200 Years Ago
- Josiah White hereby informs the public that he has resigned his affairs to his son-in-law, William W. Thompson, who will continue to transact the business of the oil mill and others as usual; and it is expected with additional improvements. — Northampton.
- Having been informed that a certain person in the town of South Hadley has offered for sale gravestones, under the pretense of being an agent for me — this is to give public notice that I have no agent in South Hadley or elsewhere, authorized for that purpose, but that I keep on hand at my yard in Northampton various kinds of stone, and am ready to accommodate any who may call. —Zebina Rankin, Northampton.
100 Years Ago
- President and Mrs. Coolidge, with a party of 35 or more, traveling in a special train, will arrive in Northampton promptly at 9 o’clock Tuesday morning, for the purpose of voting, and will leave the city not later than 12 noon. It is reported that he will go directly to Memorial Hall to vote, and from there to high school hall to hold a reception to give his friends an opportunity to greet him.
- A telephone pole on North King Street was bent over yesterday when Joseph Krufka of Orchard Street, being taught by Edward Corbett to drive a truck, lost control of the machine when near the stone crusher and the truck collided with the pole. The machine was not damaged.
50 Years Ago
- Northampton City Councilor Frances McNulty has been appointed as a coordinator of the 51.3 Per Cent Committee, an organization that is part of Jimmy Carter’s Democratic presidential campaign. The committee was formed “to involve women in politics, to bring women’s issues to the forefront, to solidify as broad as possible a spectrum of women voters, and to solicit qualified applicants for future government service.”
- The Lower Pioneer Valley Regional Planning Commission and Hampshire County planning office are publicly supporting the so-called “Bottle Bill,” Question 6 on the ballot Tuesday. The “Bottle Bill” would require a five-cent or 10-cent deposit on beverage bottles and cands and would ban the flip-top beverage can.