Infant found dead on dump heap near Asbury Park
The body of a newborn white male infant was discovered yesterday on a dump heap about a mile west of Asbury Park. Italian junkman Joseph Robino found the infant wrapped in a striped shirt, placed in a tin dishpan, and notified authorities. Coroner Flock and Dr. J T Rose ruled death at birth. body removed to Sexton’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
Joseph Robino
Shakespeare Road
Corlies, Avenue
Springwood Avenine
West Park
James Bowles
Bowles
Gravatt
Hammel
White
Hubbert
Hammwell
Flock
Long Branch
Sexton
J.T. Rose
Sima Held on Two Charges After Robbery Attempt
Alfred Sima was taken to Freehold in default of 400 bail on two charges assault and battery on Ellwood Meyers and robbery of John H. Sparling. Sparling pursued Sima to Kate Bundy's Atkins avenue home, where Sima attacked him in the yard and fled with a silver watch purse and pocket knife. Sima faced magistrates, held to await the next grand jury with 200 bail on each count. He was also bound over for use of revolver threats against Meyers.
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Alfred Sima
Freehold
Ellwood Meyers
John H. Sparling
Sparling
Kate Bundy
Atkins Avenue
Sims
Dodd
Meyers
Crosa
L. C. Hubbert
Charlif Davis
Asbury Park Reports Low Death Rate in 1900
The 1900 vital statistics for Asbury Park show 39 marriages 32 births and 58 deaths. Laws require death records before burial certificates and births must be recorded by physicians within 30 days. The death rate is low despite peak populations reaching about 80 000 during three months of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
Stout Dying in Georgia Fever Case At Tala poo a
Joseph C. W. Stout of Loch Arbour lies critically ill with fever at Tala pooa Georgia. His condition worsened recently prompting a telegram to his mother Mrs. Stout and to his brother Wesley B. Stout the lawyer.
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Joseph C. W. Stout
Loch “Arbour
Talapoo A
Wesley B. Stout
Strickland Funeral Tomorrow in Ocean Grove
The funeral of William A. Strickland who died on Wednesday will be held tomorrow at 1 o'clock from his residence 69 Delaware Avenue Ocean Grove. Rev William Franklin will officiate. For rent cheap for winter to good parties immediate possession 6 room house Crookies houses 608 Main Street Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Strickland
Delaware Avenue
Océan Grove
William Franklin
Crookie
Main Street
Life Insurance Rebates Bill May Spark Rate War
Assembly 36 introduced by Mr. Williams of Essex proposed repealing a law against rebates and discrimination in issuing policies. It aimed to curb new insurer entry by offering better inducements, risking a rate war as large firms threaten to crush smaller rivals. The bill, tied to the Eisele paid up policy act, faced repeal hopes and possible shifts in the insurance market.
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Assembly
Williama
Essex
Tfe
Eisele
New Jersey Sees Decline in Baby Births Across State
The State Board of Health began tabulating births for 1900 and reports a statewide drop close to 20 percent with northern towns like Hoboken recording the sharpest declines. Asbury Park remains stable, while officials cite lax birth recording as a likely cause of the apparent decrease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
State Board of Health
Henry Mitchell
Asbury Park
State Board’ of ‘Health
Hoboken
Mitchell
Raccoon Supper Prank Ends With Cat Reveal
Perth Amboy Alderman August Kroeger invited colleagues to a raccoon supper but served a cat instead. The prank followed a prior goat meat misdirection at Hartmann's Hotel years earlier. Kroeger aims to erase a council grudge through the joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Kroeger
Perth Amboy
Packer House
Kroeger
Hartmann’s
German Singing Society
South Amboy
Howell Accepts Legislature On Jersey Redistrict Plan
Representative Benjamin F. Howell writes that whatever the New Jersey Legislature does under the Burleigh bill will be satisfactory to him. Dr. George B. Herbert, Dental Surgeon, A.P. & Q. Bank Building, office hours 9 am to 5 pm. An $8 overcoat for $8.75 advertised at Surprise Clothing Store, 614 Cookman Avenue. Adv 21-8. Everybody: tilde the Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin F. Howell
New Jersey
Jersey
George B. Herbert
A.P.& Q. G. Bank
Surprise Clothing
Cookman. Avenue
Proposed Rival for Railroads
Wall street capitalists form a syndicate to build a trolley line from Atlantic Highlands to Long Branch with steamship connections to New York. The plan promises cheaper fares, cuts travel time from 1 hour 45 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes, and could bypass the Central's route to Long Branch with a new dock at Atlantic Highlands near the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jersey Shore
Wall Street
Point Pleasant
Atlantic Highlands
Central
Monmouth
Sandy Hook
Long Branch
Secret societies meet and Red Men plan big Trenton event
The article lists meetings of Asbury Council, Monmouth Lodge, Simonides Court, Receiver Clark’s claims totaling 774874 with total debts over 800000, creditors likely to receive 8 cents on the dollar. A Red Men demonstration in Trenton is set for Wednesday with a bangnéti and adoption degree roetus, plus a state-wide membership gain of 1650.
