185 YEARS AGO: A correspondent writes us that active preparations are in progress for a general celebration by the citizens of Otsego, Montgomery and Schoharie counties, of the ensuing anniversary of our National Independence, at Sharon Springs, Schoharie County, the fifth of July next.…
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135 YEARS AGO: Children’s Day—An interesting service, consisting of vocal and instrumental music, will be held in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning next, in place of the usual church service, by and under the auspices of the Sunday School.…
160 YEARS AGO: The number of emigrant passengers arrived in the United States during the week: 10,498. We learn through the Vice Consul of the of the United States at Hamburg that 150,000 emigrants of the United States have already engaged passage at that port alone...…
185 YEARS AGO: The “Law Reforms,” about which the Legal Gentlemen talk so much as “taking the bread from the mouth of labor,” seem to have but little effect upon the rush to the Bar, for the New York papers give the names of 45 persons admitted as Counsellors, and 81 as Attorneys, during the present term of the Supreme Court.…
210 YEARS AGO: Advertisement—Barbarities of the Enemy, exposed in a report of the Committee of the House of Representatives of the United States, appointed to enquire into the spirit and manner in which the war has been waged by the Enemy and the documents accompanying said report—Just received by H. & E. Phinney, Price 50 cents.…
185 YEARS AGO: (Advertisement) Circus & Caravan—Splendid and Combined Attraction of Equestrian and Gymnastic Performances with a beautiful collection of Living Wild Animals, comprising the stupendous Giraffe, the Elephant, and every variety of Wild Beasts, Birds and Reptiles. Sig: June, Titus, Angevine & Co., Proprietors of the Bowery Amphitheater, New York. R. Sands, Equestrian Manager.…
A colleague recently suggested—after a bit of a brouhaha about opinion pieces versus reporting—that we might consider penning an editorial explaining where our content comes from and how it is positioned in “The Freeman’s Journal,” “Hometown Oneonta” and on our website AllOtsego.com.…
185 YEARS AGO: Steamboat Accident—The steamboat Henry Eckford, Captain Tice, was preparing to tow some Canal boats into the river at the foot of Cedar Street, New York when her boiler exploded. The deck of the vessel was completely ripped up, and the fragments thrown in every direction.…
210 YEARS AGO: The following are among the Laws passed at the last Session of the Legislature of New York: An act concerning the maintenance of certain persons, formerly slaves; An act for the relief of the people of the united society called Shakers; An act for the relief of the children of the late Robert Edmeston...…
160 YEARS AGO: Public Health—The Cholera having made its appearance in this country, the public authorities of New York and other cities are taking energetic measures for checking the spread of the disease. It may not be confined to the large towns or villages, but will be very likely to make its appearance, to some extent, in the rural districts.…
