This day in history: August 30
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Date(s) - 30/08/2024
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1890
The strike of the Gilboys’ drivers has been settled at last. Two horses belonging to the Gilboys died last night and one yesterday afternoon, besides twenty chickens. They were undoubtedly poisoned by some unknown miscreant.
1892
A Silver Ash Institute will be established in Little Falls. The treatment is claimed to be a sure cure for liquor and morphine habits.
1895
Little Falls is not far behind her sister towns in the adoption of the rational dress by lady bicyclists. There is an old and well-grounded prejudice against the ugly garment invented by Mrs. Bloomer. Prominent ladies in Little Falls society have set the fashion for a really neat appearing article of the present time.
1918
Thieves are raiding the war gardens of the city and automobile thieves are despoiling the vegetable crops of the farmers. What they need is a good charge of rock salt from a shotgun.
1983
The Herkimer County Trust Company celebrated 150 years of banking business in Little Falls. Ralph W. Burrows was president and chairman of the Board. Directors included William Cotter, Ralph W. Burrows, Jr., George Aney, Mrs. Lillian W.B. Fisher, Hon. Edmund McCarthy, Frank G, Mendel, James B. Wright, Richard Collins, and I. Stacey Simpson.
