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200 Years Ago

■Died in Easthampton, on the 27th ult., of consumption, Miss Nancy Clark, daughter of Mr. Oliver Clark, in the 27th year of her age. She was one of four sisters, all of whom arrived at adult age, who have paid the debt of nature within the short period four years. While the aged know that they must die, let the young take warning from this friendly notice that they may die also, and be in readiness for the event whenever it shall come.

■Ran away from the subscriber on the first day of July, Holland Swift, an indented boy, aged fifteen years. Whoever will return said runaway to me shall have one cent reward, but no charges will be paid. Ð Samuel Leach, Ware.

100 Years Ago

■Mr. and Mrs. Eric Stahlberg of State Street left this morning for New York City to meet Mr. StahlbergÕs mother, who is coming from Germany to make her home with her son in this city.

■Miss Winifred Terry of the English department of the high school, who has been at Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H., since the close of school, recently spent a short time in this city, and has gone to New York state, where she will spend the rest of the summer with friends in Buffalo and Chautauqua.

50 Years Ago

■Pulaski Park was a busy place last night as 250 youths from Northampton and surrounding communities jammed the area to hear a two-band rock concert. Guest performers last night included “Steel,” a group of contemporary musicians whose members are from Southampton, Easthampton, and Amherst, and “Night Train,” an Afro-Black group which is taking special music courses in theory and composition at the University of Massachusetts.

■Northampton youngsters at Maine’s Field were visited by a host of live animals yesterday as part of the playground program. A “zoomobile” from West Springfield stopped at the field and various animals were shown and their habits explained.