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Newspaper
Asbury Park Journal
Location
Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1900
Page
13
Local notices appear at fifteen cents per line with “Adv.” at the end. If continued four weeks or longer, a five percent discount applies. The Journal is the proper legal notices paper, with certain advertisements required by law and others optional for the concerned party.
A collage of local items including Red Bank school counts, Asbury Park police uniforms, promenddera on the boardwalk, a 12 pound striped bass from Deal Lake, and civic notes on pensions, church foundations, and street work. The piece also mentions eclipse timing, the Hotel Brunswick opening, and municipal appointments. Potential weather and community updates color the period piece.
The advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh and recommends internal use to reach blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer $100 for any case it cannot cure and invite testimonials, with sales pitched by Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio, at 75 cents, along with Hall's Pills as a superior family remedy.
More than twelve hundred attended the Ocean Grove auditorium concert where the Ocean Grove and Asbury Park Choral Union performed the May Queen cantata. Grace Edwards sang soprano, H. Blake Martin tenor, with Mrs Grace Underwood, Elvin Burtis, and Morgan directing the Neptune Township high school orchestra. The ensemble received hearty applause for strong vocal and orchestral work.
Myron Oppenheim seeks to restrain Thomas J Loftus from building a stable on land behind the Elberon cottage on Ocean Avenue. A rule to show cause for a temporary injunction was argued before Vice Chancellor Emery in Newark on Wednesday. Oppenheim and Werts contend the land is a public way and the stable blocks rear access. Loftus and counsel argue otherwise.
Educational hall hosted a Monday night entertainment by Trinity Episcopal church members to aid St. Augustine chapel in West Park. Visual tableaux depicted David Harum Richard Carvel The Little Minister Way Down East and other works with strong portrayal of the literary heroes.
An order issued Wednesday by Acting Governor Johnson disbands Company B of the Second Regiment for failing to maintain the minimum quota. Keyport housed the unit, and its place will be filled by a new Trenton company organized by Lieutenant Pedrick.
The funeral of Robert Holbrook was held Monday from St Pauls M B church Ocean Grove with addresses by Rev J G Reed and Rev Dr H W Alday. Interment followed at Mt Prospect cemetery. A large crowd attended and undertaker Burtis handled the services.
A fragmented ad touts Crosbie’s Bargains offering low prices on furniture, mats, kitchen stoves, coal or oil, yarn and many home goods. While garbled, it highlights store advantage and invites shoppers to visit 608.
A garbled reminiscence recounts Stephen Crane's satire of a New Jersey parade published in the New York Tribune. Townley Crane, Asbury Park correspondent, faced fallout as readers condemned the piece. The episode allegedly helped shift votes against Harrison and Reid, aiding Cleveland and Stevenson’s ticket.
Church treasurer George B. Shepherd announced financial embarrassment and that church members will perform sexton duties by monthly rotation to save ten dollars a month. On Sunday morning volunteers rang bells pumped the organ and dusted pews, with many willing to cover a month each.
Transfers of real estate dated June 2 1900 list parcels in Asbury Park West Asbury Park Ocean Grove Neptune Township Bradley Beach and Deal. Parties include Obadiah E Davis Caroline Flatt Belle H White Almira Pittenger Lan Hese George T Morris Frank Woolley Sophia Personsata Joseph Barkalow M Elizabeth Doland A D Wickham and Oliver H Brown with prices ranging from 100 to 6000 dollars for multiple lots.
Edward L. Stafford returns from Florida to Ocean Grove. Nellie M. Garrison visits Philadelphia relatives. Bishop J. N. Fitzgerald rents a cottage and will move in soon. Mrs M. M. Crobe arrives from Ownsss and stays in the Park. Mrs M. Elis of Cincinnati visits Rev J. T. Tucker’s home with Miss Mamie Ellis. Helen Moyer, daughter of Rev W G Moyer, suffers typhoid fever. W Pike recovered from illness in Pittsburgh and is home in town. Rev C W McCormick, Hackettstown Collegiate Institute president, staying at New Philadelphia with family. Grace Hoffman and Irene Hoffman return from Niagara Falls and Saratoga with mother and sister.
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