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Dec 20, 2024 | 
timesunion.com | C. J. Lais Jr.
100 years agoMemorial Hospital in Albany was the temporary home of a “Christmas foundling,” a baby dressed in expensive clothing that was abandoned in the hallway of 2 Sheridan Ave. by a young couple who were seen driving away in a limousine. A doctor at the hospital said the infant was about 3 weeks old.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
star-telegram.com | C. J. Lais Jr.
100 years agoThe Albany Lodge of Elks received a record number of letters from underprivileged children to pass along to Santa, 600, in case the global gift giver somehow missed them. The total was estimated to top 1,000 by the time Christmas arrived. Each letter, as well as lists of needy children submitted by heads of institutions, principals of schools and other organizations, had to be classified and cross-checked to avoid duplication. John A.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
star-telegram.com | C. J. Lais Jr.
100 years agoAlbany Mayor William S. Hackett entered the debate over whether a married woman should be allowed to teach in the city's schools, coming out in opposition to the actions the night before of the Board of Education, which refused to reinstate Emma McCullom Thomas. The former third-grade teacher at School 14 had been dismissed in late November upon getting married. The board and Superintendent of Schools C.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
star-telegram.com | C. J. Lais Jr.
100 years agoSchenectady police discovered their first new clue in the murder of Vice Squad Captain Albert L. Youmans when they learned a shotgun had recently been repaired in Amsterdam at the request of two men, and those repairs matched those that had been done to the weapon found near the crime scene. It was said that the two men involved were identified and would soon be arrested. This development came at the same time Schenectady County District Attorney Alexander T.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
star-telegram.com | C. J. Lais Jr.
100 years agoSeveral car accidents happened in Glens Falls during a blinding snowstorm over the weekend, but the weather was not the main cause. A cow was. The animal, owned by farmer Arthur Caruso, was struck by a car on the Whitehall-Comstock Highway but not killed outright; it continued to crawl around the road for some time afterward. The next driver attempted to avoid running over the cow once it saw her through the snow and ended up running his car into a ditch, where it overturned.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
timesunion.com | C. J. Lais Jr.
100 years agoSeveral car accidents happened in Glens Falls during a blinding snowstorm over the weekend, but the weather was not the main cause. A cow was. The animal, owned by farmer Arthur Caruso, was struck by a car on the Whitehall-Comstock Highway but not killed outright; it continued to crawl around the road for some time afterward. The next driver attempted to avoid running over the cow once it saw her through the snow and ended up running his car into a ditch, where it overturned.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
star-telegram.com | C. J. Lais Jr.
100 years agoCaptain Albert L. Youmans, head of the Schenectady Police's vice squad, and patrolman John R. Flynn were fired upon by shotgun-armed assassins at the railroad viaduct on Edison Avenue. Youmans, seriously wounded, was believed to be dying at Ellis Hospital. Flynn's injuries were far less serious and he was expected to make a full recovery. Five men were taken into custody in connection with the shooting.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
timesunion.com | C. J. Lais Jr.
100 years agoCaptain Albert L. Youmans, head of the Schenectady Police’s vice squad, and patrolman John R. Flynn were fired upon by shotgun-armed assassins at the railroad viaduct on Edison Avenue. Youmans, seriously wounded, was believed to be dying at Ellis Hospital. Flynn’s injuries were far less serious and he was expected to make a full recovery. Five men were taken into custody in connection with the shooting.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
star-telegram.com | C. J. Lais Jr.
After and amid a life of higher education teaching, broadcast journalism, stage acting, sports and foster parenting four daughters, Tamani Wooley is ready for, as she puts it, "Tamani Wooley's new chapter."Just last week she released "Do You Dare?: The Dare Series, Book One," the first in a four-part steamy romance series that she'll be promoting with two appearances at local bookstores this weekend.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
star-telegram.com | C. J. Lais Jr.
100 years agoThe Right Reverend Richard H. Nelson, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany, voiced an emotional protest against "every form of prejudice and bigotry which hinders a true union of citizens in these United States" during his Thanksgiving Day sermon during a service at All Saints' Cathedral. He continued: "I feel constrained to protest against any and every movement which represents an intention to utilize religious convictions for political ends.
