Watertown Times, Watertown, NY
April 12, 1892
Albany: The health officer at Bainbridge, Chenango county has notified the state board of health today that a case of small-pox has been discovered there. Precautions will be taken to prevent the spread of the disease.
Buffalo Evening News, Buffalo, NY
April 14, 1892
It is reported to the State Board of Health that there are now several cases of small-pox at Bainbridge, Chenango county.
Stamford Mirror, Stamford, NY
April 19, 1892
Miss May Rhodes, formerly of Afton, but who recently has been conducting a millinery establishment at Bainbridge, returned from New York, and on Sunday evening, April 10, she was taken sick. Her illness quickly developed into a case of malignant small-pox and for a time caused much excitement in the village. The case was quarantined.
Chenango Union, Norwich, NY
April 28, 1892
Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]: Dr. Evans reports his small-pox patient to be doing nicely, and has no doubt about her speedy recovery.
W.B. Matterson, who was in Norwich this week, says that the people of Chenango's metropolis look with eyes askance and awry at any one from Bainbridge, as much as to say "the propriety of our associating with you is rather doubtful." They will get over it soon.
We are informed that in several near by towns notices have been posted warning people to stay away from Bainbridge on account of the small-pox. Such notices have been posted in the post offices at Guilford and East Guilford, signed by health officers, but the fact that people from this village are welcome at either of those places would indicate that it was trade, more than the fear of veriola that induced the posting of these notices. If so, it was for the basest purposes; but we would inform our friends at Guilford that Bainbridge has not been quarantined and that so long as the State Board of Health sees no reason to fear that the disease will spread, they need have no fears of catching it by coming to this village.
Chenango Union, Norwich, NY
May 5, 1892
Bainbridge: Among the many foolish reports that have grown out of the small pox scare is one that a Bainbridge butcher, whose market was in the building where the case originated, when it was ordered to be buried by the board of health, carted it toward Afton, selling it along the way. We have no such men in Bainbridge in the butcher business, and where the story originated we are unable to say. The meat that was in the building at the time was destroyed.
Chenango Union, Norwich, NY
May 19, 1892
Bainbridge: Miss May Rhoads, having been pronounced cured of variola and beyond the power of giving the disease, has been released from quarantine and can be seen upon our streets again, looking like her old self, but somewhat paler.
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