Looking Backward
The north
10 years ago
March 22, 2000:The pile of brick and rubble in front of H&R Block's Main Street office, Canton, is what remains of a once grand hotel. The Hotel Harrington was torn down in 1958. The remnants of the hotel were shoveled up in recent days during excavation for a new sewage line.
25 years ago
March 22, 1985:Thomas L. Matthews, owner of the Brighton Hotel/Empsall complex, has received a purchase offer on the hotel property. Built as the Roth & Santee Block in 1904, the building, at 122 Court St., is one of the three tallest in the city's downtown, along with the YMCA and the Woolworth Building. The hotel would be either renovated or turned into apartments.
50 years ago
March 22, 1960:The Watertown Council of Churches approved the merger proposed with the Jefferson County Council of Churches by a large majority of the groups represented at the annual meeting of the city unit at the First Baptist Church.
75 years ago
March 22, 1935:The charge of Northern New York dairy leaders that the Democratic administration at Albany has double-crossed dairy farmers by smothering important control legislation apparently has stirred up residents of Northern New York.
100 years ago
March 22, 1910:All available space for the showing of automobile accessories and supplies during the automobile show at the state armory was reserved at a meeting of the Watertown Automobile Dealers & Manufacturers' Association.
125 years ago
March 22, 1885:An assault was made upon H.H. Kellogg by his partner, Henry P. Dutton, at their drugstore on the Square. Mr. Kellogg had agreed to buy out Mr. Dutton's interest, and had the papers in his hand. Disagreement as to terms arose when Mr. Dutton attempted to take the papers by force. A struggle ensued during which Mr. Kellogg was thrown to the floor and seriously injured.
The world
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Today is Monday, March 22,the 81st day of 2010. There are 284 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On March 22, 1765, Britain enacted the Stamp Act of 1765 to raise money from the American colonies. (The Act was repealed the following year.)
Thought for Today:"Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us without words?" — Marcel Marceau, French mime (1923-2007).
