Here's what life was like in Bovina 100 years ago this month – November 1924
November 7, 1924
• Colin McNaught is having concrete stable put in his barn.
• Rema Hobbie, up-town, will have a furnace oinstalled in his residence.
• Mary Little, of Andes, spent over the week end with her aunt, Mrs. Geo Russell.
• Mrs. Hazel Flynn, of Pepacton, is a guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Aitkens.
• Lauren Dickson, who is in a law office at Saratoga, came home to vote and is remaining for a few days.
• William S. Gordon, who is a student at Pratt’s Institute, Brooklyn, was home from Friday until Tuesday.
• The Margaretville Chorus gave an entertainment here last Friday night under the auspices of Willing Workers.
• Mrs. and Mrs. Wilbur Archibald motored to Ithaca last Friday and on Saturday attended a football game there.
• Miss Elizabeth Jay, of Jefferson, Iowa, visiting in town. Her maiden name was Downie and she left Bovina 48 years ago.
• The Woman’s Missionary Society served an India tea at the home of Rev and Mrs. F.N. Crawford on Tuesday afternoon. The sun of $20 was realized.
• Rev. Boyd White, of Walton, preached in the Church of the Covenanters last Sabbath, exchanging pulpits with the pastor, Rev. A.M. Thomson.
• The operation of Mrs. D.C. Worden at Delhi last Thursday morning for the removal of a goitre was a success, and she expects to be able to come home in a short time.
• Mrs. James Burnett, of Syracuse, who will be remembered as Bell Thomson, is in the hospital at Oneonta. She was taken ill while on a visit with relatives at South Kortright, and was taken to the hospital.
Bovina Team Located - Horses of Fritz Burger Found at Gilboa by State Troopers
Some three weeks ago Ed York, who had hired to work for Fritz Burger on the Armstrong farm in Bovina, hitched Mr. Burger’s heavy black team to a rubber tire wagon and stated that he was going to Harpersfield after his wife. He failed to reach his destination and there was no trace of him. After a few days the case was put in the hands of the state troopers and this week the team and outfit(?) was located at Gilboa, where the team had been sold for about $200. No trace of the man has been found.
November 14, 1924
• Ed Henderson is spending the week in New York City.
• Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Archibald, of Franklin, are visiting relatives in town.
• Supervisor Wallace B. Smith is in Delhi attending the sessions of the board.
• Arthur Coulter, son of Frank A. Coulter, has been compelled to quit school on account of illness.
• Mrs. James Lunn, of Lake Delaware and grandson, Frank Hoag, are visiting her son, John Lunn, at Ithaca.
• Frank Kaufman, of Kingston, is a guest of his sisters, Mrs. Dixon Thomson, and Mrs. William Armstrong.
• Mrs. Charles Hafele and Mrs. Alex Jardine are visiting Dr. Jardine Hafele son of the first named, at Dutton, Canada.
• Cows brought low prices Wednesday at A.W. Baker’s auction, on the Fred Johnson farm. Mr. Baker and family expect to spend the winter in Florida, going by auto.
• Friends and neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Burgin, to the number of about 70, made them a surprise visit on Monday evening, November 10 on their 15th anniversary of their marriage.
Was Native of Bovina – from our Bovina correspondent
Mrs. James Burnett, formerly of Bovina, died in the Oneonta hospital Friday morning, November 7, from a cancer. Her maiden name was Bell Thomson, being a daughter of the late David Low Thomson. Her age was about 62 years. Burial was at Delhi.
Bovina Farmer Shoots Self – James Monroe Committed Suicide on Monday in Bedroom of home
James Monroe, a farmer living on the former James Russell place a short distance above the Butt End in upper Bovina, committed suicide about noon on Monday, November 10, by shooting himself through the head with a rifle.
Mr. Monroe had been putting concrete floor in the basement of his barn and was being assisted by his son, Henry Monroe. He had appeared to worry over the matter. Another thing that seemed to have a depressing effect and weigh on his mind was taxes. He had paid his school tax and had expressed a fear that he would not have money enough to pay his town taxes.
