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Subject: [NY-WESTERN] Times Jan 4 1915cont'd
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 20:04:52 -0400


Batavia Times
Jan 4 1915
Batavia NY, Genesee Co., NY

ICE CUTTING ON THE CREEK.
Two of Batavia's ice dealers, Nelson W. CLEVELAND and Benjamin SUTTELL,
who have large ice houses, have begun cutting ice from eleven to twelve
inches thick, and of fine quality. A large force of men are being employed
by both dealers.

DRIFTING SNOW CAUSING TROUBLE.
Huge Drifts in Country are Making Travel Very Difficult.
Batavians awoke the second day of the new year to face the infant stage
of a mid-winter blizzard. A strong northwest wind was driving the snow,
which had fallen during the night, into solid drifts. Snow fell steadily
all the morning, covering the last fall of snow to the depth of an inch or
two on the level and as many feet deep where it drifted. The temperature
was not very low, but the driving wind was bitterly cold and made travel in
the rural districts decidedly uncomfortable. Rural carriers had little
trouble on Saturday in negotiating the roads on their routes, but as the
snow fell steadily all day Saturday and Saturday night, the country roads
were badly drifted on Sunday morning. The snow had fallen so that the
ground was covered to a depth of several inches, while the wind had piled
the snow in huge drifts on the exposed country roads. The storm showed no
signs of abating on Sunday morning.
Owing to the drifted conditions of sidewalks and streets in the city,
Officer GRIFFIS was at work at the telephone at three o'clock Sunday
morning, rousing up the drivers of the city snow-plows. It was planned to
open the walks before daylight in order that less difficulty might be
experienced in clearing them later in the morning. Trains on the New York
Central railroad were running about an hour behind schedule on Saturday
night and Sunday morning. The New York Telephone company did not suffer the
disabling of any of its toll wires owing to the storm and none of the rural
lines in the Batavia exchange was reported out of order. Trouble with the
wires in the vicinity of Darien was reported to the Times by one of its
correspondents on Saturday night.

PERSONAL MENTION.
William S. RYAN, Supt. of Mails in Philadelphia, is spending a short
time in Batavia.
Miss Jessie FURGESON, formerly of Medina, has been visiting Mrs. J.D.
HAMILTON of No. 109 Bank street.
Miss Grace RUPP of New York, is visiting her mother, Mrs. L. RUPP of No.
11 Ellicott avenue.
Miss Viola FARNSWORTH will return to the Fredonia Normal school Tuesday.
Warren BREESE of No. 39 Ellicott avenue will return to Syracuse
University tomorrow morning.
Louis COLLINS of East Main street, will return to Hamilton College
Thursday morning.
Mrs. Patrick DOUGHERTY of Bergen is spending a few days in the city.
Mrs. George AMIDON is spending some time in Pembroke.
Mrs. Edward RUSSELL of West Main street is spending a few days at Olean.
Mr. and Mrs. C.E. BLAIR of No. 35 Washington avenue have returned from a
visit in Rochester.
Miss Hazel BROOKS of Rochester, who has been spending a few days in the
city, has returned.
Mr. and Mrs. P.J. SMITH of Rochester, who have been visiting friends in
Batavia, have returned home.
Bert TAGGERT of Buffalo has been visiting his brother, Fred TAGGERT of
Jackson street.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert RHEINHOLTZ of Mt. Morris are guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles MULLEN of East Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. H.G. JONES of Buffalo, who have been visiting in town have
returned.
Mrs. Emily DAVIS of No. 23 Montclair avenue has returned from a visit
with her daughter, Mrs. Herman WASSINK of Lyndonville.
Mr. and Mrs. William SCHLENKER of Buffalo have been visiting relatives
in town.
Mrs. C. R. GILLETTE and daughter Blanche of South Byron, who have been
guests of Mr. and Mrs. C.O. BLAIR of No. 24 Montclair avenue, have returned.
Miss Mabel PERRIGO of Rochester, who has been the guest of Mrs. George
DELBRIDGE of No. 133 Summit street, has returned.
Mrs. M.B. HUTCHINSON and son, Norwood, of Thomas avenue, who have been
visiting the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. P.B. HODGE of Buffalo have
returned.
Mr. and Mrs. George A. GOULD of No. 20 Thomas avenue attended the
wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln KNAPP of Rochester on New Year's
Day.
Miss Fannie POWERS, who has been spending some time with Mrs. George
DELBRIDGE of No. 133 Summitt street, will leave for Syracuse on Tuesday.
Mrs. Harry BOWEN and daughter Dorothy of Rochester, have been guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. BROADBOOKS of No. 8 South Main street. Mrs. Mary BUSH
and Miss BOVINE and Howard BOWEN of Rochester, are guests of Mr. and Mrs.
BROADBOOKS.

