Selected News Items from the Yates County Chronicle (And Chronicle-Express) 1896 Through 1929
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Selected News Items from the Yates County Chronicle (and Chronicle-Express) 1896 through 1929 Selections were made by Paul D. Bullock from 31 years of the newspaper based on family name and topic. Years of the Yates County Chronicle newspaper studied: 1896 through 1899 ... whole year 1900 not available at the History Center 1901 through 1906 . whole year 1907 a few pages in May - most pages in bad shape 1908 through 1919 . whole year 1920 January through May 1921 and 1922 . none 1923 .January through July 1924 through 1928 . whole year 1929 March through December Selection of news items was made to include the family names of Bullock, Rector, Swarthout, Guile, Windnagle, and Finton. Stories about Second Milo, Crosby, basket factories and those of general interest were also included. Click on the year to view the Chronicle news items selected in that year 1896 1908 1919 1897 1909 1920 1898 1910 1923 1899 1911 1924 1901 1912 1925 1902 1913 1926 1903 1914 1927 1904 1915 1928 1905 1916 1929 1906 1917 1907 1918 PDB - April 28, 2014 Yates County Chronicle - 1896 purchased the Briggs property of G. W. Finton and will take possession in March. We January 22, 1896 are pleased to note his prosperity as he is a young man of great energy. He and his Ivory Soap charming wife are to be congratulated on It Floats securing so valuable a property. At all grocery scores two sizes of Ivory soap are sold; one that costs five cents a cake, and Henry Bullock was nominated for Supervisor a larger size. The larger cake is the more on the Republican ticket at the caucus convenient and economical for laundry and Saturday. He has made an excellent record general household use. If your Grocer is out and it is a just recognition of services. We of it, insist on his getting it for you. should like to see him our next assemblyman. The Proctor & Gamble Co., Cin'ti. C. E. Guile is to start a new store. Charlie's A mother with an experience of fifty terms as hosts of friends will undoubtedly give him all a school teacher urges that no child under of their patronage. seven should be sent to a public school. She says she would not have a child of her own in school under ten years of age, nor suffer it to February 12, 1896 receive a diploma of graduation from a high school at seventeen, nor from a university at Herman Bullock has had a sick horse for the twenty-one. Four years later she thinks would past week, but we are glad to hear it is better. be better in either case.Prattsburgh News. Mr. Geo. W. Finton has had to increase the Supervisor Henry Bullock of Barrington has capacity of his grist mill owing to his rapidly the satisfaction of knowing that the tax rate of growing business. George has established a his town is the lowest of any in the county. He great reputation for square dealing and he is has carefully looked after the interests of his reaping his reward. constituents, and the tax payers of that town should remember the fact at the next town CROSBY. meeting.Dundee Observer. Mr. D. C. Ayres, Editor Yates County Chronicle, Sir:I see in your last issue some correspondent says the church is well pleased February 5, 1896 with the way the meeting was conducted on February 1st, which is not correct. He is very Crosby. ignorant or he has become a tool, for someone Much satisfaction is expressed on all sides as who has a grudge against the party accused of to the decision of the members of our church misdemeanor, as the facts are quite a number at the monthly meeting Saturday afternoon. of the members are disgusted with the way it Too much praise cannot be given to Elder was conducted. They say the accused did not Reed for the vigorous manner in which he has have fare play, his rights were denied him, it conducted the investigation and it should be a was a one sided affair, church and warning to other wrong doers who use the neighborhood. Rumor had it that the accused church for a cover. was criminally intimate with a certain young girl. After a number of weeks the church took Warner Windnagle we understand has the matter in hand at a church meeting and Selected News Items from the Yates County Chronicle appointed a committee to investigate the matter. The committee made a thorough BARRINGTON. investigation and brought in their report at the Rep Dem next meeting, as follows: That they found no Supervisor. evidence against the accused, except the Henry Bullock ..151 Louis floating rumor that it all started from a certain Reynolds ... 