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...first a little bit about what's in the "bin"on The Historians in April
Episode 392-Dana Cudmore is the author of Underground Empires: Two Centuries of Exploration, Adventure and Enterprise in New York’s Cave Country. Cudmore focuses on caves of Schoharie and Albany counties, including Howe Caverns.
The Historians Podcast 2022 fund drive now totals $1625. That’s just over 25% of our $6,000 goal for the year. Please donate online here- https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-historians-podcast-2022 Or delegate a check made out to Bob Cudmore to 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302. On the production schedule, we’re working on Episode 418-Historian Bruce Dearstyne on celebrating New York State’s birthday. Much Thanks
...by-and-by Monday
March 21, 2022-The story behind the story-Aviator Amelia Earhart helped Beech Nut advertise chewing gum during 1931 autogiro flights. Story to start the week, 9 Minutes
Tuesday, March 22, 2022- From the Archives of the Daily Gazette—Journalist and history writer Nelson Greene
Recently, an inquiry about Greene’s four-volume history came from Amsterdam native Jim Michaelson of Canton.
Wednesday, March 23, 2022-From the Archives-December 11, 2020-Episode 348-Chris Carola, veteran Associated Press reporter, with the story of Jack Wilpers, who grew up in Saratoga Springs, and the key role Wilpers played in the capture of former Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo in 1945.
Thursday, March 24, 2022- From the Archives of the Daily Gazette—Advertising in old Amsterdam
As some newspapers do today, the Amsterdam Morning Sentinel printed advertisements on its front page on September 17, 1886.
Friday, March 25, 2022-Episode 415-Violinist Ann-Marie Barker Schwarz explores the history of high quality music in the early days of radio. Edward Rice played the violin during WGY Schenectady’s first broadcast on February 20, 1922. Barker Schwarz is the founder of Musicians of Ma’alwyck and took part in WGY’s 100th anniversary broadcast.
Advertising Beech Nut chewing gum with an aviation pioneer
By Bob Cudmore
Famous aviatrix Amelia Earhart once went on a national tour piloting an unusual aircraft to help Beech Nut sell chewing gum.
Beech Nut was then in Canajoharie. In 2010 Beech Nut, best known today for baby food, left Canajoharie and moved to the Town of Florida near Thruway Exit 27.
Earhart had come to the region in 1929 to read letters to Admiral Richard Byrd’s Antarctic expedition on WGY shortwave station W2XAF,
Beech Nut sponsored Earhart’s 1931 cross-country flights in the Pitcairn Auto Gyro. The craft combined features of an airplane and a helicopter.
Historian Carl Johnson’s Website Hoxie reported the autogiro is “an odd hybrid craft that uses an unpowered rotor to develop lift, and an engine-powered propeller to develop thrust.”
In the 1930s some thought the autogiro, with its ability to fly slowly and land in small places, would be the future of aviation. Others feared the autogiro was dangerous.
Bruce H. Charnov of Hofstra University wrote. “The autogiro was invented by Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva in an attempt to create an aircraft that could fly safely at low speeds.” He flew the first one in 1923 in Madrid.
Earhart was born in 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. In 1931 she had established one record for the autogiro, piloting it to an altitude of 18,500 feet.
Charnov wrote Earhart had ordered her own autogiro when Beech Nut made an offer, “Seeing a publicity bonanza, the Beech Nut Packing Company, offered Earhart the use of its previously ordered (autogiro) if she would fly it coast-to-coast with the company logo painted on its side and accompanying promotion efforts related to its chewing gum. Brokered by her husband (George Palmer Putnam), who was known for his acumen at garnering publicity, she promptly canceled her order in favor of the Beech Nut Autogiro.”
"I'm delighted to have the opportunity of making extensive tests with this plane through the helpfulness of Bartlett Arkell, president of Beech Nut," Earhart commented to the Canajoharie Courier. Earhart is pictured in the cockpit of the autogiro which had Beech Nut logos in several places.
There was one mishap which damaged an autogiro during a landing on a field n Canajoharie. Earhart was not the pilot in that incident.
The editor of the Fort Plain Standard newspaper, Mohawk Valley historian Nelson Greene, longtime friend of Bartlett Arkell, did advance publicity for Earhart’s autogiro tour through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.
After much preparation and orchestrated publicity, Earhart took off from Newark, New Jersey in May 1931 on her first transcontinental autogiro tour.
Charnov wrote, “At each stop (Earhart) lifted children to see the cockpit, shook hands with spectators, gave interviews, and often gave out samples of the Beech Nut chewing gum.”
However another aviator, John Miller, was also trying to set the autogiro record for the first transcontinental trip. Charnov wrote, “Arriving on June 6, 1931, in Oakland, California, (Earhart) discovered much to her amazement and her husband’s mercurial anger that John M. Miller had arrived in San Diego on May 28th.”
