BOUND VOLUMES

– Feb. 14 – 15 2019

200 YEARS AGO
News Items: It appears from the report of the Canal Commissioners that there can be but little doubt that boats will pass in the canal as early as November next from Utica to Seneca River.
Forty witnesses have been subpoenaed from the City of New York to attend before the Committee of the Assembly appointed to enquire into the manner the drawing of the lotteries has been conducted.
Georgia – Governor Rabun, in a communication to the legislature of Georgia, states that the African slaves introduced into that state which had been seized by the proper authority, had been sold for the benefit of the state and produced a clear gain of $34,376!
February 15, 1819

175 YEARS AGO
Professor Mather of Fairfield, Herkimer County, proposes to deliver a course of Chemical Lectures in the village, commencing this week. He has all the apparatus, necessary for illustration, and from his high reputation for science, we are sure our citizens will profit by patronizing the undertaking.
Sheriff Winsor left here on Friday morning in charge of four prisoners, sentenced to the state prison as follows: Robert Webb, two years; John Longyore and Charles G. Platt, 3 years each; and Alfred Glen, 5 years. In the case of William Cook, sentenced for two years, we understand an application has been made to the Governor for a pardon, on the ground of exposing his confederate in felony. He remains in the county jail until the Governor’s decision is known.
February 19, 1844

150 YEARS AGO
We take pleasure in stating that Mssrs. Siver and Marvin, Dentists of this village, and Mr. O.S. Bixby, have formed a co-partnership for the manufacture of artificial teeth and the sale of all articles and instruments used by Dentists. They have bought out the long-established business of Dr. Clark of Poughkeepsie and have rented the upper part of Mr. R. Davis’s store for carrying on the manufacture and sale of their goods. They expect to give employment to eight hands, and to turn out over 200,000 artificial teeth a year, most of them in a form ready for insertion as set in plates, which will find their way into the mouths of people in every State and Territory in the Union. Dr. Siver expects to attend to the practice of his profession, as usual. Dr. Marvin will do the mould cutting, and Mr. Bixby will act as manager of the factory. We have seen specimens of their manufacture, which show great skill in the art of supplying masticators to the toothless.
February 19, 1869

125 YEARS AGO
It was whiskey – Albert Miller, a young man who had been in the employ of Fred Green on Dutch Hill through 1893 came to the Village of Mt. Vision on Sunday, February 4 to get the balance of his wages due for the past year’s work. When he started to go back to the Hill toward night, it was noticed by some who saw him that he was intoxicated. When a short distance below the village he started to go across lots, as it was much nearer than by the road. By his tracks in the snow and places where it was found he had fallen down, and had got up and gone on again, it is thought he lost his way, and wandered around until he fell or lay down in one of D.F. Wilber’s hop yards, where he was found Wednesday morning February 7, frozen to death, almost in sight of his home. When found, his whiskey bottle lay by his side in the snow. His parents live at Jamesville, Ohio.
February 15, 1894

75 YEARS AGO
The sixth annual banquet of the Cooperstown Fish & Game Club was held Wednesday evening at the Tunnicliff Inn with covers laid for 58. A delicious repast was served. At its close Ernest T. Whitaker, the president, gave a brief resume of the activities of the past year, referring especially to the purchase of the property presently occupied by the club and steps that are being taken to complete payment due on the purchase price. He said it was also planned to cultivate 13 acres and plant a crop of beans for the dual purpose of assisting in war food production and also helping the club. A carnival will be held this summer to aid the building fund. Following the meeting a number of the members went to the club house for a social evening.
February 16, 1944

50 YEARS AGO
A near capacity crowd of nearly 800 fans were on hand Friday night to see Cooperstown Central School beat Clinton in overtime 59-55 in a Center State Conference match as the Redskins made their debut on their new home court at the Junior-Senior High School gymnasium. Between the JV and varsity games, Supervising Principal N.J. Sterling and High School Principal James A. Robinson welcomed the fans to the spacious new gymnasium with its 800 seats stretched along both sides of the main court on roll-back bleachers. Mr. Strerling presented a basketball to Hi Webster, a Clinton JV forward who scored the first basket in an official game at the new school.
February 19, 1969

25 YEARS AGO
Six educators reported a successful year for the Inclusion Program in Cooperstown schools at the district’s Board of Education meeting. The Inclusion Program was instituted in response to a state law enacted two years ago which enables children with special needs to remain in their hometown schools and learn with their peers. Kathleen Bennett, who work with students with severe needs, listed three ingredients needed to make the program work. “There needs to be a full-time classroom aide. We have to provide teachers with education on inclusion, such as workshops. And, there has to be a support network in the school system.”
February 15, 1994

10 YEARS AGO
With ten days to go, 285 would-be plungers are registered for the 14th annual Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump, which will start at 12:30 p.m. sharp on Saturday, February 21 on the lake’s east side. The event has gotten so big, the jump’s after-party has been moved to the Oneonta Elks, which can accommodate 350 people at one time.
February 13, 2009