A Look Back, March 21

200 Years Ago

• Power Looms! Congdon, Hayden & Co. would inform those who are interested in manufacturing Broad, Cassimere, Satinett, Flannel or Cotton Cloths, that they have now on hand, and are constantly making, Power Looms at their shop in Williamsburg, on a new and improved plan, which they feel warranted in saying are equaled by none.
• The books of subscription for the stock in the Hampshire and Hampden Canal were opened at Southampton on the 17th inst. for 2,900 shares only, at $100 each share, a sum which it is calculated will cover all the expenses, actual and contingent, of finishing the canal for the use of the public. About 2,000 shares were subscribed.

100 Years Ago

• A snowstorm swept over the Green Mountains of Vermont today as President Coolidge travelled over a treacherous road, part of the way in an open sleigh, from Woodstock to Plymouth to attend the funeral of his father. In the face of the storm, the President and Mrs. Coolidge, accompanied by their son, John, started from the Woodstock Inn, where they had spent the night.
• The county egg-laying contest during February was won by 30 birds owned by George Ritter of Northampton. His flock averaged 19.6 eggs per bird for the month. Philip Ives 22 birds were second with an average of 18.6 eggs.

50 Years Ago

• For more than a decade, Bridgit Moran Cronin quietly worked behind the scenes at St. Michael’s schools, baking special desserts for the staff and students. Tomorrow she will be out of the kitchen, and Bridie Cronin, who has never even been in a parade before, will be leading Northampton s contingent in Holyoke’s St. Patrick s Day celebration.
• Amherst merchants voiced their opposition at the selectmen’s meeting Monday night to a proposal that would turn North Pleasant Street near Triangle Street into a dead end. The proposal is part of the federal and state TOPICS program, intended to improve traffic flow.

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