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.…
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160 YEARS AGO: A condemnation of the revealing nature of the fashionable tilting hoop skirt as observed in New York City – “The hoop skirts now worn by fashionable females are a burning shame to society, and the wearers ought to be indicted by the civil authorities for willfully and knowingly exposing their persons..."…
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...…
135 YEARS AGO: Geo. B. Shearer, Oneonta’s enterprising dealer in musical instruments, last week purchased the stock, machinery, materials and good will of the famous McCammon piano factory of Albany.…
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.…
110 YEARS AGO: Monday was opening day at the new offices of the Oneonta Light & Power Co. The company has for several weeks been busy in remodeling and redecorating the store at 172 Main Street. From ceiling to floor, the room has been refinished, the artistic new iron ceiling painted a flat white, the side walls finished in a delicate shade of oatmeal paper, and the wainscoting in Lincrusta.…
160 YEARS AGO: Hops—A gentleman who has had considerable experience in the hops trade thinks that hop yards which are but little exposed to northwest winds, generally escape the disease which has visited so many yards the past two years.…
90 YEARS AGO: President Roosevelt proposed shorter working hours and suggestion limiting jobs to men and women between the ages of 18 and 65 in an address tonight calling the nation to a period of “social pioneering” against unemployment.…
135 YEARS AGO: Local News—A few years ago the Journal was printed on Thursday and dated on Friday. When it became desirable for the better accommodation of a portion of our readers to print Wednesday evening, the day of publication was not changed...…
90 YEARS AGO: The consolidation of Wagner College with Hartwick College is a matter that may come up for discussion at the spring convention of the Eastern Conference, United Lutheran synod of New York next week.…