After finishing his dinner Monday he went to his bedroom on the ground floor. Soon afterwards the report of a gun was heard. The family rushed to the room and found Mr. Monroe lying apparently dead. He had raised the window and set the gun with the butt on the ground and placing the muzzle against his head had fired it by means of a stick pressed agains the trigger. The bullet entered the left side of his head near the eye but was not instantly fatal, and he did not die until 5 o’clock that afternoon. He never regained consciousness.
Deceased was about 59 years of age and his early life was spent with the “Stone House” Thomson’s. He was twice married, his first wife being a Coulter. By this union four children survive, viz: Henry, in Bovina; James Wilson, in Schenectady; Martena in Delhi, and Mrs. Lou Joslin in Bovina. A few years ago he married Mrs. Yager of Catskill.
November 21, 1924
• William S. Redmond was a Stamford caller Monday.
• Mr. and Mrs. James Mabon were at Andes on Thursday.
• Mrs. Alex Hilson and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Russell moved into their new houses Tuesday.
• Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hoy and children, of Frasers, visited his parents here Wednesday.
• Mr. and Mrs. Slan Archibald spent over the week end with his son, Russell Archibald, at Delhi.
• Misses Mary Keeley and Alice Frayer, of Delhi, spent Saturday as the guests of Margaret Gordon.
• Mrs. D.C. Worden, who recently underwent an operation at Delhi for goiter, returned home last Wednesday.
• The Whitcomb Circle held an oyster supper in the U.P. church parlor last Friday night and the receipts were $40.
• A number of the entertainment course was held Tuesday evening. The entertainer was Miss Plume McIntosh.
• Miss Louise Dennis, who is with her brother, John P. Dennis, in Virginia, was given a postal shower on her 80th birthday, which was November 16.
• Courtney Currie, who a few weeks ago had an operation for appendicitis, was out for the first Wednesday. He was given a post card shower November 14, on his 18th birthday.
Dr. Thomson Coming to Bovina
Dr. William Thomson, who recently located at Delhi, has leased a room in the former John Hastings house and commencing December 1, will be in Bovina Center one day in each week.
Bovina Woman Injured
Mrs. George Decker fell Friday evening while going to Alex Myers’ who lives across the street, and had the misfortune to dislocated her hip. Dr. Goodrich is in charge of the case and Mrs. Lucy Coulter is the nurse.
Ministers Meet in Bovina
The Catskill Mountain Clerical Association held their November meeting in the U.P. church on Monday. Only seven out-of-town ministers were present. Rev. W.C. Robinson, of Delhi, conducted the question box. Other speakers were Rev North of Walton, and Rev. R.L. Mauterstock, of Pine Hill.
Bovina’s Tax Budget
The Delaware County Supervisors have ordered the following sums levied against the taxable property of the town of Bovina;-
Town audits……………$1,400.56
Cert of Indebtedness No. 4……..1,100.00
Interest on same……66.00
Cert. of Ind. No. 6 and Int…..836.00
Library fund………..100.00
The sum of $105 was levied against the taxable property of the Bovina Center Fire District
November 28, 1924
• Students are home for the Thanksgiving vacation.
• Union Thanksgiving services were held in the U.P. church.
• Rev. F.N. Crawford was at South Kortright on Wednesday attending an installation.
• The thank offering of the various missionary societies of the United Presbyterian church amounted to $540 this year.
• Edward Charles Parsons, of Bovina, and Miss Esther Agnes Tweedie, of Walton, were married by Rev. F.C. Davidson, November 17.
• The case of Edward Lifgren, which came up Justice T.C. Strangeway’s court Monday, was adjourned to Friday. Young Lifgren is charged with maltreating a five months calf by pounding it with stones and it died later. Lifgren is said to have been angry because the calf is alleged to strayed onto his father’s lawn from farm of Mr. Hadley across the road on the former Andrew Thomson farm.
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