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September 5, 2024

135 YEARS AGO

Local Summary News: The Rock Band Concert Co. of London will give a concert in Village Hall on Monday evening September 16 under the auspices of the Y.M.C.A.
Tuesday evening was very favorable for observing the occultation or eclipse of Jupiter by the moon, which occurred about 10 o’clock, and which is a rare event. In some places it was complete, while in others there was a very close approach of the planet to the moon; at this point it was complete. This sight was witnessed in England for the first time in 30 years.
The Fire Department has long been the pride of our village, and the handsome appearance it made at the Annual Inspection and Parade on Friday last deepened this feeling. And it was a new and pleasant feature to see the Department on this occasion headed by the Military Band of Cooperstown in its new and tasty uniform. Although only about a year old the playing was such as would have done credit to old musicians—as indeed a few of the members are.

September 6, 1889

110 YEARS AGO

A Tuberculosis Census of thousands of churches in various parts of the country will be taken in September under the direction of The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. The ministers of several thousand churches will be asked to report on the number of deaths from tuberculosis in the last year, the number of living cases in their parishes on September 1st, the number of deaths from all causes, and the number of members or communicants. These figures will be made the basis of an educational campaign, which will culminate in the Tuberculosis Day movement, for which occasional sermon and lecture outlines will be distributed free to ministers. Last year, nearly 75,000 churches, schools, and other bodies took part in the Tuberculosis Day observance.

September 2, 1914

85 YEARS AGO

The season-long celebration in Cooperstown of the first one hundred years of baseball came to a fitting close Monday, Labor Day, with two amateur games at Doubleday Field in the presence of John T. McGovern, President of the New York City Amateur Baseball Federation, in whose honor the final celebration was given. Lowell Thomas, distinguished radio commentator, who had planned to come to Cooperstown to witness the game between the Lowell Thomas Athletics of Pawling and the Cooperstown High School, was unable to be present as an outcome of the war in Europe. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas were en route to this village when they were called back to New York City by the National Broadcasting Company. Lowell Thomas, Jr. is Captain of the Pawling team.

September 6, 1939

35 YEARS AGO

A state grant will help the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital cut energy costs by $33,000 according to Mary Ann Bez, Bassett spokeswoman. The cost of the Energy Conservation Measures Program will total about $133,000. The hospital will contribute half with the grant comprising the other portion. The hospital will replace all incandescent lighting with fluorescent fixtures which use 25 percent less energy.

September 6, 1989

20 YEARS AGO

The Otsego County Conservation Association’s latest contribution to the implementation of the Otsego Lake watershed management plan is the donation of $5,200 to the Otsego County Water Quality Coordinating Committee for the purchase of 24 spar buoys, eight replacement lights, 1,000 feet of chain, and several sub-surface floats. Remaining funds will go toward maintenance and replacement of any damaged equipment.

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