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135 YEARS AGO: The Local News—A serious runaway occurred at the Junction Wednesday morning. The horse of a gentleman named Webster became frightened by a passing train and ran into the wagon of Dr. Parish. Webster was thrown out and badly cut and bruised about the head. F.M. Fox, who was in the wagon with Webster, had his shoulder dislocated.…

110 YEARS AGO: Many persons are very fond of frogs’ legs as an occasional article of diet, and are willing to pay a good price for them in season. In consequence of the demand for them many men and boys devote their attention to catching frogs and selling the legs, especially during the summer months. For the information of those who catch frogs as well as those who eat the legs, attention is called to the fact that they cannot…

70 YEARS AGO: Oneonta faces a spiritless, humdrum Memorial Day on Monday. In fact, disinterest may make this the last organized Memorial Day for Oneontans, unless they can do something about it. Robert Kearney, Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars is particularly worried. Few veterans have indicated that they will participate in the parade or services. None of the Gold Star Mothers plan to take part. Mr. Kearney is further disturbed that organized celebrations of our major holidays have…

110 YEARS AGO: What up to the present is the last word in the treatment of disease through the medium of the X-Ray is believed to be the Scheidel-Western Improved Interrupterless Transformer and X-Ray outfit which this week has been installed in the office of Dr. Daniel Luce in this city. R.K. Taylor, an expert representative of the manufacturer, was in Oneonta this week, and on Monday began the demonstration of the apparatus to all who are interested in this…

110 YEARS AGO: Mayor Joseph Lunn and 46 former Oneonta boys gathered last Friday evening in New York City and sat down to a tempting dinner, smoked some fine Doyle & Smith cigars from the old home town and then proceeded to have a rousingly good time talking over the old days spent on their native heath. Four hours of chumship and friendship reigned as of old and everybody had a real enjoyable time. The occasion was the second annual…

110 YEARS AGO: John Paddock, aged about 54 years, a carpenter by trade, living at 63 Gilbert Street, where he conducted a lodging house for railroad men, took his own life about 7 o’clock Tuesday morning by shooting himself twice in the head with a .32 caliber revolver. Paddock was alone in the house at the time. When Paddock’s wife, accompanied by Mrs. Edward Aylsworth, a neighbor, entered after hearing the shots, he was found lying on the floor of…

70 YEARS AGO: It hasn’t been announced yet, but the Army engineers will burrow under Greenland’s mighty icecap this summer and, if successful, run subway trains beneath the packed snow and ice just as subways run under New York City. This spectacular project, known as Operation Ice Cube, is awaiting final approval by Danish authorities who govern Greenland. A volunteer construction crew of six officers and 172 men commanded by Lt. Col. Elmer Clark is standing by to begin the…

135 YEARS AGO: The Local News: The Kniskern boy, sentenced to the Rochester Industrial School for theft, escaped from the custody of officer Butts while on his way to that place. The lad jumped from a train running at the rate of forty miles an hour. No clue yet to his whereabouts. Many of the pupils of the Normal School are boarding themselves on the club plan. Rooms are hired, usually for four, and arrangements made with the landlady to…