Saturday, April 20, 2019
Bob Cudmore with the Weekend Update that includes Episode 252
Episode 262-Warren Garling tells how his career as a radio disc jockey began at a young age in his memoir, “I’ll Have to Ask My Mom: A Radio Journey.” Using the on-air name Chris Warren, he is still heard on Capital District radio. https://www.amazon.com/Warren-Garling/e/B07PFYH3B5/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
Saturday, April 20, 2019-Focus on History in the Daily Gazette-A Fonda minister, Washington Frothingham, was a pioneer syndicated newspaper columnist.
A minister who spent most of his 92-year life in the Fonda area was a pioneer syndicated journalist.
The New York Herald interviewed Rev. Washington Frothingham in 1912, two years before his death,
calling him the dean of American journalism. Frothingham began contributing columns on current events to newspapers in New York and other states during the Civil War. He was an advocate for the Union and a supporter of President Abraham Lincoln.
Frothingham used pseudonyms to obscure his identity, although several newspapers over the years did stories “outing” the columnist’s real name. He signed his columns as The Hermit of New York in the Troy Times and New York Herald. He was Macauley in Rochester, the
Rosicrucian in Utica and the Demon of Broadway in Hartford. Over the years his columns were printed by newspapers in Baltimore,
Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston and many other cities. Much of the money he earned from the newspapers he gave to needy people and causes he considered worthwhile. His will provided the funds needed to start the Frothingham Free Library
in Fonda. He paid for a bowling alley and public bath in Fonda and was still swimming there regularly when the Herald interviewed him in 1912. He told the newspaper he did not favor women’s suffrage. He also expressed concern for the younger generation, saying he feared for the future unless young people turned to the Lord, honored the flag and became good citizens. Frothingham was born in 1822 in East Fonda and
died at his home in Fonda in 1914. Frothingham’s family—he was the third of 10 children—moved from Fonda to Johnstown when he was
a young child. His mother was a niece of author Washington Irving and his father was a judge. Young Frothingham studied at Johnstown Academy and wanted to be a writer. To please his father and help the family, at 18 he moved to New York City and worked in a Broadway
store. He secured a better job with wholesale grocer Edwin D. Morgan. Morgan later was elected governor. After working some time
for Morgan, Frothingham and a friend opened their own store. In 1850 at age 28, Frothingham felt called to the ministry. He sold his
share of the business and prepared for the ministry at Princeton, developing skills as a speaker. His first position was at a Presbyterian Church in Guilderland. He opened a Sunday school and preaching station at an Albany machine shop. That effort led to the founding of Albany’s West End Presbyterian Church. In 1861 Frothingham was invited back to Fonda to restore the declining Reformed church. He
succeeded, although his pro-Union and pro-Lincoln political stance ran counter to the secessionist views of some church members.
In 1862 at age 40, Frothingham married Mary Middlemass, a native of Scotland who was a Sunday school teacher. They had no children.
He was called to serve the Tribes Hill Presbyterian Church where he was pastor until 1905. After his wife died, Frothingham in 1900
married a woman who had been his wife’s nurse, Ella Leavitt of Tribes Hill, a school teacher and correspondent for the Recorder.
One source said his first wife’s last words were, “Take care of Ella.” He was author of several books, including histories of Montgomery and Fulton counties. He was friendly with newspapermen and writers, including Horace Greeley and William Cullen Bryant.
Frothingham died October 21, 1914 two weeks after suffering a paralyzing stroke. The funeral was held at Fonda Reformed Church and his body was cremated in Troy. There is a memorial to him in Fonda’s Caughnawaga Cemetery.
The Historians "Go Fund Me" Update, Friday, April 19, 2019
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Amsterdam is looking to give people something to cluck about this weekend through a new citywide event. More than 20 different types of chicken wings will be served up across 17 businesses throughout the city today, Saturday, April 20, 2019 from 1 to 7 p.m. for Amsterdam’s inaugural WingFest. The Amsterdam Tourism, Marketing & Recreation Department will present the new event by John Purcell RecorderNews https://www.recordernews.com/news/local-news/151434
The Historians Podcast is heard Saturday at 8:40 a.m. on WCSS 1490 AM and 106.9 FM in Amsterdam; Sunday at 4:30 p.m. on WBDY (99.5 FM) in Binghamton. RISE, WMHT’s radio service for the blind in Albany and the Hudson Valley, airs each episode Monday at 11:30 a.m. and Wednesday at 11:00 a.m... http://www.wmht.org/radio/rise/historians/
Bob Cudmore’s guest on Talk of the Town tomorrow is Tim Rizzuto, executive director of the World War II era USS Slater destroyer escort, moored in Albany and open as an historical museum. Listen Sunday, April 21, 2019 at 6:30 a.m. on Magic 590 and 100.5 in Albany and on 1410 and 96.9 in Glens Falls. Posted as a podcast hear on The Historians
The Jason Subik Show
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Thursday, April 18, 2019
Monday thru Thursday at 9am Amsterdam Talk and Information on WCSS 106.9FM and 1490AM Posted as a Video Podcast on The Historians Next Live Facebook Feed this Monday, April 22, 2019
The Friends of Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site is set to welcome NYS Canal Corporation Section Supervisor David Lamphere on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. Lamphere will cover how Canal Corp regulates water levels by use of moveable dams, as well as other topics of hydrology and pertaining to operations of the over 100 year old Barge Canal. NYHB https://newyorkhistoryblog.org/2019/04/canal-presentation-at-schoharie-crossing/
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