Asbury Park Advances Toward Record Summer Season
Asbury Park expects a record season with early bookings and large crowds. The Ocean theater features vaudeville and "What Money Can't Buy" while Casino offers nightly vaudeville and motion pictures. The city forms the Asbury Park Carnival association with Harold B. Ayers as chairman to organize August carnival events including the baby parade.
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Asbury Park
Ocean Theater
Casino Theater
Polly
Cape May Flowers and Band Entertainment Boost Summer Appeal
Special correspondence from Cape May notes the flower profusion and hydrangea growth unique to the area. Jacob Snare of Philadelphia may own the prize plant, a six foot eight inch hydrangea with over 6,000 buds. The city plans a band to play three times daily for ten weeks in the pavilions, under William Porter, longtime Cape May band leader.
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Commercial Tribune
Cape May
N. J
Tropics
Jacob Snare
Philadelphia
William Porter
Ohioans registered at Mount Clemens hotels and baths
June 18 Mount Clemens Michigan lists Ohio visitors staying in local hotels and baths. Names include Goodman Cohn Gallager Graham from Cleveland Wappner Clasgens Dadidla Conover Losh Kennedy Pa Oberlin Pa Siegrist Beech Strehler plus others from Columbus Toledo Derby Ferrysburg Defiance Fremont and more.
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Commercial Tribune
Mount Clemens
Mich
George S. Pa
Oberlin
F. Hulkenburg
Corning
J. G. Snowden
Castalia
J. Co. Siegrist
Philip Siegrist
H. Beech
Alfred Strehler
Cleveland
Cass—E. Johnson
Middlefield
A. Hare
Columbus
Clementine
V. J. Pillrod
Swartz
C. F. Chapman
Ferrysburg
Benford
T. J. Dillinger
Mrs. Dillinger
Derby
Cc. Ga. Woodward
Chardon
Hastman
V. Cc. Dempsey
A. Gleblow
A. L. Bromick
Wellsville
Sherman
G. A. Ensign
Defiance
G. N. Wood
Fremont
Ray Durakes
W. S. Beebe
Toledo
Ocean Grove Prepares For Summer Season Music and Religion
Ocean Grove New Jersey expects a busy summer with July 4 services led by Rev J Wesley Hill and daily 4 pm organ recitals in the auditorium. Talissen Morgan will direct a 1000-voice chorus for a July 7 concert, and Mme Schumann Heink is booked for August 12 for a National Association of Organists convention. Bishop McIntyre to preach July 11.
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Commercial Tribune
Ocean Grove
N. J
Camp Meeting Association
J. Wesley Hill
New York
Talissen Morgan
McIntyre
Mme. Schumann-Heink
National Association of Organists
Remarkable Glasgow Blind Man Willie Settle Builds Home
GLASGOW KY Special Dispatch details Willie F Settle born blind, who built a three room cottage on a Glasgow lot, crafts mottoes with a band saw, and invents carpentry devices. He teaches independence for the blind and uses earnings to help others.
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Commercial Tribune
Glasgow
Columbus
United States
Willie F. Settle
Settle
School For the Blind
Louisville
Cincinnati gifts four paintings for Hamburg American liner
Cincinnati will donate four paintings of local views and a piece of Rookwood pottery for the ladies saloon of the new Hamburg-American liner. The scenes include the Tyler Davidson Fountain and will be chosen by a joint committee of the city council and business groups.
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Cincinnati
Rookwood
Tyler-Davidson
Strange Stamps of Private Post Fascinate Collectors
A June dispatch details prepostal independent air company stamps from 1842 to 1845. Hale & Co Overton & Co Pomeroy & Co Wyman and others issued varied designs with values from six cents to fifty dollars. Rarity hinges on colors, seals, and office markings, attracting serious philatelists nationwide.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Independent Air Companies
Hale & Co
American Letter Mail Company
Overton & Co
Hartford Mail
Pomeroy & Co
W. Wyman
The
Letter Express
Hoyt's Letter Express
Brainard & Co
Alleaby
Buffalo
Pomeroy
W. Wymen
Boston
New York
Court Street
Wall Street
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Detroit
City Dispatch Office
State Street
Hartford
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
American Letter. Mail Company
Wall St
Albany
Troy
River St
Chicago
R Hoyt
Hoyt
Rochester
Paris London and New York Fashions From Mme. de Rebouillet
Special cable describes evening dress trends with heavy embroidery and clingy silhouettes. It notes tulle trims, empire tunics, color pairings like silver with pale blue, and wide hats. Linen gowns and striped coats in brown holland and striped linens set a summer tone, while jet ornamentation and cuirass tunics update grand evening wear.
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Commercial Tribune
Paris
Madame Recamier
Holland
Broderie Anglaise
Claas
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Royal Worcester
Royal Worces
Market Street
TER Corset CO
Chicago, Ill
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Ieee
New Loi
Dow’s 9 Drug Stores
Mr. Settle
Ashions
London
Mme. DE Rebouillet
Rue de 'A Paix
Batiste
Mull
Towit
May Dawson
Dondon
Lero
Brown Hollands
Peter Pan Collars
Edith Raymond
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