200 Years Ago
- E. Hunt has for sale eighty engrafted apple trees, five years old, which he will sell very cheap to anyone who will take the whole. The trees are large and in fine order. He wishes to hire a boy from 14 to 16 years old to live in his family this autumn and winter. He must understand milking and taking care of a barn.
- E. Babcock will commence the business of making pumps in Northampton next week. Persons who want any work in his line are requested to leave a letter at Warner’s Coffee House.
100 Years Ago
- Services in commemoration of the centennial of St. John’s Episcopal church were held yesterday morning and evening in the beautiful edifice on Elm Street. Despite the heavy downpour in the morning, the church was filled almost to its capacity, while in the evening the congregation was almost as large.
- Frederick M. Feiker, formerly of Bay State, operating vice president of the Society for Electrical Development, has been appointed by Secretary Hoover a member of the new advisory committee to cooperate with the domestic commerce division of the department of commerce.
50 Years Ago
- Christmas observances which are not offensive to non-Christians will be allowed in the schools, the Northampton School Committee voted last night. Classroom activities at Christmas such as displays and parties are allowed if they do not have religious overtones which are distasteful to non-Christians.
- The Northampton School Committee has adopted a stricter policy governing dances at Northampton High School. Dances were suspended last spring after disturbances in the neighborhood of the high school. Guidelines for a dance Saturday night call for doubling police protection to four officers, and not admitting persons who do not attend the high school.