200 Years Ago
- Edward Dickinson of Amherst and George Dickinson of Deerfield have been appointed Aids-de-Camp to Major General Howland, of the 4th division. The division will be reviewed in the week beginning with the 3rd of October.
- The Female Bible Association of Northampton was organized in May last and held their annual meeting last week. The society consists of 246 members. The amount of subscriptions and donations for the present year is $108.75. Their annual report states that they have distributed Bibles and Testaments when necessary and paid the balance over to the Treasurer of the Hampshire Bible Society.
100 Years Ago
- The interior decoration of the Y.M.C.A. is practically completed. This is the first time since the Y.M.C.A. was built that the interior has been completely refinished at one time. The toilet facilities have been brought up to the sanitary standards.
- Mr. and Mrs. Matt Mooney, who have been spending their vacation with Mrs. Mooney’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George I. Churchill of Chestnut St., Florence, left for New York City Wednesday morning, where they will join their company. They leave for Detroit Friday, where they will appear on the Keith circuit.
50 Years Ago
- Northampton Institution for Savings (NIS) plans to build a one to two-story addition to the rear of its present Main Street building. The addition will allow for the “expansion and departmentalization of certain bank functions,” according to NIS President Richard B. Covell.
- The Hampshire Regional School Committee has upheld an earlier decision to cancel the school’s subscription to Ms. magazine. Student council members had asked that the board reconsider its original decision, which was made in January after the magazine published a feature on “erotic art.”