BOUND VOLUMES, June 14, 2012

175 YEARS AGO
In 1837, there are in the State of New York 798 towns and 9 cities. There are at present 124 incorporated villages. There are 1,746 post offices. The amount of tolls collected on all the New York canals in 1836 was $1,614,336.43. The number of boats registered in the Comptroller’s Office as navigating the canals in 1836, 3,167. There are 11 railroads now in operation in the state running over rails a distance of 223 miles. There are 11 banks for savings in the state of New York. The capital of the Marine Insurance Companies in the city of New York is $5,650,000; of Fire Insurance Companies, $6,600,000. The number of arrivals in the Port of New York from foreign countries in 1836 was 2,293. There have arrived at the Port of New York 266,493 passengers from foreign countries during the last six years. The population of the City of New York in 1835 was 270,089. There were in the Auburn State Prison in December 1936, 652 convicts; in the Sing Sing Prison in September, 1836, 726 convicts.
June 19, 1837

150 YEARS AGO
Local – Do not forget the Lecture – On Wednesday evening of next week, June 18, a Lecture will be delivered by the Rev. S.W. Bush, in the Presbyterian Church, on the Passions – Fear, Hope, Love, &c, with illustrations from the Poets – tickets 25 cents, to be had at Ruggles’ Bookstore, G.M. Grant’s, C.R. Burch’s, at the Worthington Bank and at the door. Lecture to commence at 8 o’clock precisely.
Cooperstown has not been so thoroughly alive all over in twenty years, as it is at this time, and we shall soon have one of the handsomest villages in the Union. Nearly one hundred thousand dollars will be spent in putting up new buildings on the burnt district, this year and next.
June 13, 1862

125 YEARS AGO
A Great Evil – Is it not a painful fact, patent to observing people in this village, that of late there has been an increasing tendency here toward harmful mischief and lawlessness, especially among a class of young boys? And may it not be correctly attributed, in at least a great measure, to the vile reading that is probably placed in the hands of many of them? I am led to ask these questions because of what I have heard and observed of late, and because of the law that effect must follow cause. If newspapers of the very worst class are publicly sold in our streets, even on the holy Sabbath, they must act as poison, especially in the minds of the young. Yesterday, I accidentally had placed in my hands a copy of a newspaper of the kind to which I allude – and a single glance at its contents revealed its vile character, and consigned it to the flames. I did not know that anything so demoralizing could be sold here, and was shocked at the revelation.
June 17, 1887

100 YEARS AGO
Hazel Champlin, a young lady employed in the business office of the telephone company, got her feet wet way up to her neck Sunday afternoon. She was in a boat with another young lady rowing on the river, and in attempting to step from the boat to the stone wall at Fernleigh, she alighted on the water instead of the wall. The river is deep at that point, but she hung onto the wall until rescued by Verne Hollis, who was taking his afternoon stroll, and emerged from a vine embowered retreat nearby. The young lady came out of the ordeal unruffled and seemed none the worse for the adventure.
June 19, 1912

75 YEARS AGO
The June Bride 1937 model is a practical young woman who believes that $30 a week as well as love is necessary before embarking on marriage. She also wants a home, children, a vacation by herself once in a while, and wants to cook well according to a survey set forth by Gretta Palmer in the June edition of Good Housekeeping, compiled from the answers to hundreds of questionnaires sent to prospective brides in every part of this country, ranging from 17 to 40 years of age. “Some girls in smaller cities and towns think that $1,200 a year is enough for a courageous couple to embark on,” Mrs. Palmer says. “Girls from larger cities place the figure a little higher.” According to the survey, less than a tenth of the brides plan to keep jobs outside the home from choice.
June 16, 1937

50 YEARS AGO
The American Telephone & Telegraph Company will play host Sunday afternoon and evening at an open house to be staged at its Data Communications Training School at the Treadway-Otesaga Hotel. Guided tours of the school’s facilities and demonstrations of equipment have been arranged. A complete line of equipment which the Bell System provides and maintains for Data Phone service will be shown. In the business machine room, visitors will see a demonstration of output tape of a computer using Data Speed. A tape system capable of transmitting “machine talk” at the rate of a thousand words a minute will be shown.
June 13, 1962

25 YEARS AGO
The Freeman’s Journal will move from its office in Doubleday Court next week to a new location off Pioneer Street. The Journal’s new address will be One Otsego Court. The move will take place next Wednesday according to Richard Johnson, editor of the paper. The move was announced after Johnson and a representative of Richmond Hulse, former owner of One Otsego Court, concluded purchase negotiations and transfer of the building. Hulse resides in New York City.
June 16, 1982

10 YEARS AGO
Noise from public address announcers and music emanating from Doubleday Field during baseball games has drawn criticism from local residents whose homes are located close to the field. New rules for the field promulgated by the village trustees prohibit use of the public address system or playing of music other than the National Anthem prior to 12 noon on Sundays.
June 14, 2002