Deprived of the westbound transcontinental record, Earhart tried to claim a record flying the autogiro back to the East Coast. This didn’t happen as she had the first of three autogiro crashes in Abilene, Kansas. She ended up returning by train.
Some police agencies today use autogiros as they are less expensive to buy and maintain than helicopters.
Amelia Earhart was to come to a sudden, mysterious and tragic end in 1937. While on a round-the-world flight she and navigator Fred Noonan vanished over the Pacific Ocean enroute from New Guinea to tiny Howland Island.
Episode 392-Dana Cudmore is the author of Underground Empires: Two Centuries of Exploration, Adventure and Enterprise in New York’s Cave Country. Cudmore focuses on caves of Schoharie and Albany counties, including Howe Caverns.
The Oneida County History Center will host “Women of the Civil War,” Saturday, March 26, 2022
...in person at the History Center, and via Zoom.
Historian Cheryl Pula will look at the contributions made by women during the Civil War including their role as doctors, nurses, spies, and combat soldiers. Cheryl will also include a discussion of Oneida County’s own Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, the first female U.S. Army surgeon, and only female Medal of Honor recipient.
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUocumgpzkvHt3q6cnNyA-DB_L8Nc5Nh3t9
Ann Maria Bullock Schram of Amsterdam was a volunteer nurse in the American Civil War. Montgomery County NY historian Kelly Yacobucci Farquhar discusses her research on Schram’s life.
The Bob Cudmore interview with Kelly Yacobucci Farquhar-Episode 378-Friday, July 9, 2021 can be found "Down this Page"
Mohawk Valley Weather and News Headlines, Sunday, March 20, 2022
Scattered showers, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. West wind 8 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Scattered showers, mainly before 10pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 32. West wind 13 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 51. West wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
Daily Gazette
Schoharie County seeks to turn former jail into business site
SCHOHARIE — For sale or lease: One flood-damaged jail complex. Seller is motivated, but the prospective buyer must present a…
SCHOHARIE — For sale or lease: One flood-damaged jail complex. Seller is motivated, but the prospective buyer must present a…
Stockade thanks tugboat Margot crew for ice jam efforts
SCHENECTADY — As people look out to the Mohawk River next winter, they might notice tugboat Margot out perhaps a little…
SCHENECTADY — As people look out to the Mohawk River next winter, they might notice tugboat Margot out perhaps a little…
https://dailygazette.com/
Amsterdam Recorder
https://www.recordernews.com/
Leader Herald
https://www.leaderherald.com/
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By Bob Cudmore...first a little bit about what's in the "bin"on The Historians in April
Episode 392-Dana Cudmore is the author of Underground Empires: Two Centuries of Exploration, Adventure and Enterprise in New York’s Cave Country. Cudmore focuses on caves of Schoharie and Albany counties, including Howe Caverns.
The Historians Podcast 2022 fund drive now totals $1625. That’s just over 25% of our $6,000 goal for the year. Please donate online here- https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-historians-podcast-2022 Or delegate a check made out to Bob Cudmore to 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302. On the production schedule, we’re working on Episode 418-Historian Bruce Dearstyne on celebrating New York State’s birthday. Much Thanks
...by-and-by Monday
March 21, 2022-The story behind the story-Aviator Amelia Earhart helped Beech Nut advertise chewing gum during 1931 autogiro flights. Story to start the week, 9 Minutes
Tuesday, March 22, 2022- From the Archives of the Daily Gazette—Journalist and history writer Nelson Greene
Recently, an inquiry about Greene’s four-volume history came from Amsterdam native Jim Michaelson of Canton.
Wednesday, March 23, 2022-From the Archives-December 11, 2020-Episode 348-Chris Carola, veteran Associated Press reporter, with the story of Jack Wilpers, who grew up in Saratoga Springs, and the key role Wilpers played in the capture of former Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo in 1945.
Thursday, March 24, 2022- From the Archives of the Daily Gazette—Advertising in old Amsterdam
As some newspapers do today, the Amsterdam Morning Sentinel printed advertisements on its front page on September 17, 1886.
Friday, March 25, 2022-Episode 415-Violinist Ann-Marie Barker Schwarz explores the history of high quality music in the early days of radio. Edward Rice played the violin during WGY Schenectady’s first broadcast on February 20, 1922. Barker Schwarz is the founder of Musicians of Ma’alwyck and took part in WGY’s 100th anniversary broadcast.
Advertising Beech Nut chewing gum with an aviation pioneer
By Bob Cudmore
Famous aviatrix Amelia Earhart once went on a national tour piloting an unusual aircraft to help Beech Nut sell chewing gum.
Beech Nut was then in Canajoharie. In 2010 Beech Nut, best known today for baby food, left Canajoharie and moved to the Town of Florida near Thruway Exit 27.
Earhart had come to the region in 1929 to read letters to Admiral Richard Byrd’s Antarctic expedition on WGY shortwave station W2XAF,
Beech Nut sponsored Earhart’s 1931 cross-country flights in the Pitcairn Auto Gyro. The craft combined features of an airplane and a helicopter.
