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March 28, 2024

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, which will be as soon as the bills are all made out for deliverance. George Griffith, Laurens. March 21, 1839

March 25, 1839

135 YEARS AGO

Sulphur Water—To Mr. S.M. Shaw: I was quite favorably impressed with the suggestion recently made in the Journal that an effort be made here to obtain Sulphur water by boring for it. If successful, it would be of much benefit to our beautiful village. Even if the effort failed, it would have the good effect to divert the attention of our villagers into a new and healthful channel. Whatever makes for peace and concord and good fellowship, which all should seek to promote, will also make for the material prosperity of Cooperstown.

March 29, 1889

110 YEARS AGO

“Government without the consent of the governed is unjust and as women are obliged to obey the laws and the government they should have a voice in making the laws,” said Dr. Helen Brewster Owens of Ithaca, addressing a suffrage meeting at the Village Hall last Wednesday under the auspices of the Cooperstown Equal Suffrage Club. During her presentation, Dr. Owens asked if the American woman with her many generations of patriotic blood flowing through her veins was not as able to vote understandingly upon all questions as the half-savage black man whose only claim to the ballot was that he was a male. The American woman, simply because of her sex is denied the right, she noted. At the close of the lecture titled “Self Government” Dr. Owens asked if any of those present were opposed to equal suffrage and the “antis” dared not make themselves known. When the question was put whether or not any were in favor of it, a shower of hands arose including ex-village officials, carried away by their feelings.

March 25, 1914

60 YEARS AGO

John A. Sill was named president of the Cooperstown Rotary Club at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors, held at the Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown on March 19. Other elected officers included William H. Parsons, vice-president; George G. Tillapaugh, secretary; Melvin C. Bundy, treasurer, and Robert J. Smith, sergeant-at-arms. At the annual meeting of the club, held on March 10, Theodore Peters, Jr., Stewart A. Wheeler and Edgar Badgley were elected to the Board of Directors.

March 25, 1964

35 YEARS AGO

The National Association of Basketball Coaches recently named Michael Nelson of Cooperstown to the third team of the NABC All-America Division III Basketball Squad. Nelson played varsity basketball for four years at Cooperstown High School. CCS Coach Dick White said he believes Nelson is the first player from this area to be designated an All-American. Nelson was the top rebounder in Division III last year, playing for the Hamilton College Continentals. Nelson averaged 19.9 points per game while grabbing 11.2 rebounds per contest. The 6 foot, four inch, 200-pound forward ended the season with a field goal shooting percentage of 51.8. He blocked 15 shots, dished out 62 assists, was credited with 25 steals and logged a 73.3 percentage at the free throw line. The Continentals finished with a 21-5 record.

March 29, 1989

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