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Asbury Council
Appleby Building
Monmouth Lodge
Saleh of Pythias
Winckler’s, Hall
Simonides Court
Tribe of Ben Hur
Manning Building
Clark
The
Chosen Friends
New Jersey
Trenton
Turner Hall
Assanpink
Tallytown
William Newcorn
Plainfield
Brat Cacem
Red Men of
Order of United American Mechanics
New York
Grand Lodge of New Jersey
Edward VII
England
Joseph E. Moore
Jersey City
W. Holt “Apgar
John H. Watkins
Newark
Benjamin F Wakefield
Passaic
Charles Bechtel
Thoms H.R. Redway
William D. Ruton
Otis A
Asbury Park
Lawyer Moyer Ruins Merchants In Asbury Park Debts
Asbury Park merchants mourn the sudden departure of J Maxwell Moyer who left town with unpaid debts nearing a thousand dollars. Victims include J F Seger Strickland Bros G P Farmer Coal and Supply Co George W Potts J N Shurz and William Swartz. Moyer claimed to be a Philadelphia lawyer and wife Mrs Mintzer now in Philadelphia.
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Asbury Park
J. Maxwell Moyer
Moyer
J. F. Seger
Strickland Bros
G. P. Farmer, Coal and Supply Company
George W. Potts
J. N. Shurz
William Swartz
Philadelphia
Emory Street
Mintzer
Alfred
Abbott Avenue
Ocean Grove
New York
Littlestown
Mra. Moyer
Mr. Seger
William Schwartz
J.n.shurz
Strickland Brog
G. P. Farmer Coal and Supply Company
Nassau Street
Thomas Winckler
Mattison Avenue
Meyer
New Banks Organized Across Towns in 1899
List of nine newly organized national banks with capitals ranging from 25 000 to 100 000 and a total aggregate capital of 410 000. Locations include Lakewood Rahway High Bridge Belmar Penns Grove Ocean Grove Carlstadt Philipsburg Blairstown. Also mentions a clearing sale at Surprise Clothing 614 Cookman avenue and Monogram Stationery offers engraving and stamping services in Asbury Park.
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First National Bank of Lakewood
Capital
Rahway National Bank
First National Bank of
High Bridge
First National Bank of Belmar
Penn’s Grove National Bank
Ocean Grove National Bank
Carlstadt National Bank
Second
National Bank of Philipsburg
Blairstown
Family Seeks Six Or Seven Room Ocean Grove Home
A small family desires to rent a six or seven room house in Ocean Grove for the year with moderate rent. They provide an address in Asbury Park area and request particulars on location and arrangements.
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Ocean Grove
Sawei
Asbury Park
NiJicAdy
Best groceries at fair prices and honest weight
The passage asks where to buy the best groceries and goods with honest weight and fair dealing at low prices. It answers by urging readers to seek the best goods, honest weight, fair dealing, and the lowest prices consistent with quality, with a stop and look/read directive.
Bargain Grocery Ledger of Flour and Dry Goods
A dense list of grocery prices including Great 4x Supreme Flour at 4.69 per barrel, Noble’s Best Flour 3.99, Star Flour 4.49, various sack sizes and weights, plus prices for raisins coffee sugar butter tea and canned goods. Includes pains to note multiple brands, half barrel sacks, and per unit costs across dozens of items.
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Noble
California
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Beringer
Journal
Pou
Philip Aronstom
Cookman Avenue
M. L. Weinstein
Wight
Shelby
Mammoth
William Giffard
van Sant
Mattison
and Bond
Alfred Sims
Strickland
Coon
Cat
Alderman
Trick
Howell
Tilde the
Jounwat
Syndicate
Trofley
Hook
House
Bond St
Asbury Park, N. J
J. J. Parker Co
J.J. Parker CO
Mr. E. Teitelbaut
P. C. Bradley Beach
Peter Bath
First Avenue
Rock Bottomagh
McCabe's
Lake Avenue 1
Addi Meats
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