Solomon – The Federalists and Republicans like the two women who each claimed the child both say – We are Patriots – the only true lovers of our country.
February 13, 1813
150 YEARS AGO
The attention of the proper authorities is called to the conduct of certain soldiers of the Ninety-Ninth New York Regiment, stationed between Norfolk and Suffolk, who by confession of several of their officers, have been kidnapping Negroes and selling them to individuals within the Rebel lines.
February 13, 1863
100 YEARS AGO
Challenge to the World –There was shipped out of Cooperstown on Thursday a sample bale of hops to Elizabeth, N.J., and with it went a challenge to the world, offering one thousand dollars to any person who would produce a carload of hops equal to the sample bale.
February 12, 1913
25 YEARS AGO
About 3 p.m. on February 8, more than 800 gallons of Number 6 fuel oil leaked into the village sewer system. Had the fuel oil entered the storm sewer system, the Susquehanna River would have been polluted. Once in the village sewer system, the oil was contained and kept away from the pumps by raising the water to a high level, allowing the oil to float on top of the water. The sewage plant could have been incapacitated had the oil gotten into the pumps.
February 17, 1988