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02-13-25
160 YEARS AGO: Lectures—By request of the Lecture Committee Rev. Mr. Balch consented to deliver two lectures, both on Syria. What he saw in that interesting country—so attractive to all travelers, and especially to the Bible student – Mr. B. has the ability to describe in a manner well calculated to please and instruct a promiscuous audience. He is an easy, off-hand speaker, with superior descriptive powers, by turns eloquent and amusing, whose lectures would perhaps be improved by the…
90 YEARS AGO: Milk consumption habits of the population of upstate New York will be surveyed by 18 colleges and normal schools to broaden the base of knowledge upon which the state is striving to increase consumption of fresh milk. Oneonta Normal is among those which will assist. Harold D. Leslie, director of the Bureau of Milk Publicity, has announced that the survey will be the most extensive ever made of the consumption of milk and dairy products. A similar…
OPEN STUDIO—1-4 p.m. Work on art projects in the company of other artists. Held each Thursday and Saturday. Free will donations to defray heating costs. Butternut Valley Arts & Crafts Center. 124 Main Street, Morris. https://www.facebook.com/groups/635887766562044/…