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Egress into September, or do we egress out of August
Go Fund Me—Thanks to Scott Lorenz for the latest donation to The Historians Podcast yearly fund drive. So far we’ve raised $4350. We need to raise $420 in September to stay on track to reach our $6000 goal for the year. Please help by donating online here- https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-historians-podcast-2022 Or send a check made out to Bob Cudmore to 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302.
Mohawk Valley Pepole The 181st Fonda Fair opens tomorrow, Wednesday and will run August 31- September 5.
Bustling Amsterdam sparkled in 1925 expo
By Bob Cudmore
America was prospering in 1925 and local businesses staged Amsterdam’s Progress Exposition and Auto Show that year to show off that prosperity.
“In the twenties, that was the heyday here,” said anthropologist Susan Dauria. “The population was about 35,000, the biggest it’s ever been.” Dauria wrote her doctoral dissertation on the rise and decline of manufacturing in Amsterdam.
The Progress Exposition was organized by the Board of Trade, predecessor of the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce. The event was held from September 11th through the 19th, 1925 at Ross’ Flats in the East End, next to the railroad tracks. Admission was 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for children.
According to the Schenectady Gazette of that day, a windmill was erected as the entrance to a series of huge tents that contained more than a hundred booths where manufacturers and businessmen showed their wares. One “mammoth tent” was dedicated to the display of automobiles. Socony (Standard Oil of New York) displayed a gasoline pump.
A Main Street parade preceded opening night. The Gazette reported: “All the industrial concerns and stores in this city have been invited to have their old employees in point of service participate in the parade, as the parade will feature those who have had part in the building up of Amsterdam.”
Schenectady General Electric furnished floodlights. “The whole city is in gala attire, with the merchants making displays of their flags on the poles along the curbs,” reported the Gazette.
State Senator William T. Byrne of Albany gave a speech. There was a fashion show, baby contest and a pet show. A billboard advertised music and entertainment daily.
This Sunday, September 4, 2022-Focus on History from Daily Gazette and Amsterdam Recorder-A new booklet on the historic Fulton County Courthouse
The Walter Elwood Museum in Amsterdam has a book of pictures of the Progress Exposition taken by photographer Emil Zillgitt for the Board of Trade. The Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce donated the book to the museum in 1982. Museum director Ann Thane would like to know more about Zillgitt. His photography studio was at 13-15 East Main Street and he is listed in city directories through the early 1950s when he died. He and his wife Eunice lived at 118 Grand Street.
One picture shows the booth of real estate agent Monroe Gray who is selling suburban lots at Tribes Hill Heights. “A lot means a home and a home means a lot,” states a poster. Gray is seated at his booth, which is next to Quist Lumber, smartly dressed in a three-piece suit with well-shined shoes, holding what may be a rolled up blueprint. Another poster promises: “Invest now and double your money at Tribes Hill Heights.” Gray has blueprints of the lots and pictures of homes stacked on a table underneath an American flag. He has a promotional item: a calendar depicting an elegant woman.
The carpet mills—Mohawk and Stephen Sanford & Sons--had booths in the Exposition, as did other manufacturers.
Main Street merchant Holzheimer & Shaul occupied several booths that look like store window displays. A cardboard cutout of a young girl is behind a new Hoover vacuum cleaner, offered with “unusually easy terms.” A female mannequin wearing an apron sits amid a display of Glenwood gas and wood stoves. One of the firm’s principals, P. Dater Shaul, is pictured at a planning session for the Exposition. To tout the city’s role in making rugs, Holzheimer’s put a Sanford carpet on the sidewalk in front of its East Main Street store during the Exposition.
In Amsterdam since 1882, Fitzgerald’s Bottling Works offered ginger ale for five cents a bottle at its booth. “The safest drinks--kills disease germs,” states an advertising poster.
Wednesday, August 31, 2022-From the Archives of The Historians Podcast-Episode 72, August 2, 2015-David Jennings is author of the historical novel “After Bondage and War.” The novel tells of people impacted by slavery through the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Josiah Ashford struggled through his early life as a slave in Missouri and Savannah Oaks plantation near Natchez, Mississippi. Marcus Taylor grew up in Savannah, Georgia as a privileged dilettante. Rebecca Stanley from Charleston desired a grand life full of refinement and social graces.
