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Newspaper
Asbury Park Journal
Location
Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1900
Page
13
Local notices advertise limited admission at fifteen cents per line with “Adv” suffix placement at column bottoms. Discounts apply after four weeks. The Journal is a legal newspaper publishing notices by law or option, guiding where notices appear.
Ralph D. Bush will serve as principal of Deal public school. Long Branch's T O Morford is discharged from bankruptcy. City Common Council to request bids for coal supply. Nate Salsbury plans twelve cottages at Long Branch. Ocean Grove board walk revisions open June 9. Oystermen plant Virginia seed oysters. Bass weighing 11 pounds caught at Shark River inlet. Mayor authorized to renew $7500 vote due May 29. New Jersey Medical Society to meet in Atlantic City June 6 week. Zion Church Springwood Ave West Park holds first quarterly meeting June 10. Oakhurst church project moved forward. Mechanics’ Hall hosts religious gatherings. Louis DeCou promoted to Adams Express messenger. First Baptist Church hosts music event with Madame Ogden Crane. Asbury Park High School Alumni banquet set for June 14 at Hotel Brunswick. David C Pinckney Property sale June 9. Cantata May Haven to be sung in Ocean Grove auditorium June 9. Church services at St Andrew’s by the Allenhurst resume June 3. Young People’s Union plans entertainment June 13. Silver offering requested. G A R apportioned seventy-five dollars by city council. Eintracht Singing Society to perform in German at Evangelical Lutheran Church. Judge Kirkpatrick orders bankruptcy case actions for Mrs M E De Soto Longe and Ida B E Hunt. Marriage of William Blake Hall and Anna Tucker to be held June 14 at St Paul’s M E Church Ocean Grove. Lipton loving cup presented in London. Mayor Edwin P Benjamin takes part. Congressman Howell gains two more post offices in district. clerks’ salaries raised by $100 each.
An 19th century style testimonial ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy. It promises a $100 reward for any case not cured and urges readers to send testimonials to J. Cheney & Co. with a Toledo Ohio address and mentions Hall's Pills as the best.
An eye catching vignette details Mr Diffington recalling rag time street musicians polishing his shoes beside a hand organ. The performers synchronized brushing to calliope like melodies The scene unfolds with cartwheel moves amid the street crowd as the organ and horse drawn wagon keep pace.
The article notes many Black residents rising from prior servitude conditions, living above and below Harlem and in Brooklyn suburbs. It highlights groups like the Society of Sons of Virginia in Brooklyn and Sons of the Old North State in Manhattan. It cites about 15 Black medical graduates with diplomas from notable schools including Long Island College Harvard Dartmouth UPenn and Howard.
Edmund Gosse hails the Trinity Milton manuscript as the most precious in English literature. The piece notes that Milton’s own hand preserves the mind’s movements and hesitations during creation, unmatched by other poets. Only some sonnets appear copied by assistants.
An oddly mixed clipping describes an Arizona restaurant bill of fare with lamb chops and milk toast, noting cattle raising in the territory. The piece also catalogs items associated with Queen Victoria, including a bed, chair, footstool, table, carriage, and pictures, in a fragmented list.
The Mirror lists Mrs F E Miller and her son Robert of 119 Bronsway Ocean Grove spending weeks in central Massachusetts. Mrs Joseph Green of Plainfield visits her parents Dr and Mrs Beegla of Main Avenue. Rev John H Andree a German Lutheran minister visits his uncle Fy Andree superintendent of Willard Home West Grove. William Griff Jr of West Wan anissa recovers from illness. James VanBronn is seriously ill at 706 Sewall Avenue. Mrs B H Wyckoff of New Brunswick visits Mrs M A Bodine of Summerfield Avenue. Harry W Schuyler of Philadelphia spends summer at his cottage on Pilgrim Pathway Ocean Grove.
Martino V Dager transfers to cas vasonal Bank of Asbury Park. Lot at Asbury Park valued at 2000. West Asbury Park James E Borfen to Laura J White Lot at Wee be oe Par Elizab Dh MM Halos to William H Giffard Lot at ene Park 912 Ocean Grove Fred C Mintzer to Alfred C Mintzer Lot at Ocean Grove 8100 Haunoch H iil to Joseph G Road Lot at oath n Grove 3000 Wareoe to Janet McNaughton acting Da port SFirot National bank of Asbury Lot at Ocean Grove 1 wept ONE TOWNSHIP Boson A White to Augusta Shafto Lot at Bradley Beach 275 Henry C Winsor treats bo Jry o Stanley Ferguson Lot at Bradley Park 32 Benjamin Alberts v Paynter Lot at Ocean Park 7 Janes H Sexton i 2lla Paynter Lot in Mt ped cem Fount R S Albertson to Ida M Batchelor Lot at Avon 1 WALL TOWNSHIP Tylee L Reynolds to Manasqonn gravel company Piece of property 505 Charles H Clayton to Prod Lee Alger 2 lots at Spring Lake 360 Martin Y Dager to First National Hank of Asbury Park 2 lots at Belmar 1
Ocean Grove organizers plus the Hoard of Trade and Ladies Auxiliary meet Saturday at the Association hall to plan the opening day. Tuesday next is favored as the start with the auditorium open and the cantata May Queen to be performed by the Ocean Grove and Asbury Park Choral Union.
Harry Summerg was elected fire commissioner in Fire District No. 1 on Saturday. The district appropriated 3500 dollars for the fire department. Joseph Taggart was elected fire commissioner in Fire District No. 2, with the annual appropriation fixed at 500 dollars.
Daniel P Drum and John Seeds both of Bradley Beach were disorderly in their hometown Wednesday and paid fines of $3 and costs each to Magistrate Dodd. Joseph Woolley faced a separate charge for assault and battery related to the disturbance. Unfolding events stem from a ruckus involving Drum and Beads and Magee’s theater troupe. Eling E Magee of Red Bank, partner in Magee & Qhayaplin's company, has deserted his wife and two children, reportedly due to a romance with Grace Texola, a company member.
William Rollins reeled a 38.5 pound bass from the ocean near Deal Lake flume. The fish measured 45 inches long and Rollins landed it in about fifteen minutes, a catch he called a record breaker for size.
Rev Howard E Thompson pastor of Emmanuel Church Allegheny City Pa has been called as pastor of St Peter's Episcopal Church Freehold to succeed the late Rev W E Wright Thompson a Jerseyman is quoted as taking the charge and moving to New Jersey style.
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