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07-16-26
160 YEARS AGO: Concert—A concert of vocal and instrumental music will be given by Les Brimmer’s band of Minstrels at Bowne Hall, on Saturday evening next. Those who like good music and would “laugh and grow fat,” will of course be on hand. The leader is known as the great Banjo player of the country; his company comprises five performers.…
90 YEARS AGO: Dr. Francis E. Townsend, founder of the Townsend Old Age Pension plan, assailed the Roosevelt administration’s “crazy orgy of spending” and told the second annual Townsend Plan convention that his movement has the support of other groups who seek a new era of “social justice.”…
CARNIVAL—7-10 p.m. “Schenevus Fireman’s Carnival.” Kick-off featuring special performance by Off The Record. Free admission and parking. Borst Field, Schenevus. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=36626142300306118&set=gm.26624333290568960&idorvanity=809819789113664…
