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Post by jon on Jul 26, 2010 12:35:47 GMT -5
Mamie caught sight of the frizzed hair. The extra twist and the little "love snatchers," which are so often worn to ensnare the unwary and innocent youths. She evidently feared that Carrie's charms would be irresistible for the too susceptible Hart. She saw the banged hair and thought that a little more banging would do no harm and she took the courage to do it. Just what occurred does not appear but when the operation was finished, not only Carrie's hair but her entire head was banged and her face was decorated with numerous scratches, love tokens of her friend Mamie. Carrie alleges that Hart showed his constancy to his first love by holding her down, while Mamie went through with the tapping process. Mamie Welch, Angela Gray and Hart Miller were therefore arrested on a warrant for assault and battery and then tried yesterday. The audience was large and consisted chiefly of colored persons, the court room becoming so dark that it was found almost necessary to bring in candles. After hearing half of the residents of Post Avenue on one side on the other half on the other, the city judge sentenced Mamie Welch to pay a fine of twenty dollars or be committed fifty-nine days, and discharged the others. Mamie paid fifteen dollars.
UTICA MORNING HERALD - MARCH 13, 1883
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Post by jon on Jul 26, 2010 15:24:46 GMT -5
CHARLES TUNER'S CASE
Small-pox patient Turner, his wife and an elderly woman named Smith, all of which were in Turner's apartment at No. 18 Post Avenue, were taken to the Ravine Hospital in the sanitary cab used for the first time, and driven by Floyd F. Peresette. Dr. Wetmore and the two women will remain at the Hospital and care for Turner, whose case is said be a mild one. Drs. Stephens. Fuller and M. J. Davis presently vaccinated some seventy residents of the Avenue, old and young. The house on the Avenue vacated has been fumigated and disinfected and other places on the thoroughfare are being placed in as good a sanitary condition as possible. Quarantine is kept up on the street.
UTICA OBSERVER - MAY 14, 1894
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Post by Dave on Jul 26, 2010 18:41:52 GMT -5
The Ravine Hospital. Do you suppose that is where Utica General Hospital was or later was?  |
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Post by jon on Jul 26, 2010 23:06:03 GMT -5
THE MERRY SEVEN
Last evening the first annual social of the Merry Seven was held at No. 17 Post Avenue. which was largely attempted by the elite of the colored society of Utica and vicinity. The Merry Seven comprises Samuel Freeman, Theodore T. Baker, William A, Wormworth, Ashley Dale, James Pell, and as hosts they proved a success. The ball room, which was able to accommodate the dancers, was decorated tastefully with Chinese lanterns, fans and parasols,and the crash on the floor looked tempting to devotees of Terpsichore. In one corner a large punch bowl exhaled spicy odors, while the orchestra, J. C. Pell, J. Pell, T. Pell, W. Wormworth and D. Mass, furnished music which set feet to tingling and blood to coursing more rapidly. Among the guests from out of town Auburn, Oneida, Syracuse and Washington were represented. The programs of dances was carefully arranged and was thoroughly enjoyable.
The supper was a fine one and reflected credit on the Merry Seven. The social far surpassed any heretofore held on the Avenue, and will not soon be forgotten by those who were fortunate enough to be among the honored invited guests.
UTICA OBSERVER - MARCH 17, 1888
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Post by jon on Jul 27, 2010 0:10:44 GMT -5
HENRY
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Justice Jones' Justice
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Utica has a Board of Charities. The Board has won public commendation for its administration of affairs from people of all classes. The latest move of the Board was to bring
A SUIT
against Charles Henry, who keeps a saloon at 45 Charlotte street. The saloon has not borne the best reputation, as saloon reputations go, and has not ranked among the
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Post by jon on Jul 27, 2010 0:11:26 GMT -5
GILDED PALACES OF VICE
which are supposed to adorn every city the size of Utica. In fact, many complaints have been made against it as a nuisance - When the Board of Charities moved it was as against a nuisance. A nuisance may be indicted; the person maintaining a nuisance may be compelled to abate it. The suit was brought before Justice Jones, of this city,and Henry was duly cited to appear and answer the charge against his place. This morning he did appear in Justice Jones' office. The suit was
PUT OVER
conditionally of course. There was a bargain made. Henry was to stop selling liquor. No more liquor, no more suits. If Henry should resume selling liquor, the Board would resume the suits. The arrangement seemed satisfactory to all parties, and there is now prospect of one less "place" in the vicinity of Post Avenue. Whereat there will be rejoicing in sundry respectable homes which are situated in that neighborhood. The prosecution was represented by E. J. Stoddard, and he affirms that the suit will be carried on vigorously if Henry does not fulfill his part of the contract.
