200 Years Ago
- Rev. Mr. Stewart, late missionary to the Sandwich Islands, delivered an address in the First Congregational meeting house in Northampton on Sunday evening. He first gave a sketch of the ignorance, superstition, degradation and cruelty of the natives previous to the arrival of the missionaries, then presented his hearers with an interesting description of the great changes that have since taken place in their social and moral condition.
- At Westfield, on the evening succeeding the military review, a negro was run over by a stage coming from Springfield and instantly killed — and a white man, in a quarrel, had his skull fractured by a stone.
100 Years Ago
- Richard J. Rahar, one of the Northampton men who saw the Tunney-Dempsey bout at Philadelphia Thursday night from a ringside seat, was asked today his impressions of the battle. He liked the bout very well but would like to see “the Dempsey of old.”
- The employees at the post office who were busy getting out the evening mail Thursday night were able to listen in on the radio account of the Philadelphia fight through the courtesy of the Parsons Electric Shop. A powerful set equipped with two loudspeakers enabled the workers to follow the contest blow by blow and still get the mail to the station for the 10:20 train.
50 Years Ago
- Edward A. McColgan of Northampton last night picked up 80 votes in a recount in the northern Berkshire County town of Lanesboro, making him a new leader in what has become a see-saw battle for the Democratic nomination for congressman in the First District. A protest was immediately filed by McColgan’s opponent, Easthampton attorney Edward M. O’Brien, which delayed certification of the results until at least Monday.
- Controversy flared this week over a proposed addition to the Pine Rest Nursing Home on Franklin St. To comply with new federal regulations for nursing homes co-owner William Brown wants to raze two adjacent houses and erect a two-story, 26-bed addition to his existing facility. He will be forced out of business if he is not allowed to do so, Atty. Bruce Fogel told the zoning board of appeals.