200 Years Ago
- Rev. Eleazar Williams, a descendant of the Rev. John Williams who was minister of Deerfield when that town was destroyed by the Indians in 1704, delivered a very interesting and impressive discourse in the place of his ancestors on Sunday, Aug. 13. Mr. Williams is a grandchild of a daughter of Rev. J. Williams, who was carried to Canada when she was seven years old, and afterwards married a Sachem.
- Books at Auction! On Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, August 22 and 23, at the store lately occupied by Mr. J. Wells in Northampton, will be sold at public sale a large and valuable assortment of books, consisting of 2351 volumes of standard and miscellaneous works; all of which are in good order, and many in splendid bindings, and are worthy the attention of citizens generally.
100 Years Ago
- Charles N. DeRose, James Morton, James Dorsey and Dr. Nathan Williams left today on a camping trip to Canada. Their route will include the Adirondacks, Quebec and Montreal. They had planned to visit Jack Dempsey s training camp at Saratoga Springs, but this plan has been abandoned, as Mr. Dempsey has left.
- William Wade, proprietor of Bill’s Lunch on Button Street, installed a new steam table in the main room of his restaurant this morning.
50 Years Ago
- Hampshire County’s new Community Canning Center opened this week. The center, on the first floor of the county Hall of Records, 33 King St., is the first center of its kind in Massachusetts, according to project director Judith Gillan. The center is open to the public, who may make appointments to come there to can up to 64 quarters of food at once.
- Banks closed in mid-morning, switchboards were silenced, and some stores resorted to hand-cranked cash registers in order to continue their business. All were the results of a citywide power outage on Wednesday, which affected about 9,500 customers in the Massachusetts Electric Co. s district.