UTICA DAILY OBSERVER - 1874
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Post by Dave on Jul 27, 2010 6:24:37 GMT -5
CHARLES TUNER'S CASESmall-pox patient Turner, his wife and an elderly woman named Smith, all of which were in Turner's apartment at No. 18 Post Avenue, were taken to the Ravine Hospital in the sanitary cab used for the first time, and driven by Floyd F. Peresette. Dr. Wetmore and the two women will remain at the Hospital and care for Turner, whose case is said be a mild one. Drs. Stephens. Fuller and M. J. Davis presently vaccinated some seventy residents of the Avenue, old and young. That must be somewhere near the total population of the neighborhood, unless there were many who didn't want to be vaccinated. Let's say the Post Street population was under a hundred. Interestingly, when I count up the population in my block on Taylor Ave. mentioned in a previous post, I get 72. |
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Post by jon on Jul 27, 2010 16:23:19 GMT -5
POLICE BUSINESS
Tony Brook, half white, Sarah Hardin and Bill Bacon, colored, three sweet scented sunflowers from Post Avenue. were locked up last night for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Sentences suspended to-day.
Two or three young men were arrested, charged with tipping over the show case in front of Smith's photographic gallery, in the Marble Block, at 2 A. M. to-day. They denied the charge. The case, valued at $100, with a large number of pictures, was smashed to pieces. There are over a hundred ways for having fun by night or day without smashing other people's property. The young men will probably be called upon to pay for the damage incurred, if the foolish trick was their work..
UTICA DAILY OBSERVER - 1872
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Post by Dave on Jul 27, 2010 17:23:18 GMT -5
Dave: that is fantastic. thanks so much for posting this. This part of Utica's history has been pretty much forgotten, bulldozed into the past. A while back I e mailed you a list of all the "Colored Folks" in Utica in 1865. If you don't have it, I have it on my desktop and can e it to you again. The list would be a nice companion piece for this research. I have some more info which I will follow up with as soon as I can. I think this area was also called "Little Hayti:, though I not 100% sure. I know that Mother Lavender resided there as well as on Elizabeth Street. Sorry, I was reviewing the thread, came across the above post and realized I had never posted the list. Here it is. (Just a note: I think each entry represents a household or independent renter and or boarder, and I believe they had to be employed or in business. And this list is for 1854, before a more massive migration of blacks from the south. Even a small (for the time) family of 4 in a household would produce 60 people from 15 entries, my best guess. As mentioned above, the population of the Post St. was probably greater than 60.) bds=boards (or rents) People of Color in Utica, New York
