135 YEARS AGO Local Summary News: The Rock Band Concert Co. of London will give a concert in Village Hall on Monday evening September 16 under the auspices of the Y.M.C.A. Tuesday evening was very favorable for observing the occultation or eclipse of Jupiter by the moon, which occurred about 10 o’clock, and which is a rare event. In some places it was complete, while in others there was a very close approach of the planet to the moon; at…
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Bound Volumes, Hometown History September 5, 2024 70 YEARS AGO President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon appealed to the nation’s business and labor union leaders for more help in the administration’s program for ending discrimination among whites and Negroes. Under the auspices of the President’s Committee on Government Contracts, nearly 500,000 pamphlets discussing the problem are being distributed. Two points are being emphasized: First, the growing industrial might of this country requires the largest possible reserve of skilled manpower. Second,…
Once a year, Dad would let the Buick down and get it started, not without a lot of trouble. It was always a group effort. Roger’s father and a couple of other guys on the block would help push it out onto the driveway. They’d inflate the tires and trickle gas into the carburetor.…
...I live with a great respect for COVID, and a belief that we, as humans, understand so little about COVID that to pretend otherwise is dangerous and ill-advised. In addition to trying to still manage my spatial relationship with individuals and crowds, I carry a mask on me at all times, and wear it often. I wear my mask to help protect me, and I wear my mask to help protect you. I also wear my mask in solidarity with…
Poacher needs to be introduced to "Dog God." Dog God is a combination of timing and startlement, and often a mirror. Startlement can be two pots banged together, a loud horn, a loud whistle, any loud sound you can think of that will startle Poacher in the actual act of poaching.…
White faces, black faces, yellow faces, what a wonderful pallet of what America is and always has been about, a stewpot of all kinds of people from incredibly diverse backgrounds, all sharing in the joy they feel at the accomplishments of their fellow citizens. This color thing has always puzzled me.…
Some who come from traditional businesses have a hard time understanding that most CBOs do not make a “margin” from the provision of services. Even large non-profits, such as hospitals and health systems, struggle to make a margin and rely upon grants and fundraising, especially in New York.…
160 YEARS AGO A returned soldier of the Sixteenth Connecticut regiment says that our soldiers who are prisoners at Andersonville, S.C. number no fewer than 12,000; that they are confined in an open field bare of all trees or shrubbery; and that, in these dog-day heats they are suffering severely. A similar account is given of a still larger number of Union prisoners confined in Georgia, where large numbers are dying from exposure, lack of food and proper attendance. August…
90 YEARS AGO One hundred years old today, Mrs. Melissa Brooks of 26 State Street, can look back on a century of real progress. She has seen all modes of travel from the ox-cart to the airplane and has used various types of home illumination from dipped candles to electric lights. As a little girl she was carried to school on her father’s back. The telegraph, the telephone and the radio have made communication possible in ways never dreamed of.…
As the result of the massive financial and reputational blows caused by ongoing litigation in recent years concerning Monsanto’s herbicide, Roundup, the German pharmaceutical giant Bayer has merged with Monsanto, the largest producer of genetically-engineered seeds. Bayer has assured that the politically-charged name “Monsanto” will be disappearing, while product names will remain the same.…