Thursday, September 1, 2022- From the Archives of the Daily Gazette—Outdoor wedding pictures.
Sophie’s wedding to the late Stanley Gomula, who became a special investigator for the Amsterdam Police Department, was scheduled for September 15th, 1945 at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church. A Marine private first class who had served in numerous Pacific campaigns, Stanley was just back from the war.
Friday, September 2, 2022-Episode 438-Ricardo Herrara is author of Feeding Washington’s Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778. Herrara is visiting professor at the US Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. Previously he was a professor of military history at the Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He served as an armor and cavalry officer in the US Army.
In this major new history of the Continental Army's Grand Forage of 1778, award-winning military historian Ricardo A. Herrera uncovers what daily life was like for soldiers during the darkest and coldest days of the American Revolution: the Valley Forge winter. Here, the army launched its largest and riskiest operation—not a bloody battle against British forces but a campaign to feed itself and prevent starvation or dispersal during the long encampment.
Mohawk Valley Weather, Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Another hot and humid day is expected today. Showers and
thunderstorms will become likely this afternoon and evening from the
Hudson Valley west, spreading across the rest of the area tonight.
Temperatures will return closer to seasonal levels with lower
humidity for Wednesday and Thursday. It will be mainly dry aside
from a few showers over the western Adirondacks Wednesday.
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Partly sunny and hot, with a high near 91. Heat index values as high as 96. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 3am, then a slight chance of thunderstorms after 5am. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Low around 62. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers between 11am and noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. West wind 6 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Daily Gazette
https://dailygazette.com/
Amsterdam Recorder
The Fonda Fair opens for its 181st year Wednesday
FONDA – The 181st Fonda Fair opens Wednesday and will run August 31- September 5. This year...
https://www.recordernews.com/
Leader Herald
Make Us A Part Of Your Day
https://www.leaderherald.com/
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By Bob CudmoreEgress into September, or do we egress out of August
Go Fund Me—Thanks to Scott Lorenz for the latest donation to The Historians Podcast yearly fund drive. So far we’ve raised $4350. We need to raise $420 in September to stay on track to reach our $6000 goal for the year. Please help by donating online here- https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-historians-podcast-2022 Or send a check made out to Bob Cudmore to 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302.
Mohawk Valley Pepole The 181st Fonda Fair opens tomorrow, Wednesday and will run August 31- September 5.
Bustling Amsterdam sparkled in 1925 expo
By Bob Cudmore
America was prospering in 1925 and local businesses staged Amsterdam’s Progress Exposition and Auto Show that year to show off that prosperity.
“In the twenties, that was the heyday here,” said anthropologist Susan Dauria. “The population was about 35,000, the biggest it’s ever been.” Dauria wrote her doctoral dissertation on the rise and decline of manufacturing in Amsterdam.
The Progress Exposition was organized by the Board of Trade, predecessor of the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce. The event was held from September 11th through the 19th, 1925 at Ross’ Flats in the East End, next to the railroad tracks. Admission was 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for children.
According to the Schenectady Gazette of that day, a windmill was erected as the entrance to a series of huge tents that contained more than a hundred booths where manufacturers and businessmen showed their wares. One “mammoth tent” was dedicated to the display of automobiles. Socony (Standard Oil of New York) displayed a gasoline pump.
A Main Street parade preceded opening night. The Gazette reported: “All the industrial concerns and stores in this city have been invited to have their old employees in point of service participate in the parade, as the parade will feature those who have had part in the building up of Amsterdam.”
Schenectady General Electric furnished floodlights. “The whole city is in gala attire, with the merchants making displays of their flags on the poles along the curbs,” reported the Gazette.
State Senator William T. Byrne of Albany gave a speech. There was a fashion show, baby contest and a pet show. A billboard advertised music and entertainment daily.