80 woman whom the accused has discharged Clerk. from his employ a short time before, and she A. J. Sargent....130 Milton said she knew nothing about the matter except Raplee . ... 104 what the girl told her. The committee then Justice of Peace, visited the girl and the girl said it was all Chas. Robinson.159 Nelson false, she never told her any such thing and Sherwood. 7-3 there was no truth in the rumor. The Justice of Peace, Long Term. committee after making their report and C. P. Hall 119 Joseph finding no evidence asked to be discharged, Gibbs...... 116 which the church granted. Then they voted Justice of Peace, Short Term. that the accused was not guilty and to M. J. Howell 145 H. S. exonerate him from implications of guilt as Tupper 87 implied in the report. The position the church Commissioner of Highways. takes is that a person is guilty until they prove Bert Stanhope .. 132 D. O. themselves innocent. The accused was not Able......... 110 given an opportunity to defend himself. Assessor. Simeon Lamphier 152 A. The water in the outlet is now about fifteen Eugene Wortman 74 inches above low water mark. The rains of Overseer of Poor. last week raised the water in the lake eight Geo. W. Beyea 149 Geo. inches. The mills on the outlet are now able to Reynolds, .. 84 run nearly full time with water power saving, Collector. it is estimated, nearly $200 per day. The John Porter 100 David Electric Light plant now runs all night and H. DeLong. 139 with a slight rise in the water of the lake the Constables. new steam engines will not be needed at Ralph Brown 129 David present. H. DeLong. 103 John Commings.. 143 Fred Police Court News. Mattison 86 James Lawton, drunk. Discharged. Byron Shannon... 125 Samuel John Calhoun, assault. 60 days. Thayer.... 114 Thomas Cassidy, drunk. Discharged. Joseph Eaves 142 Wisner Mortmen L. Hollister, drunk. $7 or 30 days. H Half.... 87 Frank Burns, vagrant. 5 days. Harry Deven, Inspector Dist. No. l. vagrant. 5 days. H. C. Ovenshire... 137 James John Brownell, vagrant. Discharged. Dill......... 95 William Lawton, drunk. $7 or 30 days. Daniel Budd 151 Levi Cratsley 79 Inspector Dist No. 2. February 19, 1896 Merton Wixsom... 142 Frank 2 Selected News Items from the Yates County Chronicle Van Gorder 85 behind our sister towns were we not to have Ed. Hallock 145 William Stanton ... this system of delivery. All these arguments 86 look well on paper; but where can any Excise Commissioner. practical benefit come from any such system Daniel Raplee 187 Win. in so small a town. Were we twice our present Emmerson... 101 size, a system of this kind would be quite in Prohibition.Supervisor, Lewis Reynolds, order. But to our mind the only benefit that 85; could be possibly received would be by the Clerk, Milton Rapalee, 25; aged and infirm. Road Commissioner, Dennis Bancroft, 16; We seldom receive something for nothing. Justice, full term, Herman Bullock 27; Were we to get a boon,as this is called, Justice, short term, A C. Bassett, 28; we should have to pay for it, as for anything Overseer of Poor, Geo Reynold, 26; else. Should Uncle Sam spend $1,800 in free Assessor, German Bullock 28; mail delivery in Penn Yan the taxpayers and Collector, Ulysses Spink, 23: patrons would have to foot the bill eventually. Constable, Ulyses Spink, 26; Harmon The hundreds of people that come for their McArthur 23. Eldridge Edwards, 25: mail daily causes a leavening influence upon Inspectors of Election, 1st District, Chas. the stillness of our town, and make many Guile. 24: Fred Grace, 23; purchases that they otherwise would not, 2d District, Jacob Lounsbury, 29: Merton should the mail be delivered at their doors. Wixon, 25; The merchants would receive this benefit, Excise Commissioner, Wm. Emerson,.. more money would be put in circulation, hence greater the prosperity. Should it be An epidemic of mumps has invaded Prof. heralded far and wide that Penn Yan had a Bullocks school. The prof. is Joseph free system of mail delivery, do you think it Bullock. would quicken the pulse in our system of trade? Did expensive notoriety or elegant Byron Reed broke through the ice near the leisure ever benefit a village or a people? trestle at the foot of the lake last Sunday afternoon. He fell head foremost, and was firmly held by the mud. John Carpenter March 11, 1896 quickly procured a row-boat and rescued him from his perilous situation. CROSBY. A red hot fight occurred here Saturday at the Republican caucus. The same old contest was March 4, 1896 up as has been fought over and over - Cornwells friends vs. Lord's friends. It was Free Mail Delivery generally supposed there would be no contest The project of free mail delivery in our but then such reports are often corrected beautiful village, as augured by some of our before caucuses.