{"id":31,"date":"2011-10-21T14:14:37","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T18:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/44parkave.com\/holdernewt\/?p=31"},"modified":"2022-03-16T13:56:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T17:56:04","slug":"new-wheels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/44parkave.com\/holdernewt\/2011\/10\/new-wheels\/","title":{"rendered":"New Wheels"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a follow-up to the previous post, here is a selection from The Pine Plains Register of Friday April 11, 1902<\/strong>, a year before the date on the section of quilt. This post started as an attempt to find Ward Bathrick mentioned in the social column of local newspapers and has become a post about getting around in the early 20th century.<\/p>\n

Although\u00a0cars<\/a>\u00a0were just becoming popular in 1902, most folks still used horses to get around or the very popular bicycle,\u00a0I learned something from this paper from 1902; people of that era referred to a bicycle as simply as \u201cwheel<\/a>\u201d. See the entries below for three examples from the same article.<\/p>\n

First, a fun post from a place south and west of our area about someone getting a new car:<\/p>\n

“There were great doings in the village of Walton one day last week. One of its prominent citizens purchased a fifteen hundred dollar horseless carriage in Philadelphia, and after it reached its destination and was unloaded from the cars, because of some defect in the machinery it could not be put in motion and the disappointed owner finally hitched his horses to it and drove to his home. His admiring friends accompanied him with drums, flags, horns, etc., and made the town lively for a while.”<\/p>\n

Elizaville <\/strong>(the bit I had been searching for initially)<\/em><\/p>\n

“Ward Bathrick<\/em> and wife spent Saturday and Sunday with her sister, who is quite ill at Staatsburgh.”<\/p>\n

Jackson Corners<\/strong><\/p>\n

“A few days ago Silas Lawrence lost a bag of corn between Nelson Bathrick\u2019s and Pine Plains. Mr. Lawrence would be greatly pleased if the finder would notify him. His initials were on the bag.<\/p>\n

The boys in this place have been getting their wheels out and are taking some lively spins.<\/p>\n

James R. Wilbur went to Pine Plains one day last week on his wheel.<\/p>\n

Harry H. Bathrick has a new wheel.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Pine Plains Register and countless other newspapers from NY State can be searched and viewed at Old Fulton Post Card<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Click to Enlarge<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>Red Hook children, c. 1890<\/strong>:\u00a0Unknown girl on left, Leland 1874 – 1918 and Minnie Curtis 1880 – 1967 with their cousin Martha Fraleigh b. 1887. This image is part of my collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a follow-up to the previous post, here is a selection from The Pine Plains Register of Friday April 11, …<\/p>\n

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