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January 30, 2025

210 YEARS AGO

Fire—On Thursday morning last, at about 3 o’clock, the Distillery near Shankland’s Mills, owned by Mr. William Cook, which was just got into operation, was consumed by fire. His loss is estimated at about 1,000 dollars. Our villagers were again alarmed by the cry of fire, about 11 o’clock last evening, which proved to be in the shop of Jonah Foster, cooper, which was wholly consumed, but by the usual exertions of the citizens, the adjoining building was saved.

January 26, 1815

160 YEARS AGO

Will the South arm their slaves? This is a question which has been very fully discussed North and South, during the past two months. At the South the proposition has met with more opposition than favor, so far as we can judge from the tone of their papers and the speeches in the rebel Congress. The expediency of the movement has been seriously questioned; and we are inclined to think that the idea of a general arming of slaves has been abandoned. If the arming of the slaves is ever to be resorted to, it ought to be done now; and the fact that it is not being done seems to prove pretty clearly that the idea is not seriously entertained by Confederate leaders.

January 27, 1865

135 YEARS AGO

It is a sad task to record the death of one of the oldest and best known merchants of this village, Mr. William E. Cory, though that event had been apprehended for some time past. It occurred on Wednesday morning of this week in the 63rd year of his age after an illness, more or less severe or threatening, of several years. It has been a constant battle, which Mr. Cory fought out bravely, cheerfully, hopefully to the end. As long and often as it was possible for him to do so he came down to his store. We believe the last time he was out was on Election Day in November. Mr. Cory was clerk to his father and uncle, as he had been from his boyhood, and afterwards succeeded them in business. Mr. Cory leaves a widow and four children.

January 31, 1890

60 YEARS AGO

Dr. Charles A. Ashley, associate pathologist at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, was the speaker at the regular weekly luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club at the Hotel Otesaga on Tuesday. Dr. Ashley and Dr. Theodore Peters, Jr., research biochemist at Bassett, showed slides which illustrated the microscope’s capabilities with micrographs of specimens photographed through the instrument. The electron microscope employs a stream of electrons in place of a beam of light as used in conventional microscopes.

January 27, 1965

35 YEARS AGO

The Harlem Blues and Jazz Band, a group of veteran jazz musicians, will perform Friday, February 2, at 8 p.m. in Cooperstown’s Sterling Auditorium. The band, which previously appeared in Cooperstown in 1979 and 1983, is the third offering in the 20th Anniversary Encore Season of the Cooperstown Concert Series.

January 31, 1990

20 YEARS AGO

Dedicated students in area schools have already raised $4662 to help aid survivors of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Southeast Asia and eastern Africa in late December. At Milford Central School, a week-long series of efforts garnered $2,600 to help the people of Sri Lanka, shattering their $1,000 goal. The funds will be donated to Citihope, an international humanitarian relief organization based in Andes. School officials expressed their pride in the students’ efforts.

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