Bound Volumes
Thursday, October 16
185 YEARS AGO
The Liberty Tree—Animated by a patriotic feeling very nearly assimilated so that which impelled our revolutionary sires to wage war with the tyranny and oppression of Britain, the Democratic citizens of the Village and neighborhood, on Wednesday the 7th instant, planted a Liberty Tree in front of Lewis’ Eagle Tavern, 125 feet in height. When it had been well set, the “Star-Spangled Banner” was flung out from its top, and then were heard the shouts of the participants of the patriotic enterprise; cheers succeeded cheers until twelve rounds swelled upon the breeze.
October 13, 1840
135 YEARS AGO
For The Ladies—There are some among us that are not content to rule their own affairs, but they must have a hand in ruling the affairs of everyone else—the outgoing and the incoming of all within their radius—the dress, the acquaintance, the reading, the conversation, the whole conduct of the life of others—as far as they can. These women rule their houses, they rule their husbands, they rule their neighborhoods, but they have never learned to rule their own spirits. Early in life these women succeed in bringing their husbands into subjection or in alienating their affections; or else they bring into the household an element and atmosphere of perpetual strife.
October 17, 1890
110 YEARS AGO
If Cooperstown does not return a majority favoring the amendment to the constitution giving the women of New York State the vote on November 2nd, it will not be because the Cooperstown Equal Suffrage Club has not been earnestly working for that end. A mass meeting to be held in Village Hall on Tuesday evening, October 26th is to be the climax of the campaign. At this meeting suffragists Dr. Anna Shaw, Mrs. Emma Smith DeVoe of Tacoma, Washington, and Congressman F.W. Mondell of Wyoming will make addresses explaining why women should vote in New York State.
October 13, 1915
35 YEARS AGO
The League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area will celebrate its 20th anniversary at a party on October 24, 7-9 p.m. at the Christ Church Parish house on Fair Street, Cooperstown. League members, friends, and members of the community will reminisce about the past and celebrate the future. Past Presidents will speak and a group of League singers, directed by Katie Boardman, will entertain.
Newly appointed Middle School Principal David Pearlman will be honored at a reception sponsored by the Cooperstown Central School Parent-Teacher Organization on Tuesday, October 23. All district residents are invited to attend the reception to meet Pearlman and welcome him to the community at 7 p.m. in the Middle/High School cafeteria.
October 17, 1990
20 YEARS AGO
Mike Newell, a retired English teacher who resides in Hartwick, responded to the August 29 Katrina Hurricane disaster as a member of the Allegheny and Green Mountain Forest Service Team. Newell’s team, which is ordinarily called into action to fight vegetation fires in national parks and forest properties, was mobilized by the Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) to load food and water onto helicopters distributing supplies to residents and relief workers in devastated communities in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. For nearly two weeks, the team worked round the clock at an airport facility near Slidell, Louisiana to accomplish the mission. During that period, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld stopped in Slidell briefly. Newell was later mobilized again for duties in the wake of Hurricane Rita.
October 14, 2005
