110 YEARS AGO: We must get together. The civilization of American communities has developed to such a degree that each person becomes a cogwheel. No person who calls Cooperstown his home can truthfully say that he lives independently of its civilization. Granting the truth of this statement, then each citizen is obliged to do his or her something for Cooperstown. That something may be embodied in personal work along lines which will lead toward cleaner or better citizenship or in…
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12-12-24
135 YEARS AGO: The Local News—The peculiar weather of the past year or so, with the great amount of moisture deposited, is said to be accounted for by Professor Tyndall upon the theory that the Gulf Stream is steadily approaching our North Atlantic coast. He bases his argument on the discovery of gulf weed further and further in-shore during a period of ten years, and it is stated that the stream is already many miles nearer the coast than formerly.…
HOLIDAYS—5:30 p.m. “Tree Lighting.” Followed by Santa’s cottage hours through 8 p.m., Nutcracker dancers, caroling and more. Muller Plaza, Oneonta. https://www.facebook.com/DestinationOneonta…