1854 City Directory www.afrigeneas.com/library/utica-poc-1854.htmlTranscribed by Jennifer Godwin, homepages.rootsweb.com/~godwin/, March 2000. ________________________________________ There were 26 residents of Utica listed in the 1854 city directory as "colored." People of color made up about .0004% of those listed in the 1854 directory. About two-thirds, or 15, of those 26 colored residents lived on Post street. Occupations held by people of color in Utica in 1854 included laborer, whitewasher, hair dresser, laundress, dyer, cordwainer, waiter, cook and barber. Source: The Utica City Directory for 1854--'55., Utica, New York: Published by S. A. & W. E. Richards, 1854. Contains about 5850 names. Utica is located in Oneida County, New York. Anthony, James, hair dresser, bds 5 Post Fountain, Rev. James, cordwainer, 7 Post Freeman, Peter A., laborer, h 12 Post Freeman, Peter, hair dresser, bds. Wm. Freeman's Gifford, Henry, cook, h w s West, 1 n Leah Harrison, Henry, laborer, h 6 Post Henry, William, laborer, h 28 Canal Jackson, Caesar, h 5 Post Jackson, Susan, h n s Jay, 1 e Mohawk Johnson, Edward, waiter Central Hotel, h 5 Post Johnson, William, restaurant 5 Packet Dock, bds same Kingsley, Francis, whitewasher, bds 10 Post Lippin, Francis C., barber, Devereux Block, h Columbia Livingston, James, cook, h s s Lansing, 9 e Mohawk Miller, Sarah, widow, laundress, h e s Steuben, 4 s Eagle Morrison, Henry, whitewasher, bds 1 Packet Dock Mundy, Abram, laborer, h 6 Post Peterson, Maria, widow of John, laundress, h 16 Post Prince, Mrs. Nancy, laundress, h 4 Burnet Robbins, Charles, whitewasher, h 14 Post Smith, William, laborer, h rear 10 Post Thompson, Mrs. Catharine, h 21 Post Titus, Charles, laborer, h 6 Post Tredwell, Timothy, dyer, h 86 Bleecker Wells, Martin, laborer, h n s Post, 4 e Charlotte Whitaker, Nancy, widow of John, h 5 Post |
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Post by jon on Jul 27, 2010 18:44:46 GMT -5
RECORDER'S COURT
John Thalen, the irrepressible Prussian who was tried yesterday for violating several ordinances, was not locked up long enough to quiet him. On his second appearance before the Recorder in the afternoon he behaved so improperly that he was fined $10 for contempt of court and $30 for violation of the ordinances. In default of this amount Thalen will relate his late experiences in Prussia to select audiences on Mohawk street for fifty days.
A poor unfortunate imbiber of tangle-foot had an attack of trembles at the Station House last evening. In imagination he drew enough wire from his pockets to rebuild the Western Union Telegraph Company's lines in the State. He was taken to the hospital.
Wm. Ryan, canal station keeper at Schenectady, came to the city with a drove of horses and fell into bad company on Post Avenue.- Thomas Boyee, a colored barber, and himself got into some difficulty, and in the melee Ryan pulled a revolver on Buyee, who had him arrested. Ryan gave bail to appear when called for.
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Post by jon on Jul 27, 2010 18:46:59 GMT -5
E. Hirrchings, proprietor of a canal grocery near Rome, gave bail to answer the charge of purchasing quantities of grain, flour, feed &c., from the canal boat F. E. Barnes, knowing the same to have been stolen.
Patrick O'Neil, drunk, awaiting trial.
John Mulaney, charged with wife beating. trial hereafter.
The saw stolen on Tuesday evening from the Mt. Upton gentleman on the corner of John and Catherine streets has been recovered by the police. The young thief is still at large Mrs. Shehan and Mrs. Sullivan, two Grecian ladies, were exchanging compliments over the Recorder's desk this morning. Their opinion of each other corresponds closely. The Recorder will sift their affair this afternoon, and try to make them better friends.
Michael Hail, a little imitation of a man, is charged with beating his wife. We did not see his better half, but we would not give much for her, if she cannot handle such a small specimen of humanity as Michael.
