200 Years Ago
- A complaint has been made to the selectmen of Northampton that great disorder and inconvenience have arisen at the annual cattle shows in consequence of the numerous stands erected for selling liquors, the great annoyance of oyster carts, kindling of fires, firing crackers, etc. near the public buildings. Therefore, the selectmen have adopted a series or regulations to prevent and suppress such disorders in the future.
- A meeting of the present proprietors of the House on Mount Holyoke is requested at Warner’s Coffee House in Northampton on Tuesday evening next to see if they will appropriate the $150 due for the rent of the house towards making a new road.
100 Years Ago
- Rev. Benjamin F. White was presented with a purse of $60 by 300 hooded members of the Ku Klux Klan during the morning service at the Florence Methodist Church yesterday as a token of their appreciation of his work in the community. Mr. White was totally unprepared for this demonstration and acknowledged the gift with a brief expression of thanks.
- Mayor William H. Feiker, the city clerk, city solicitor, members of both boards of the city council and their wives, altogether a party of 65, will attend the performance of “A Bill of Divorcement” by the Northampton Repertory company at the Academy of Music this evening.
50 Years Ago
- In a well-coordinated effort, a band of colorfully dressed women confused and diverted personnel in a Hadley supermarket yesterday while one member made off with $1,200 from the cash drawer. According to police, women, in what they described as “gypsy” attire, had earlier shoplifted from Building 451, a discount store on Bridge Street.
- The Northampton police have made public the reports of several recent housebreakings in the city and asked citizens’ help in reducing their number. Patrolman Detective Edwin M. Padeck said that reports of housebreaks are coming in at the rate of almost one a day.