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July 17, 2025
160 YEARS AGO
Summary of News—The Post Office at Cooperstown is among the offices designated as those on which orders may be drawn or paid, under the postal money order system just put in force in this country.
The Seminary—The first term of this Institution under the management of Dr. Kerr, closed on Wednesday. We are assured that the examination of classes which extended through three days, showed thorough teaching and hard study. The exhibitions on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings were largely attended, and the audiences could not but be pleased; the young ladies and gentlemen acquitted themselves in the most creditable manner.
Local Statistics furnished by Mr. Jarvis, Assistant State Marshal, pertaining to Election District No. 1 and the Village of Cooperstown: Number of inhabitants in the district: 2,538; voters: 649; families: 522; Dwellings: 430; Soldiers sent to the Army: 72, of whom 20 died in the service; Inhabitants on the corporation: 1,622; 407 voters; 33 families; 260 dwellings; 47 men sent to the Army.
July 14, 1865
110 YEARS AGO
Cooperstown is to have a day policeman during the months of July, August and September until the Otsego County Fair as the result of action taken by the Village Trustees at their monthly meeting Monday evening. His compensation will be approximately $2 a day and his hours from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. On Tuesday, Michael Kraham was appointed to the position. The action is welcome news to the majority of citizens who see no reason why the enforcement of the law should begin here at 6 or 7 o’clock in the evening and continue until 5 a.m. only.
July 14, 1915
85 YEARS AGO
At its annual meeting in St. Louis on July 8, the National League of Professional Baseball clubs voted to continue playing an annual game at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, the birthplace of baseball, between two major league clubs, adding the suggestion that clubs rotate in giving their services to the Cooperstown game. Authoritative opinion is expressed that the American League will concur in the arrangement. On the subject of old players eligible for Cooperstown’s Hall of Fame, Ford Frick, president of the National League, said it is the thought of his league, as well as that of Commissioner K.M. Landis, that any further selections of stars of the 1880s and earlier should be made by a committee of baseball men who go back to that period.
July 17, 1940
60 YEARS AGO
An appropriation of $340,000 has been allocated for work this year at Glimmerglass State Park at the north end of Otsego Lake. Howard Stowell of Jamesville, general manager of the Central New York State Parks Commission, said the major portion of the money will go into building an access road from the Cooperstown-East Springfield highway to the site, and a bridge over Shadow Brook which flows through the property into Otsego Lake. Additional picnicking facilities are also slated for construction.
July 14, 1965
20 YEARS AGO
Under the direction of coaches Jack Vineyard, Sharky Nagelschmidt and Ed Dubben, the Cooperstown American Legion Post 579 baseball team has bounced back from four losses to start the season and is now playing like a squad loaded with all-stars. A 6-2 victory over Delhi on July 10 at Doubleday Field has raised everyone’s expectations. “We’ve been playing well since the start of the season, but we’re just starting to gel as a team,” said Ed Dubben. Members of the team include Chris Connolly, Eddie Bauer and Scott Dubben.
July 15, 2005
