Bound Volumes
July 30, 2026
185 YEARS AGO
Advertisement—Carriage builders—The Subscriber is now receiving a very general assortment of materials for building and trimming carriages in the most fashionable style. He believes that builders will not be under the necessity of going to Utica or Albany to obtain materials for building a carriage. The assortment consists in part of the following: Axle arms, pipes and boxes, eliptic springs from 45 to 105 pounds, a very superior article warranted; hub bands, concave, beaded, silver and brass plated, very cheap; flat, oval, globe and octagon, silver plated and brass lamps; dash handles, stump joints, plated; top ornaments, malable castings, drab cloth for seats &c. rubber &c. 500 yards of broad and narrow lace, fly nets, &c, &c. E. Foote, Agent, Cooperstown
July 26, 1841
110 YEARS AGO
In Our Town—William VanDeusen has purchased Ford automobile of J. Harry Cook. J. Harry Cook sold a Saxon delivery car to W.H. VanDeusen of Middlefield last week.
July 26, 1916
85 YEARS AGO
July 30, 1941
60 YEARS AGO
Former Baseball Commissioner Ford C. Frick was named to the new post of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at the organization’s annual meeting Sunday afternoon. Paul S. Kerr was re-elected President of the Hall of Fame at Sunday’s meeting. Other officers named are Rowan D. Spraker and Dr. James Bordley, III, vice-presidents; Edward W. Stack, secretary; and Howard C. Talbot, Jr., treasurer.
July 27, 1966
20 YEARS AGO
Glimmerglass Opera will create a climate controlled archival costume storage area with a $30,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Inc. “We have been very successful in renting our productions to other opera companies,” said Michael Macleod, the opera’s general director, “and as costume rentals are included in the production rental, it is crucial that they are kept in impeccable condition.
July 28, 2006
