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Old Orchard Beach Amusement Scrapbook Echoes Coney Island
The piece describes Old Orchard Beach crowds at a seaside pier with penny amusements, moving pictures, and attractions like Noah's Ark and Mrs Hillarity's boarding house. It compares the scene to Coney Island and Atlantic City while pondering why parks attract. it also notes Dr. Butler's stance on using hell as a word and ends with reflections on personal taste in language and fun.
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Old Orchard
Atlantic City
Coney Island
Grand Beach
Noah
Darkey
Fatima
Cleopatra
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Hell
Butler
Dr. Butler
Nicholas Butler Murray
Maine
Grand Beach Inn
Prout’s Neck
Bar Harbor
Kennebunkport
Booth Tarkington