90 YEARS AGO: Milk consumption habits of the population of upstate New York will be surveyed by 18 colleges and normal schools to broaden the base of knowledge upon which the state is striving to increase consumption of fresh milk. Oneonta Normal is among those which will assist. Harold D. Leslie, director of the Bureau of Milk Publicity, has announced that the survey will be the most extensive ever made of the consumption of milk and dairy products. A similar…
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110 YEARS AGO: The hopes of the builder, J. Arthur Olsen, were realized Saturday when the bi-pane which had been under construction for several weeks at the Francis Wagon Works moved gracefully into the air, and after a flight of nearly a mile was brought to the surface of Otsego Lake again by the pilot, William B. Stewart, because of engine trouble. As soon as it can be taken down and packed it will be shipped to Boston, Massachusetts for…
135 YEARS AGO: In the United States, according to tables recently compiled, there were 50,025 persons killed and 53,427 seriously injured as a result of trespassing upon railways between the years 1901 and 1910. In Great Britain during the same period, there were 4,434 persons killed in like fashion and 1,315 injured. The difference, the startling difference even after taking into account the difference in population—seems to be that in Great Britain the laws against railway trespassing are strictly enforced,…
210 YEARS AGO: Fire—On Thursday morning last, at about 3 o’clock, the Distillery near Shankland’s Mills, owned by Mr. William Cook, which was just got into operation, was consumed by fire. His loss is estimated at about 1,000 dollars. Our villagers were again alarmed by the cry of fire, about 11 o’clock last evening, which proved to be in the shop of Jonah Foster, cooper, which was wholly consumed, but by the usual exertions of the citizens, the adjoining building…
70 YEARS AGO: There is a unique, friendly quality to Oneonta that makes it the shopping, recreational and cultural center for folks from a four-county area. Why? Because it’s not too big; and it’s not too small. Folks who shop here say that Oneonta department stores have everything you’ll find in the big cities. But, it is much easier to go to Oneonta. Oneonta, too, is the center for farm machinery, for home and business needs, for banks and loan…
Cooperstown’s celebration connects this national holiday to the area’s local history of emancipation. On July 4, 1827, African Americans from Cooperstown and the surrounding region celebrated the official end of slavery in New York State with an emancipation celebration at the Presbyterian meeting house.…
News from the Garden Club of Richfield Springs, the Otsego County Historical Association, Connections at Clark Sports Center and more.…
185 YEARS AGO Advertisement. The Old Post Rider’s Call in Earnest. The Subscriber, having made arrangements with a young man by the name of Henry Marble, to distribute papers on the route heretofore performed by him, will after this week, discontinue his services; and he informs his customers that their bills will be made out up to the 25th of March, trusting that every one of them will be prepared, cash in hand for a final settlement whenever he calls,…
Susan B. Anthony in Otsego County, a Fair Winds Woodwind Quintet performance, "The World of Japanese Microseasons," and more.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5 When Susan B. Anthony Visited Cooperstown CONNECTIONS—1 p.m. “The Strong-Minded Women Are Coming.” Tom Heitz, Otsego town historian, presents on Susan B. Anthony’s visit to Cooperstown in 1855. Connections at Clark Sports Center, 124 County Highway 52, Cooperstown. connectionsatcsc@gmail.com or visit https://www.facebook.com/otsegocountyOFA…
