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This Week: 06-27-24

THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta June 27, 2024 Front Page MLB at Rickwood, Negro League Tribute Serve as Center Stage for Farewell to MLB’s ‘Say Hey Kid’ Independence Day the Old-fashioned Way Hartwick, SUNY Partner on Archaeological Field School Inside Unveiling of Historic Markers Underway Lineup Announced for Summer Festival Art Garage To Host Free Artist Panel Discussion on June 28 Diverse Lineup, Food Trucks Highlight Lakefront Concert Series Watch the Stars at the HoF During…

Bound Volumes: June 27, 2024

135 YEARS AGO
Some interesting statistics may be gathered from the last statistical abstract of the United States. It appears that the revenue of the government amounted in 1888 to $6.32 per capita of population. The expenditures of the government, not including payment of the national debt, amounted to $4.47 per capita. The national debt per capita amounted to $17.71, and the interest thereon to 65 cents. The duties collected on imports amounted to $3.47 per capita, and the internal revenue…

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Cooperstown Observed: Thank You to the Altruists

The gardens of Cooperstown abound with riches: flowers of every color, height, size, shape, and configuration; herbaceous borders; privet hedges; multicolored flowering bushes in bursts of joy; plants without number; flower-filled window boxes, urns, and hanging baskets; seasonal wreaths; mini-jungles worthy of Henri Rousseau; and whiffs of lilacs, roses, honeysuckle, and the like.…

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Life Sketches: Bring Your Own Bag

I knew they didn’t like American soldiers in Germany, but I didn’t encounter unfriendly vibes from the French until attending the Running of the Bulls in July of 1966 in Pamplona, Spain. I am a Francophile, due to my maternal grandmother’s origin being a French mountain village in the province of Auvergne.…

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