BOUND VOLUMES, August 8, 2013

200 YEARS AGO
Elopement – This may certify that my wife Sophia has run away from me for the truly honorable purpose of not going to Ohio & her friends have been so friendly, or rather devilish, as to advise her to quit me; and have kept her, and the children where I could not find them for some months. This is therefore to forbid all persons trusting or harboring her at their peril. Henry Hubbell, Otsego, August 3, 1813.
August 7, 1813

175 YEARS AGO
To the Ladies – The ladies of Otsego County and its vicinity are respectfully informed that I have just received the first number of “The Ladies’ Magazine of Fashion,” as published by Mssrs. Saguers & Scott, 62 Liberty Street, New York. The first number contains two line engraved plates on copper; the first plate contains two ladies in miniature size, representing the fashions as published in Paris for the month of May 1838; the second has different subjects, such as collars, head-dresses, &c, &c. Ladies wishing to subscribe for this periodical will please forward their name and residence, either to me or the publishers, enclosing a remittance of three dollars, which will receive due attention. W. S. Fritts.
August 1838
150 YEARS AGO
Riotous – On Saturday night last a party of seven or eight persons – who had doubtless “imbibed” rather freely – went to the house of the Sheriff and threw a number of large stones against the doors to the great alarm of his family. The Sheriff procured the assistance of some neighbors and went in pursuit of the rioters. They were arrested. Two were bound over to appear before the next Grand Jury to answer to a serious charge. The fact that Sheriff Mather has had occasion to arrest some of these persons on a previous occasion, in the proper discharge of his duty as a public officer, may have been the inciting cause of this assault.
August 7, 1863

125 YEARS AGO
More Light! That is the loud call heard on all sides just now in this village. It is not for more street burners, but more light from those already in position. For some reason they are not giving more than half the light they did when the electric system first went into operation. What is the cause of this? Has a change been made in the lamp apparatus? Has the little lamp wire been made shorter? Why do the street lamps give even less light than those in the stores? These are the questions frequently asked, and the dissatisfaction is quite general. The village now pays $900 for lighting its streets, and with the exception of Main Street the service is not more satisfactory than it was when gas was used.
August 10, 1888

75 YEARS AGO
Whitehall Post #9 of Whitehall is the new American Legion Junior Base Ball champ of New York State. It beat out Staten Island here yesterday afternoon 1 to 0, before an over-flow crowd of 1,200, which braved the sweltering heat to witness one of the finest games ever staged at Doubleday Field. This is the second year in a row that the semi-final and final games of the New York State Legion Junior tourney have been held here. A great deal of credit for this should go to the members of Clark F. Simmons Post, No. 579, of Cooperstown who have arranged for the entire program and underwritten the expenses of the play-offs.
August 10, 1938

50 YEARS AGO
The Cooperstown Youth Commission is nearing its goal of $5,000 for rehabilitation of the Youth Center, in the Village Hall at 22 Main Street. The youth group, which has pledged a $1,000 toward the total, set up special parking areas for the Hall of Fame baseball game on Monday. With the cooperation of Victory Market, the Mitchell Moving Company and the Cooperstown Central Schools, the group spent the day parking out-of-town cars under the direction of Paul Lambert. Volunteers included Timothy McDonough, Frank Demaree, William Rath, Don Troeger, John Mitchell, Timothy Weir, Ed Pugliese, Tom Millea, Pat Taugher, Michele Van Dyke, and Ann Demaree.
August 7, 1963

10 YEARS AGO
Long-time Rotary Club member and Cooperstown resident Michael Jerome has been selected to lead a team of visitors on an exchange trip to Mali, Ghana, Togo and Benin in the spring of 2004. The trip is sponsored by Rotary District 7170 as part of a Group Study Exchange program of The Rotary Foundation as a means to promote international understanding and goodwill through personal contact.
August 8, 2003