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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
The just completed Historians Podcast that will post this 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.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Journalist and history writer Nelson Greene
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
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
Advertising in old Amsterdam
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...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.
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.
The Saratoga County History Roundtable and Saratoga County History Center will present a program by County Historian Lauren Roberts on the 130-year history of the County Poorhouse.
Saratoga County Poor House
https://brooksidemuseum.networkforgood.com/events/39903-supporting-the-poor-in-saratoga-county
In-person talk
At Brookside Museum: 6 Charlton Street Ballston Spa, NY
518-885-4000
The Poorhouse was established in 1827, when the county purchased land to accommodate an Alms House for "the victims of misfortune." As the county grew, so did the number of people who needed care. The Poor House complex included a large-scale farm, schoolhouse, imposing brick residence and an infirmary.
Bob Cudmore spoke with Lauren Roberts on July 29, 2018
Podcast posted "Down this Page"
Excerpts are heard from the popular new documentary: Harnessing Nature-Building the Great Sacandaga Lake. One of the producers, Saratoga County historian Lauren Roberts, discusses how the film came to be.
38 at 5AM to embark on the day
Mohawk Valley Weather and News Headlines, Monday, March 21, 2022
Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. West wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. West wind 7 to 14 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with a high near 47. Northwest wind 8 to 15 mph.
Daily Gazette
Following a contentious campaign season, tensions remain on Schenectady City Council
SCHENECTADY — A spate of racist comments made during the public comment period of City Council meetings in recent weeks…
SCHENECTADY — A spate of racist comments made during the public comment period of City Council meetings in recent weeks…
https://dailygazette.com/
Amsterdam Recorder
https://www.recordernews.com/
Leader Herald
https://www.leaderherald.com/
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By Bob Cudmore...this time there was more information
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
The just completed Historians Podcast that will post this 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.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Journalist and history writer Nelson Greene
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
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
Advertising in old Amsterdam
***
...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.
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.
The Saratoga County History Roundtable and Saratoga County History Center will present a program by County Historian Lauren Roberts on the 130-year history of the County Poorhouse.
Saratoga County Poor House
https://brooksidemuseum.networkforgood.com/events/39903-supporting-the-poor-in-saratoga-county
In-person talk
At Brookside Museum: 6 Charlton Street Ballston Spa, NY
518-885-4000
The Poorhouse was established in 1827, when the county purchased land to accommodate an Alms House for "the victims of misfortune." As the county grew, so did the number of people who needed care. The Poor House complex included a large-scale farm, schoolhouse, imposing brick residence and an infirmary.
Bob Cudmore spoke with Lauren Roberts on July 29, 2018
Podcast posted "Down this Page"
Excerpts are heard from the popular new documentary: Harnessing Nature-Building the Great Sacandaga Lake. One of the producers, Saratoga County historian Lauren Roberts, discusses how the film came to be.
38 at 5AM to embark on the day
Mohawk Valley Weather and News Headlines, Monday, March 21, 2022
Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. West wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. West wind 7 to 14 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with a high near 47. Northwest wind 8 to 15 mph.
Daily Gazette
Following a contentious campaign season, tensions remain on Schenectady City Council
SCHENECTADY — A spate of racist comments made during the public comment period of City Council meetings in recent weeks…
SCHENECTADY — A spate of racist comments made during the public comment period of City Council meetings in recent weeks…
https://dailygazette.com/
Amsterdam Recorder
https://www.recordernews.com/
Leader Herald
https://www.leaderherald.com/