Historian Carl Johnson’s Website Hoxie reported the autogiro is “an odd hybrid craft that uses an unpowered rotor to develop lift, and an engine-powered propeller to develop thrust.”
In the 1930s some thought the autogiro, with its ability to fly slowly and land in small places, would be the future of aviation. Others feared the autogiro was dangerous.
Bruce H. Charnov of Hofstra University wrote. “The autogiro was invented by Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva in an attempt to create an aircraft that could fly safely at low speeds.” He flew the first one in 1923 in Madrid.
Earhart was born in 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. In 1931 she had established one record for the autogiro, piloting it to an altitude of 18,500 feet.
Charnov wrote Earhart had ordered her own autogiro when Beech Nut made an offer, “Seeing a publicity bonanza, the Beech Nut Packing Company, offered Earhart the use of its previously ordered (autogiro) if she would fly it coast-to-coast with the company logo painted on its side and accompanying promotion efforts related to its chewing gum. Brokered by her husband (George Palmer Putnam), who was known for his acumen at garnering publicity, she promptly canceled her order in favor of the Beech Nut Autogiro.”
"I'm delighted to have the opportunity of making extensive tests with this plane through the helpfulness of Bartlett Arkell, president of Beech Nut," Earhart commented to the Canajoharie Courier. Earhart is pictured in the cockpit of the autogiro which had Beech Nut logos in several places.
There was one mishap which damaged an autogiro during a landing on a field n Canajoharie. Earhart was not the pilot in that incident.
The editor of the Fort Plain Standard newspaper, Mohawk Valley historian Nelson Greene, longtime friend of Bartlett Arkell, did advance publicity for Earhart’s autogiro tour through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.
After much preparation and orchestrated publicity, Earhart took off from Newark, New Jersey in May 1931 on her first transcontinental autogiro tour.
Charnov wrote, “At each stop (Earhart) lifted children to see the cockpit, shook hands with spectators, gave interviews, and often gave out samples of the Beech Nut chewing gum.”
However another aviator, John Miller, was also trying to set the autogiro record for the first transcontinental trip. Charnov wrote, “Arriving on June 6, 1931, in Oakland, California, (Earhart) discovered much to her amazement and her husband’s mercurial anger that John M. Miller had arrived in San Diego on May 28th.”
Deprived of the westbound transcontinental record, Earhart tried to claim a record flying the autogiro back to the East Coast. This didn’t happen as she had the first of three autogiro crashes in Abilene, Kansas. She ended up returning by train.
Some police agencies today use autogiros as they are less expensive to buy and maintain than helicopters.
Amelia Earhart was to come to a sudden, mysterious and tragic end in 1937. While on a round-the-world flight she and navigator Fred Noonan vanished over the Pacific Ocean enroute from New Guinea to tiny Howland Island.
Episode 392-Dana Cudmore is the author of Underground Empires: Two Centuries of Exploration, Adventure and Enterprise in New York’s Cave Country. Cudmore focuses on caves of Schoharie and Albany counties, including Howe Caverns.
The Oneida County History Center will host “Women of the Civil War,” Saturday, March 26, 2022
...in person at the History Center, and via Zoom.
Historian Cheryl Pula will look at the contributions made by women during the Civil War including their role as doctors, nurses, spies, and combat soldiers. Cheryl will also include a discussion of Oneida County’s own Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, the first female U.S. Army surgeon, and only female Medal of Honor recipient.
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUocumgpzkvHt3q6cnNyA-DB_L8Nc5Nh3t9
Ann Maria Bullock Schram of Amsterdam was a volunteer nurse in the American Civil War. Montgomery County NY historian Kelly Yacobucci Farquhar discusses her research on Schram’s life.
The Bob Cudmore interview with Kelly Yacobucci Farquhar-Episode 378-Friday, July 9, 2021 can be found "Down this Page"
Mohawk Valley Weather and News Headlines, Sunday, March 20, 2022
Scattered showers, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. West wind 8 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Scattered showers, mainly before 10pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 32. West wind 13 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 51. West wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
Daily Gazette
Schoharie County seeks to turn former jail into business site
SCHOHARIE — For sale or lease: One flood-damaged jail complex. Seller is motivated, but the prospective buyer must present a…
SCHOHARIE — For sale or lease: One flood-damaged jail complex. Seller is motivated, but the prospective buyer must present a…
Stockade thanks tugboat Margot crew for ice jam efforts
SCHENECTADY — As people look out to the Mohawk River next winter, they might notice tugboat Margot out perhaps a little…
SCHENECTADY — As people look out to the Mohawk River next winter, they might notice tugboat Margot out perhaps a little…
https://dailygazette.com/
Amsterdam Recorder
https://www.recordernews.com/
Leader Herald
https://www.leaderherald.com/