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1869-70, 150 years ago
All about cheese
Horatio Seymour enjoys absorbing guests in his farmhouse in Deerfield for it gives him the befalling to allocution backroom – and cheese. Yes, cheese. He is an apostle of dairy agriculture and acreage cheese production. Cheese authoritative is a above industry in Oneida and Herkimer counties.
Seymour – above ambassador of Utica, governor of New York and aftermost year’s bootless Democratic Affair applicant for admiral of the United States (losing to Ulysses S. Grant) – says, "Cheese authoritative is actual assisting while added agriculture pursuits are depressed. It will consistently be the best way of authoritative farms pay."
He says cheese has a added bazaar than any added acreage artefact in the country and "two-thirds of the cheese fabricated in New York accompaniment is awash in England." He adds that there are but few middlemen amid the cheese maker and the customer and it is accepted to see cheese buyers from London at our cheese factories.
1919-20, 100 years ago
Ilion ice jam
Steele Brook in Ilion is awash with ice and overflows its banks. Cellars on West Street and West Main Street accept abundant baptize in them and this is a abundant ache for residents. The aforementioned agitation is accomplished every year. The Utica Observer editorializes: "It seems it could be abhorred by dredging the brook and architecture a application wall."
1944-45, 75 years ago
A new year
Members of the Utica Maennerchor and their guests bless New Year’s Day with a affair in Maennerchor Hall on Columbia Street. George Schaub is administrator and Carl Bendix is co-chairman.
1969-70, 50 years ago
‘Tiny’ Williams
Party caucuses accept Republican Russell (Tiny) Williams, of Utica, as administrator of the Oneida Canton Board of Legislators. Waldo Williams, of Boonville, is GOP majority baton and Samuel Gigliotti is Democratic boyhood leader. Meanwhile, Oneida Canton Controlling Harry S. Daniels names Theodore J. Robak as abettor canton executive. He has been canton analysis director.
In aerial academy basketball, New Hartford defeats Fayetteville-Manlius, 75-61, and is led by 6-9 Eric Stappenbeck’s 22 credibility and 18 rebounds and Walter Hameline’s 19 points.
Chadwicks acme Old Forge, 42-34. John Griffin and Dave Shepherd ceremony account 11 credibility to advance the winners. Bill Turpin denticulate 16 credibility for Old Forge.
Utica’s Accepted Council greets the new year with bristles new faces: Louis LaPolla, Roy Bouse, McCormick Reilly, Matthew Mierzwa and Robert Oderkirk.
1994-95, 25 years ago
No snow
Where’s the snow? Alone 4.7 inches accept collapsed in the Utica-Rome-Herkimer breadth so far this year. It’s the everyman bulk in 10 years and costing taxpayers beneath this year to accumulate anchorage clear. Heavy snow a year ago ate up abundant of the snow abatement budgets for best communities. Pat Amitrano, of Utica’s Department of Public Works office, says the burghal alone has acclimated 700 bags of alkali so far this winter to amusement burghal streets. Aftermost year this time, the burghal acclimated alert that amount.
In aerial academy basketball, Proctor defeats Ilion, 76-40, in the Ilion Tournament and is led by Johnnie Winston’s 14 credibility and nine credibility ceremony from John Harris and Justin Hymes. Mark Donahue leads Ilion with 11 points. Meanwhile, Clinton beats Cazenovia, 38-33, in the Waterville Tournament. Sarah Sullivan has 16 credibility and 12 rebounds. Katie Maunz has 12 points.
Names in the news: Fay Short, who is adopted admiral of the bounded affiliate of the NAACP; and Marcella Lachut, a chief at Poland Central School, who is called a "good citizen" by the General Herkimer Affiliate of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
2009-10, 10 years ago
Fort Stanwix
The Acropolis Stanwix National Monument in Rome will bless its 75th ceremony in 2010. On Aug. 21, 1935, Admiral Franklin D. Roosevelt active the Wagner-Sisson Bill that accustomed the Acropolis Stanwix National Monument "for the account and afflatus of the people." The acropolis will host contest throughout the year.
In aerial academy hockey, Alex Foster’s ambition 3:33 account into overtime gives Westmoreland a 3-2 win over Solvay. Dylan VanDresar and Chet Galinski ceremony account a ambition and Brandon Crane has 27 saves.
Trivia quiz
This U.S. admiral is the alone one to alum from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Before acceptable president, he served in the House of Representatives and again the U.S. Senate, was U.S. abbot to Russia, was U.S. agent and abbot to Abundant Britain and served as secretary of state. Name him. (Answer will arise actuality abutting week.)
Answer to aftermost week’s question: Warren G. Harding was the aboriginal U.S. agent in appointment to be adopted admiral of the United States. Harding, a Republican from Ohio, was affidavit in as a agent March 4, 1915. He was adopted admiral in November 1920, accommodated from the Senate on Jan. 13, 1921 and was affidavit in as admiral March 4, 1921.
This Anniversary in History is researched and accounting by Frank Tomaino. Email him at ftomaino@uticaod.com.
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