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HOMETOWN HISTORY, September 13, 2013 125 Years Ago Most of the stores owned by our Hebrew merchants were closed last Thursday night and they and their families observed the inception of the Jewish New Year. Thursday was the first day of Fishri, the first day of the year 5649, according to the reckoning of the Jewish calendar, and from then until after the tenth day of Fishri ensues the most solemn period of the year. Rosh Hashohah, day of remembrance,…

BOUND VOLUMES, August 15, 2013 200 YEARS AGO Ran Away – From the subscriber on the night of the 30th, Henry Yagers, an indented apprentice about 17 years old, very large of his age, about five feet eight or ten inches high, thick set, his hair short and naturally curled. Any person who will return the said apprentice to the subscriber in the Town of Burlington, in the County of Otsego, or secure him in any Gaol and give information…