MERE MENTION.
Herman MARSH of the Creek road will move this week to the John BURDETTE
farm in Elba.
Miss Emily HASKELL of Corfu, has accepted a position in W.E. WOODBURY &
Company's store on Jackson street.
S. R. MATTICE has moved from No. 23 Walnut street to over No. 74 Main
street.
A party of young people held a party to watch the New Year in at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. William G. GILMORE of No. 26 Main street.

After suffering from a shock of paralysis, Addison D. HOLDRIDGE died at his
home at No. 10 Spruce street at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Mr. HOLDRIDGE
was 75 years old, and was born in Byron. He had lived in Buffalo.

DECISION HANDED DOWN.
Judge WASHBURN has handed down his decision in which he denies a motion
for a new trial for S. Benedict WHITLOCK of Warsaw, who was tried last July
and found guilty for burning the buildings of the Warsaw Blue Stone Company
of which he was the president, and a creditor February last.

NEW LAW FIRM.
B.J. STEDMAN and Albert J. WATERMAN, two Batavia attorneys, have formed
a partnership for the general practice of law. The new firm name will be
STEDMAN & WATERMAN. Mr. STEDMAN was admitted to the bar in June, 1898, and
Mr. WATERMAN was admitted in December, 1912. Mr. WATERMAN has been
connected with Mr. STEDMAN's office for seven years.

DINNER BY T.A. HART.
A dinner was given on Wednesday at the Hotel Manhattan by Thurman A.
HART, the retiring sheriff, to his deputies who also went out of office with
the expiration of his term. At the dinner Mr. HART made the announcement
that on Monday he would begin his duties as detective on the force of the
New York Central, with headquarters at Tonawanda. Mr. HART's territory will
extend from the Buffalo city line to Niagara Falls. Mr. HART will make
Batavia his home. Mr. HART presented each of his deputies with an umbrella.
Besides the deputies present at the dinner were District-Attorney William H.
COON and Sheriff-elect EDGERTON of Elba.

RECEPTION AT BAPTIST CHURCH.
A reception was tendered Wednesday afternoon and evening at the First
Baptist church by the Rev. and Mrs. Donald B. MacQueen to the members of the
church and the congregation.

HOSE COMPANY'S BANQUET.
At the annual banquet of the Ellicott Hose Company held in its quarters
in the Durham building on Ellicott street Friday evening, about 100 were
present. A roast pig supper was served.

DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP.
Jerome F. and Frank J. DeCOT, who have conducted a merchant tailoring
and furnishing business for the past twenty years in Batavia, have dissolved
partnership, Frank J. DeCOT retiring from the firm. The business will be
continued alone by Jerome F. DeCOT.

INJURED MAN RECOVERING.
Bert C. WILLIAMS, who was injured at the New York Central depot yard on
November 29th, left the Batavia hospital Saturday afternoon, having
practically recovered from the injury.

RESUMPTION OF WORK DEFERRED.
It has been decided not to resume operations in any more of the
departments at the Johnston Harvester plant until after the meeting of the
stockholders on January 5th.

TALE TOLD BY BURNED LETTER.
Don't burn papers in the alleyways back of your store. In particular,
don't burn letters or try to burn letters that ought to be confidential.
Not long ago, there were picked up in one of the public streets in Batavia a
number of letters, which had evidently been through a bonfire, yet were only
burned on the edges. One was signed by a well-known Batavia lawyer and
addressed to a client in one of the larger cities. It ran something like
this:
"In reply to your recent favor, I have tried twice to make a collection
of your claim against Mr. __ but both times, he has been so drunk, that it
was utterly impossible to get any intelligent replies. I am in hopes that
he will get sufficiently sobered up in a short time so that I may have a
conversation with him. I will write you again in a short time and let you
knew what success I am having."

