HOMETOWN HISTORY, July 25, 2014 100 Years Ago Charles A. Scut, age 23, of Harpersfield, Delaware County, was the victim of swindlers in the City of Albany which he visited, taking with him the sum of $250 and returning with only 15 cents to his name. On Wednesday night Scut made the acquaintance of Nellie Condon and became thoroughly enamored of the young woman. The two went to 43 Hudson Avenue where Scut remained in residence for several days. There,…
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BOUND VOLUMES, August 16, 2012 175 YEARS AGO State Lunatic Asylum – The commissioners for locating a site for the State Lunatic Asylum, have purchased a farm in Utica, consisting of 125 acres, at an expense to the state of $10,000, which sum has been paid from the Treasury. The location is believed to be a very favorable one, and as the same farm sold one year ago for $100,000, there is very little doubt that the locating commissioners have…
BOUND VOLUMES, February 6, 2014 200 YEARS AGO The monies actually received into the Treasury during the year ending on the 30th of September 1813 amount to $37,544,954.93. Added to the balance in the Treasury on October 1, 1812 the aggregate amount is $39,907,607.62. A total of $18,484,750 of which has been expended for the Military Department, including militia and volunteers, and the Indian Department; for the Navy Department including the building of new ships and the Marine Corps, $6,420,707.20.…
SUNY Alum Friend To Baseball’s Greats By TERESA WINCHESTER ‘I cried when Babe Ruth died,” declared Marty Appel, prolific writer on sports-related topics, Emmy Award-winning producer, former Yankee public relations director, riveting raconteur, and SUNY-Oneonta graduate. “I was 9 days old,” added the author of the recently published “Pinstripe Empire,” a featured speaker at the Hall of Fame Friday, June 13, as part of the 75th anniversary celebration. He smiles and so does his audience. With his broad, never-vanishing grin,…
From SUNY Oneonta To ‘The Mick’s’ Right-Hand Man And Baseball Career By TERESA WINCHESTER • allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – “I cried when Babe Ruth died,” declared Marty Appel, prolific writer on sports-related topics, Emmy Award-winning producer, former Yankee public relations director, riveting raconteur, and SUNY Oneonta graduate. “I was 9 days old,” added the author of the recently published “Pinstripe Empire,” a featured speaker at the Hall of Fame Friday, June 13, as part of the 75th anniversary celebration. He smiles and…
Cooperstown Joins World in Celebrating Beethoven’s Ninth By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN Type “Ode to Joy” into the search engine of youtube.com and you won’t just find symphonies played in concert halls. You’ll find singers in Hartford, Conn., and Ukraine, inside an IKEA store and on the streets of Hong Kong, in small chamber ensembles and groups of thousands. And in each one, the reaction is always the same. People pause and smile. Cell phones and cameras come out to record…