UTICA DAILY OBSERVER - DECEMBER 8, 1870
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Post by Dave on Jul 27, 2010 19:19:22 GMT -5
RECORDER'S COURTJohn Thalen, the irrepressible Prussian who was tried yesterday for violating several ordinances.........., A poor unfortunate imbiber of tangle-foot had an attack of trembles at the Station House last evening. In imagination he drew enough wire from his pockets to rebuild the Western Union Telegraph Company's lines in the State. He was taken to the hospital. Wm. Ryan, canal station keeper at Schenectady, came to the city with a drove of horses and fell into bad company on Post Avenue.- Thomas Boyee, a colored barber, and himself got into some difficulty, and in the melee Ryan pulled a revolver on Buyee, who had him arrested. Ryan gave bail to appear when called for. San Diego's most famous Madam was Ida Bailey who came to San Diego with the boomers of the Eighties. In 1887 the San Diego Sun reported that Ida Bailey and two other women had been arrested for the unlicensed selling of tanglefoot (booze). The San Diego Directory for 1889 lists Ida Bailey as residing at 253 Sixth Street, and a Mrs. W. E. Castle as "inmate of Ida Bailey's." By 1903 Ida Bailey had moved farther uptown to Canary Cottage, the most respectable of all parlor houses within the Stingaree. Located on the west side of Fourth, between Market and Island, it is described as being one-and-a-half stories, set well back on the lot, with a picket fence at the front. It was painted a faded yellow, hence its name. Two rubber trees close to the windows made a convenient exit in the event of a raid. Unfortunately, no photograph of Canary Cottage is known to exist. In the daytime, Ida Bailey's was a favorite haunt for the neighborhood children. She loved children and always. kept a supply of candy on hand for them. She often engaged a barouche from the Diamond Carriage Company, with Dad Shigley as the driver, and she and some of her most attractive girls would drive about town for an airing (an excellent means of advertising).7 Alice Rainford, whose florist shop was at Fourth and C, recalled that Ida Bailey and her girls often stopped at her shop to buy flowers to carry with them on their jaunts about town. Ida Bailey's, like the better parlor houses, was run most decorously. Only the best of food and drink was served. Her girls were all well-dressed, used only light makeup, and were not allowed to smoke. Naturally, charges were higher than those in the lesser houses. The patrons were all "gentlemen" and expected to act the part. If any customer did or said anything out of line, he was asked to leave. A bouncer made sure he did so. Her patrons included many from the "best society," well-known business and professional men, and political office-holders. The Canary Cottage was seldom raided, and then only for "window dressing," after an advance warning. Once, by mistake, a warning was not given. and several prominent citizens had to make their getaway down the rubber trees and over the back fence.8 After Ida Bailey retired, the cottage was occupied by a woman and her two attractive daughters. Ida Bailey later lived for years near Second and G, not far from the Police Station. She was a familiar sight, an old lady shuffling down the street, who was pointed out to the uninitiated as San Diego's famous former Madam. During her last years she lived in destitution. At Christmas, when baskets of food for the needy were given to firemen to distribute. they always made sure Ida Bailey received an especially well-filled one. www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/74spring/stingaree.htm |
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Post by jon on Jul 27, 2010 22:35:11 GMT -5
The Ravine Hospital. Do you suppose that is where Utica General Hospital was or later was? I haven't found where the Ravine Hospital was located yet but it was not The contagious diseases were taken to General and then Ravine was built for just that purpose of contagious diseases. The articles I found so far surmise that everybody knew where the Ravine Hospital was located. |
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Post by jon on Jul 27, 2010 23:08:57 GMT -5
COLORED GIANTS ORGANIZE
The Cuban Colored Giant's base ball team has been organized for the season of 1911. The team is made up of the best colored base ball material in the State. They have fourteen colored players and will play any colored or white team in the state. They will have new uniforms this season and a dance will be given the 29th of May to help pay for the uniforms. Send all challenges to Charles W. Titus,
manager, Pell's cafe, 18 Post Avenue.
UTICA HERALD DISPATCH - MAY 4, 1911
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Post by jon on Jul 28, 2010 1:47:27 GMT -5
CONDITIONS AT THE
RAVINE HOSPITAL
Now that a special committee has been appointed to investigate the sanitary condition of the Ravine Hospital, formally known as the pest house, it is to be hoped that it will thoroughly inquire into this matter. The charge that the building is not connected with a sewer and drains into a cesspool is enough to cause apprehension in that part of the city where the hospital is located. The lack of bathing accommodations is something that should be something that should be remedied at once. Nowadays a bath room is thought to be a necessity in every house, and it should be considered abundantly essential in a building where those stricken with contagious diseases are isolated. The patients at the pest house are placed there, most of them against their will, by the city authorities, and during detention the city is morally bound to furnish reasonably decent surroundings to the unfortunates confined there.
Sunday Journal - FEBRUARY 10, 1901
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