This Sunday, September 4, 2022-Focus on History from Daily Gazette and Amsterdam Recorder-A new booklet on the historic Fulton County Courthouse
The Walter Elwood Museum in Amsterdam has a book of pictures of the Progress Exposition taken by photographer Emil Zillgitt for the Board of Trade. The Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce donated the book to the museum in 1982. Museum director Ann Thane would like to know more about Zillgitt. His photography studio was at 13-15 East Main Street and he is listed in city directories through the early 1950s when he died. He and his wife Eunice lived at 118 Grand Street.
One picture shows the booth of real estate agent Monroe Gray who is selling suburban lots at Tribes Hill Heights. “A lot means a home and a home means a lot,” states a poster. Gray is seated at his booth, which is next to Quist Lumber, smartly dressed in a three-piece suit with well-shined shoes, holding what may be a rolled up blueprint. Another poster promises: “Invest now and double your money at Tribes Hill Heights.” Gray has blueprints of the lots and pictures of homes stacked on a table underneath an American flag. He has a promotional item: a calendar depicting an elegant woman.
The carpet mills—Mohawk and Stephen Sanford & Sons--had booths in the Exposition, as did other manufacturers.
Main Street merchant Holzheimer & Shaul occupied several booths that look like store window displays. A cardboard cutout of a young girl is behind a new Hoover vacuum cleaner, offered with “unusually easy terms.” A female mannequin wearing an apron sits amid a display of Glenwood gas and wood stoves. One of the firm’s principals, P. Dater Shaul, is pictured at a planning session for the Exposition. To tout the city’s role in making rugs, Holzheimer’s put a Sanford carpet on the sidewalk in front of its East Main Street store during the Exposition.
In Amsterdam since 1882, Fitzgerald’s Bottling Works offered ginger ale for five cents a bottle at its booth. “The safest drinks--kills disease germs,” states an advertising poster.
Wednesday, August 31, 2022-From the Archives of The Historians Podcast-Episode 72, August 2, 2015-David Jennings is author of the historical novel “After Bondage and War.” The novel tells of people impacted by slavery through the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Josiah Ashford struggled through his early life as a slave in Missouri and Savannah Oaks plantation near Natchez, Mississippi. Marcus Taylor grew up in Savannah, Georgia as a privileged dilettante. Rebecca Stanley from Charleston desired a grand life full of refinement and social graces.
Thursday, September 1, 2022- From the Archives of the Daily Gazette—Outdoor wedding pictures.
Sophie’s wedding to the late Stanley Gomula, who became a special investigator for the Amsterdam Police Department, was scheduled for September 15th, 1945 at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church. A Marine private first class who had served in numerous Pacific campaigns, Stanley was just back from the war.
Friday, September 2, 2022-Episode 438-Ricardo Herrara is author of Feeding Washington’s Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778. Herrara is visiting professor at the US Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. Previously he was a professor of military history at the Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He served as an armor and cavalry officer in the US Army.
In this major new history of the Continental Army's Grand Forage of 1778, award-winning military historian Ricardo A. Herrera uncovers what daily life was like for soldiers during the darkest and coldest days of the American Revolution: the Valley Forge winter. Here, the army launched its largest and riskiest operation—not a bloody battle against British forces but a campaign to feed itself and prevent starvation or dispersal during the long encampment.
Mohawk Valley Weather, Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Another hot and humid day is expected today. Showers and
thunderstorms will become likely this afternoon and evening from the
Hudson Valley west, spreading across the rest of the area tonight.
Temperatures will return closer to seasonal levels with lower
humidity for Wednesday and Thursday. It will be mainly dry aside
from a few showers over the western Adirondacks Wednesday.
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Partly sunny and hot, with a high near 91. Heat index values as high as 96. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 3am, then a slight chance of thunderstorms after 5am. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Low around 62. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers between 11am and noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. West wind 6 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Daily Gazette
https://dailygazette.com/
Amsterdam Recorder
The Fonda Fair opens for its 181st year Wednesday
FONDA – The 181st Fonda Fair opens Wednesday and will run August 31- September 5. This year...
https://www.recordernews.com/
Leader Herald
Make Us A Part Of Your Day
https://www.leaderherald.com/