SENTENCED FOR THREE MONTHS.
William REYNOLDS, who was arrested Thursday on complaint of his aunt,
Mrs. Anna MITCHELL, who claimed he struck her, was sentenced to three months
in the Monroe County Penitentiary by Justice CONE.

ARREST OF HORSE THIEF.
Herman STRAIGHT of Medina was arrested Friday afternoon by Deputy
Sheriff COTTINGHAM of Alabama, on charge of stealing a horse belonging to
Jeremiah BEALS of Alabama. STRAIGHT was committed to jail for examination
on Monday.

INDIAN FALLS.
Death of Frank E. REYNOLDS
Indian Falls, Jan. 2--Frank E. REYNOLDS, a well-known resident of this
place, died at his home at five o'clock Wednesday morning after an illness
of about two years. Mr. REYNOLDS was born in Alabama on October 8, 1856 and
married Miss Libbie SWANK Dec. 5, 1888. He had been a resident here for 18
years. Besides his wife he is survived by a daughter, Lilas REYNOLDS; a
brother George REYNOLDS, and two sisters, Mrs. George TIMMERMAN and Mrs.
R.H. SATERLEE of Buffalo. The Rev. E. W. MIDDLETON will officiate, the
funeral being held on Sunday at 11 o'clock from his home. The bearers will
be Ward FRANCIS and Ashley REYNOLDS of Medina, George NORTON, Milton and
Howard REYNOLDS of Buffalo.
Tracy R. PRICE, formerly pastor of the Baptist church here and now a
resident of Niobe, is spending two weeks at Dr. F.E. MARBLE's.
Mr. and Mrs. Claire SAILE adn son of Le Roy are visiting the latter's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles HINT>
Otto COOK has had a new telephone installed.
Edward SIMPSON is visiting in Hughsville, Pa.
Miss Laura KENYON of Corfu has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Fred
SCARABOROUGH.
Russell BASOM has gone to New York to spend the winter.
Mrs. Wilber HINT returned home on Thursday from the Batavia hospital.
Miss Amy LAWRENCE will open her school, Monday morning.

BUSHVILLE.
Bushville, Jan. 2--The Rev. Anna S. LEGGETT will preach as usual at 10:45
a.m. Sunday school at noon. The Young People's meeting will be led by Miss
Edna MYERS and Miss Olive DART at 7:30. Prayer meeting Wednesday night will
be at Mr. and Mrs. John BRIGGS'.
Mrs. Eunice CROSSETT entertained a number of young people on Monday
evening in honor of her grand-daughter, Miss Helen CROSSETT of New York.
Mrs. George BRIGGS has returned from a week's visit in Byron.
Mrs. Ernest ROULING and Mrs. Jennie MORTON of Elba are visiting friends
here.
The school which has been closed for a week will reopen on Monday.
Miss Florence WILCOX of Elba has been visiting Miss LEGGETT.

BIG MID-WINTER SALE.
Will begin Jan. 6 and continue for the next ten days.
Bargains that will surprise you in Ostrich Plums [sic], Flowers and
Fancies--Velvet Hats--93c.
We do not pack away hats. Therefore, Beginning Jan. 6, REMEMBER THE DATE,
we will sell our ENTIRE STOCK, regardless of cost.
DON'T miss this wonderful opportunity--while the prices are in reach of all.
COLE Millinery and NUBONE Corset Parlors
Over 40 Main Street, Batavia, N.Y.

We Wish You a Happy New Year
A Resolution
Use your Christmas gift of money in purchasing
A PAIR OF GLASSES
Care of the Eyes is usually one's last thought, but it should be the first.
This is Your Opportunity.
Two Stores.
E.E. BAUSCH & SON CO.
Opticians--Optometrists,
6 Main St. East and 15 East Ave.
Rochester, N.Y.

submitted by
L.C. Schmidt



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