The Liberty Tree—Animated by a patriotic feeling very nearly assimilated so that which impelled our revolutionary sires to wage war with the tyranny and oppression of Britain, the Democratic citizens of the Village and neighborhood, on Wednesday the 7th instant, planted a Liberty Tree in front of Lewis’ Eagle Tavern, 125 feet in height.…
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85 YEARS AGO: Where Nature Smiles—Sunday morning, at the 11 o’clock service at the Methodist Church, a special service of re-enlistment will be observed. A bulletin and order of service will be used and there will be special music. Miss Margaret Smith will sing as a solo number “My Task.” The service is part of a month of rally services being observed in this church...…
110 YEARS AGO: In Our Town—The Otesaga Hotel closes on Friday morning after breakfast, having had the most prosperous season of its existence. The plan of keeping the house open through the entire month of September has been more than satisfactory to Manager Knott, the patronage having been far above his anticipations. The house was filled to its capacity over the weekend. September 29, 1915…
110 YEARS AGO: Doctors and Drugs: A large number of physicians are themselves addicted to morphine. This is no wonder, considering the strenuous life they lead, and the fact that they are continually handling the drug. Conscientious physicians have for some time...…
135 YEARS AGO: If your hay crop is large and you wish to feed it out on the farm, call at Dr. James’ when you come to the Fair, and have your horse’s teeth put in order. Chris Post says that his horses eat three times the amount they did before he had their teeth floated...…
110 YEARS AGO: Infant mortality statistics for July made public show a decrease of 15 points from the rate of July 1914. The month of July this year recorded 844 deaths under one year as compared with 946 in July 1914...…
185 YEARS AGO: Married: In this Village on the 1st Instant, by the Rev. Mr. Potter, Mr. William H. Brainard of Exeter, to Miss Caroline Wilson, daughter of Mr. William Wilson of Cooperstown. In Middlefield on the 3rd instant, by the Rev. Mr. Raymond, Mr. Jeremiah Blend, to Miss Marsha Maxwell...…
185 YEARS AGO: ONE CENT REWARD—Ran away, or rather walked away (being too lazy to run) from the Subscriber on Sunday, the 9th inst., an indentured Apprentice Boy named William Henry Baird. This is to forbid all persons harboring or trusting said Boy on my account, as I shall pay no debts of his contracting after this date. The above reward will be paid to any person who will return said boy, but no charges paid, and but few thanks…
135 YEARS AGO: Local: A “Reception of College Men,” to which about 300 invitations were issued, is being held at the rooms of the Y.M.C.A. this Wednesday evening. It promises to be one of the most pleasant local social events of the season. Among recent college graduates and present students in and near this village, and who will probably be present, are: Cornell, Charles I. Thayer and Charles H. Parshall; Hamilton, John B. Hooker, Jr.; Hobart, Horace C. Hooker; Princeton,…
135 YEARS AGO: (Ed. Note: The following passage describes a Minstrel show performed in blackface by members of the Cooperstown baseball team) A large and appreciative audience greeted the young men who gave the Concert and Entertainment on Tuesday evening in the Village Hall for the benefit of the Athletic Association. Almost every number of the program called for an encore, the many topical songs being especially appreciated. The boys composing the Charleston Blues, by their brilliant performance elicited a…
