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August 15, 2024

210 YEARS AGO

Advertisement—For Sale, Twenty-six and three fourths of an acre of Land, lying about equally divided on both sides of the Great Western Turnpike Road, seven miles west of Cooperstown, in the Town of Otsego, being part of Lot No. 33, in Croghan’s Patent, formerly occupied by Samuel S. Munro, deceased. On the premises are a Log House, and a new Barn, 26 by 36 feet, with a thriving Orchard of 75 Apple Trees, and a number of Plumb Trees—`15 acres are cleared and under good improvement. It would be an excellent stand for a Mechanic. For further particulars, apply to the Subscriber on the premises. Betsey Munro.

August 18, 1814

110 YEARS AGO

In Our Town: A cablegram received by Mrs. Chas. P. Thompson Thursday morning from her son, Professor Kennington L. Thompson sets at rest all fears for the safety of the Professor and his wife who had been held in Munich Germany for spying. They are now sailing for home from Liverpool for New York on The Baltic, one of the ocean liners in the White Star line. Their friends are greatly relieved by the news of their departure from Europe for a land where a man with a camera is not arrested as a spy.
The post office of Cooperstown has received notice from the department that the postal authorities of Austria have ceased to issue money orders payable in the United States. Money orders drawn in this country and payable in Austria are canceled by the Washington authorities.

August 19, 1914

85 YEARS AGO

George Tillapaugh, partner in the Funeral Home of Brown & Tillapaugh on Pioneer Street, will reside there henceforth with his family and assume active management of the business. John W. Brown, partner in the firm, is retiring for health reasons, but will retain an active interest in the business while moving with his wife to 63 Elm Street where he has purchased the residence of Mrs. George V. Conklin. George Tillapaugh has been associated with the business for the past seven years and has been located in Cooperstown during the illness of Mr. Brown for the past twelve months. He is a graduate of Hartwick College and of the Simmons School of Embalming at Syracuse. He has also taken advanced work in the National Funeral Service Institute in Chicago. He is a member of the Cooperstown Rotary Club and a young man of sterling character and pleasing personality.

August 16, 1939

60 YEARS AGO

Former Mayor Howard C. Talbot, Jr. was appointed administrator of the village zoning code at a meeting of the Village Trustees. He fills the vacancy caused by the death of Ross J. Young, also a former Mayor. It carries no salary. Mr. Talbot was Mayor of Cooperstown until last March and was in office during the final stages of the development of the Cooperstown Area Master Plan from which the new zoning code grew. Prior to that Talbot served for seven years as a member of the Board of Trustees.

August 12, 1964

20 YEARS AGO

Local officials estimated that 15,000 visitors came to the village for a sold-out concert on Doubleday Field featuring Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan. About 3,000 never made it inside the field for the show. Some sat in their cars nearby to enjoy the music. Cooperstown police officers reported making only two arrests. Trustee Stuart Taugher, who had expressed reservations about the conduct of the event beforehand, sat outside Doubleday Field Friday afternoon to greet the crowd. “Everything’s been great,” Taugher said then. “Everybody’s been very nice. JAM Productions has been such a great organization to work with.”

August 13, 2004