A Look Back, April 6

200 Years Ago

■Public Notice! Whereas my wife, Eliza-Ann, has left my bed and board, I hereby forbid all persons harboring or trusting her on my account, as I shall pay no debts of her contracting. — Osborne Mowry, Pelham.

■On the 15th of last month, a boat with five men was upset in the Deerfield River, near its junction with the Connecticut, and Mr. Luther Montague of Sunderland, aged 27, was drowned. All efforts to find the body have been unsuccessful, and since it has probably floated down the Connecticut, it would be a great kindness to the afflicted friends, if the body should be hereafter discovered, to have immediate notice given to them.

100 Years Ago

■Ching Ungowoy, who keeps a laundry at 65 Main Street in Easthampton, was found lying in an unconscious condition this morning on the floor of his shop, with a pair of scissors stuck deep into his stomach. It is the opinion of police and hospital officials that the man attempted suicide.

■Miss Dorothy Brennan of Bridge Street entertained a party of 12 of her little friends in honor of her third birthday yesterday. The guests made merry with refreshments and games and left wishing Dorothy many happy returns.

50 Years Ago

■One of downtown’s oldest buildings has changed ownership. William W. Streeter has sold the 140 Main St. block, present ground-floor location of Ryback’s Bakery, to Brinkley Thorne. Thorne, an architect, plans to construct a duplex apartment on the third and fourth floors of the structure. He will locate his offices on the second floor, and the bakery is expected to continue its operations on the ground floor.

■After a year’s struggle to survive at the Home Style Shoppe at 234 Main St., Wendell Stewart Roberts is being squeezed out of business by state bureaucratic delays. The Home Style Shoppe sells kits for making beer and wine at home.