200 Years Ago
- Hitchcock’s newly invented snuff, for the cure and absolute relief of catarrh, dizziness of the head, weak eyes, nervous headaches, falling-sickness, and infants troubled with snuffles, is an immediate relief. For sale by E. Hunt, Northampton.
- Came into the enclosure of the subscriber, about the middle of October, ten native sheep — viz., eight ewes and one wether artificially marked, & one lamb without mark. The owner is desired to pay charges and take them away. — Cotton Vinton, Chesterfield.
100 Years Ago
- The chemical truck was called from the Masonic Street station yesterday morning to King Street to extinguish an unusual fire. An inner tube blew out and the friction of the tube against the casing caused the tube to start smoking. The firemen filled the tire with chemicals and the smoking was stopped.
- After nearly 35 years’ experience with the “duck pond” which rainstorms have made at Lincoln Avenue and Bridge Street, residents in the vicinity are enthusiastic at the installation of a catch basin there and asked the Gazette today to congratulate Alderman Edwin L. Olander for his aid in securing it.
50 Years Ago
- By a narrow margin the City Council voted last night to take by eminent domain the private parking lot owned by Standick Trust on Old South Street and turn it into a metered municipal parking lot. The controversial 6-3 vote in favor of the taking provided the bare two-thirds majority of the council needed to authorize the eminent domain action.
- A study by a federal agency indicates that the construction of a $2.3 billion twin-reactor nuclear power plant in Montague will result in the “loss of about 5,400 acres of vegetation.” The preliminary environmental impact statement released last week by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission concluded that Northeast Utilities should proceed with construction, which is scheduled to begin in 1980.