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May 8, 2025
210 YEARS AGO
May 11, 1815
175 YEARS AGO
Advertisement—Lost in this village a few days since, a calico thread case, containing a few shillings in silver, together with a number of notes – 1 from E.B. Morehouse to Lansing Ray for eighty-eight dollars and a few cents; 1 from Jas. Peaselee to the same; 2 from Charles Hand to Hannah Ray; 1 from John Hamlin to the same; also some other papers. All the makers are notified not to pay the same, and the people cautioned against receiving them. Whoever may hear of them, will confer a favor upon the owner, and receive a suitable compensation by leaving word at this office or at Dr. Spafard’s.
May 11, 1840
110 YEARS AGO
The nation is recovering slowly from the shock and horror caused by the sinking of the steamship Lusitania of the Cunard Line, off the Irish coast, a few miles outside of Queenstown harbor. The loss of more than 1,400 lives, 140 of whom were American men, women and children, and all of whom were noncombatants has caused one of the greatest sensations of modern times. The submarine which caused the catastrophe is believed to be one of the powerful “U” Class craft of the German Navy. Among the Americans lost were Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, heir to vast millions, Charles Frohman, the greatest of theatrical managers; Elbert Hubbard, the noted writer and lecturer, and Charles Klein, the playwright.
May 12, 1915
60 YEARS AGO
An open house and tea will be held for the nearly completed First Presbyterian Church House in Cooperstown on this coming Sunday afternoon, May 16, from 3 to 5 o’clock. All who are interested in seeing the improved and expanded facilities of the church are cordially invited to visit the building during those hours. The Church House is the former Brewer House originally located at 25 Chestnut Street before it was moved on May 26 last year to 25 Church Street and placed upon a new foundation.
May 12, 1965
35 YEARS AGO
Members of the Cooperstown high school band and choir traveled to New York City and Long Island on April 29 to sing and perform with another high school and attend a Broadway musical. The students visited North Shore High School in Roslyn Heights, Long Island, to perform with that school’s band and choir, and for each other. Instructors Tom Ives and Sal Salvaggio organized the trip.
May 9, 1990
20 YEARS AGO
Members of Susan Miosek’s second-grade class watched as Village of Cooperstown Street Department member Shawn Mulligan straightened the annual Arbor Day tree on Walnut Street last Friday. The students were joined by Cooperstown Elementary School Principal Teresa Gorman, Village Tree Committee Chair Giles Russell and Mayor Carol Waller for the ceremony. A Bradford pear tree was selected for the planting ceremony, a tradition begun by Susan Miosek.
May 6, 2005
