200 Years Ago
- The Cattle Show and Fair in Northampton is today. The procession will move from Lyman’s Hotel to the meeting house at 11 o’clock.
- Edwin Alden respectfully informs his friends and the public generally that he has taken a shop in the Yellow Building on King Street, nearly opposite the Town Hall in Northampton, where he will make and repair chaises and wagons of all descriptions, in the best manner and on short notice.
100 Years Ago
- Guys supporting a trolley wire in front of the city hall broke this afternoon at about one o’clock. The wire swung low over the street and blocked traffic for a short time. Deputy Fire Chief Oswald Dragon did traffic duty until he was relieved by Police Officer Harry J. Kelly.
- The tolling of the bells of Martha Wilson House and College Hall at seven o’clock yesterday morning informed Smith students that it was Mountain Day. In former years, Mountain Day has always had a definite place in the college calendar, usually the second Wednesday in October, but this year it was decided not to announce the holiday in advance, so that it was a complete surprise.
50 Years Ago
- Hampshire County residents will soon be asked to sign petitions that oppose the recent diversion of state lottery money from communities to the Legislature’s general fund. Nathaniel Reed, chair of the Amherst Republican Committee, was named coordinator of the county campaign this week by state campaign chair Francis Hatch.
- About 3,000 new voters have registered in Northampton to vote in the November election. The register of voters’ office is still counting the new voters and does not have an exact total. Register of Voters Russell Smith said that this year has produced one of the largest group of new voters that his office has seen.