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HOMETOWN HISTORY, March 28, 2014 100 Years Ago From alterations about the front of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, the seating capacity of the edifice will be increased by 40 for each service held therein. Many who have been unable to obtain seats at either mass will in the future be assured of a sitting. The altar has been moved back about four feet from its former position, the altar rail moved a like distance, and in the newly acquired place,…

HOMETOWN HISTORY, April 11, 2014 125 Years Ago Louise Arnot and company will begin a week’s engagement at the Metropolitan on Monday evening, opening in the popular drama “49.” Miss Arnot is pronounced one of the best actresses ever appearing in Oneonta, and her support is first class. Popular prices: 10, 20 and 30 cents. There is no better place to form an idea of the number of new buildings now being built in Oneonta can be found than on…

HOMETOWN HISTORY, April 18, 2014 125 Years Ago The Local News: Tuesday was moving day at the Oneonta Union School, and though many boys and girls, on passing to new grades and advanced studies regretted separation from the care and instruction of teachers for whom they have formed attachments, yet there was much elation, and new ambitions were awakened. One little fellow, in speaking of the future, mapped out his entire course of study in his present school, and finished…

HOMETOWN HISTORY, July 25, 2014 100 Years Ago Charles A. Scut, age 23, of Harpersfield, Delaware County, was the victim of swindlers in the City of Albany which he visited, taking with him the sum of $250 and returning with only 15 cents to his name. On Wednesday night Scut made the acquaintance of Nellie Condon and became thoroughly enamored of the young woman. The two went to 43 Hudson Avenue where Scut remained in residence for several days. There,…

HOMETOWN HISTORY, May 16, 2014 125 Years Ago The postponed games of the Oneonta baseball club will surely be played next week Thursday and Saturday afternoons. The Cooperstown and Oneonta game will be the first one and Abbott will be in the box for the home team. The Saturday game between the Afton and Oneonta clubs will undoubtedly be the best game of baseball ever witnessed on the home grounds. On this day, the Oneonta team will be made up…

HOMETOWN HISTORY, May 23, 2014 125 Years Ago The Local News – A son of John Yager left home suddenly some time Saturday night. He left a note saying he had gone to Canada. A valuable horse and buggy, belonging to his father, is missing. One of the best acts of the legislature of 1889 was in amending Section 290 of the penal code making it a misdemeanor to sell cigarettes to children. The law reads as follows: “A person…

HOMETOWN HISTORY, May 30, 2014 100 Years Ago Mayor John P. Mitchel of New York City and Chief Engineer J. Waldo Smith of the New York Board of Water Supply, with several engineers, were in Prattsville and vicinity last week inspecting the Schoharie Valley watershed and considering plans for the construction of a second giant dam and reservoir to be built as an adjunct to the great reservoir now being completed at Ashokan on the Ulster and Delaware railroad. The…

HOMETOWN HISTORY, June 20, 2014 125 Years Ago Silver Creek, which winds its way through the eastern center of the village, got on the rampage early Monday morning after a heavy downpour of rain, and did considerable damage. The bridge across Center Street had a portion of its foundation wall washed away and was damaged $150. At the Walnut Street bridge, owing to obstructions caused by flood debris, great damage would have been done but for the timely arrival of…