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John F. Cuts His Foot With An Ax
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Saturday, March 20, 1847: I this forenoon chopped and split apple wood in the orchard and this afternoon I walked over to Henry Cranston’s store for a jury on a case between David Duncan a black man and Elem Andrews.
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Geo P. Comes Back Home
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brook
Sunday, March 7, 1847: I walked to Pool Hill Post Office but no letters.
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Collecting For Last Summer’s Cow
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Wednesday, Feb 17, 1847: This evening Ezra Sackett and his mother came to my house.
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Raising Money For A Bell
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Wednesday, February 10, 1847: This morning I rode to Pittsfield with Simeon Wylie Jnr on a wood shod pung.
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The “Boosums” That George Mentions
Diary by George Holcomb
by Alex Brooks
The “boosums” the Holcomb women make for concerns in Troy were shirt bosoms, a shirt front made of fancy material to be worn on formal occasions.
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Trips To See The Rev. E.C. Hughes
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Thursday, January 28, 1847: This forenoon and this afternoon I and my son John F. walked over to the Presbyterian Meeting House and heard a discourse delivered on Rechabites by the Rev. E.C. Hughes. [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb
The Universalist Preacher Comes To The Lecture Room
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Friday, December 25, 1846: This forenoon John Conklin butchered two pigs and a sheep for us and I agreed to take my team and draw wood for him to pay him and this afternoon I took my cutter and my wife with me.
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The Lecturer Is Caught In A Snowstorm
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Monday, December 14, 1846: This forenoon I took my one horse sleigh and carried another one horse sleigh that the shoe had broken or wore in two.
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A Large Sale of Pork
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Monday, November 30, 1846: This morning at four o’clock I and Geo P. started with the two horse sleigh.
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by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
All Democrats But The Anti-Rent Governor
Saturday, October 31, 1846: Today I took my one horse wagon and carried my wife to Jerry Vary’s.
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19 Arrested In Latest County-Wide Welfare Fraud Sweep By Doug La Rocque Late last week Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Deputies, as well as State Police and other local law enforcement agencies, arrested 19 people who are alleged to have fraudulently accepted welfare benefits. You must be logged in to view this article.
R H E Stillwater 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 2 Hoosick Falls 4 3 0 8 X 15 6 1 Monday, May 6. Played at HFCS. You must be logged in to view this article.
Wellness Fair And 5K Run At BCS Submitted by Rachel Turetsky The Wellness Fair and 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, May 4, brought out many from the Berlin Central School District community in spite of the rain. The sky-blue 5K shirts on most of the 82 participants brightened up the cloudy day at the Berlin Middle-High […]
Budget Passes With 1.36% Tax Levy Increase by Alex Brooks The final version of the Budget for the 2019-20 school year was approved by the Hoosick Falls School board at its April 18 meeting. You must be logged in to view this article.
HFCS Unveils First Draft of 2019-20 Budget by Alex Brooks Hoosick Falls Central Schools Business Administrator Emily Sanders presented a first draft of next year’s budget, which showed a total increase in spending of 0.4%, or $102,097. You must be logged in to view this article.
From January 9 through January 18, the Junior National Honor Society members collected pasta for Hoosick Area Churches Assocation Food Pantry You must be logged in to view this article.