Coney Island: From Bathing Spot to Amusement Boom
The article traces Coney Island’s growth from a simple bathing and fishing place to a major resort beginning in 1867. Hotels and mansions rose as Luna and Steeplechase Parks opened, railroads arrived after 1875, and the area earned the nickname poor man’s paradise for mass democratic appeal.
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Coney Island
Coney
Brooklyn
Atlantic Ocean
Coney Island Beach
Harper's Weekly
Konijn Eiland
Rabbit Island
Argentina Sizable White Elephant Ship Goes on Auction
The 630 foot Cruz del Sur whaling factory ship, once named Juan Peron, has a history of bad luck and failed sales since 1955. Built in Belfast in the early 1950s, she never operated profitably and has repeatedly been offered at auction with only nominal bids, now valued mainly as scrap.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Kenya
Argentina
Cruz del Sur
Southern Cross
Belfast
Ireland
Atlantic
Juan Peron
National Maritime Prefecture
YPF
Yacimintos Petroliferos Fiscales
Curacao
Caribbean
Rosario
Hospital admissions and births listed for Indiana towns
Matters of record list hospital admissions for Freeman Greene Flynn Stiehler Emery Isenogle Waymier Goad Fish Sipes Watson Sanders Stiehler Johnson Caser Carrico and baby Stewart Kindred Calvert Calvert and baby Jerres Oliphant Blackmore Hubbell with births: a daughter to Jerre s at Linton a son to Oliphant at Linton a daughter to Blackmore at Bloomfield and a son to Hubbell at Jasonville with transfers noted to Methodist Indianapolis and other local facilities.
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Freeman-Greene
William Elis
Terre Haute
Ivan Flynn
Hymera
William Stiehler
Newburgh
Clarence M. Emery
Carlisle
Jan Isenogle
Bloomfield
Rosa Waymier
Linton
Loyd Goad
Switz City
Raymond Fish
Lyons
Scott Anthony Sipes
Newberry
William Watson
Marie Sanders
Disnissa
Methodist
Indianapolis
Russell Johnson
Midland
Paul Caser
Norman Watson Linton
David Carrico
William Ellis
Harriet Stewart
Jasonville
Randall Kindred
Donald Calvert
Worthington
Robert Jerre
Tom Oliphant
Larry Blackmore
Bloom‘*ield
John Hubbell
Greene County
Abe Sims
Jasonville Road
Herschell Sanders
South Linton
Highway 59
Burnett Apartments
Highway 54 West
Shakiamak
Eli Haywood
Boys League
Emery Johnson
Wright Family Reunion Set at Bloomfield Park
Descendants of Samuel and Rebecca Wright plan a reunion at Bloomfield Park on Sunday June 25. Local youths earn 4-H honors with Ellen Martin of Bloomfield named a State Achievement winner in foods and nutrition at Purdue University Round-Up. Community notices include Boy Scout and Masonic meetings, emergency calls, and court actions involving local residents.
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Samuel
Rebecca Wright
Bloomfield Park
Ellen Martin
Bloomfield
Purdue University
Betty Jo Fulkerson
Greene County
Fulkerson
David Lee George
Roger Dale Salyers
Robert Franklin George
Indiana
Morrison Couple Remembered in Loving Notice
Sadly missed by son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morrison.
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Charles Morrison
Advanced Unit Brings Modern ICU to San Francisco Hospital
The University of California hospital opens a 12 bed intensive care unit with glass panel blinds for privacy, TV monitoring in two isolation rooms, on site labs, and 24 hour coverage. The $120000 unit features seven nurses per shift and a doctor ready within 30 seconds.
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San Francisco
UPI
University of California
Moffitt Hospital
Mesonic Lodges to Mark Celebration In Indiana Sesquicentennial
Jasonville Masonic Lodge No. 530 to inaugurate a year long sesquicentennial in honor of the Grand Lodge of Indiana with feast of St John the Baptist services at Jasonville Methodist church. Other area lodges join in the observance as part of Masonry tradition.
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Jasonville Masonic Lodge
Grand Lodge of Indiana
Jasonville Lodge
Jasonville Methodist Church
Worthington Lodge
Sullivan Lodge
Lyons Lodge
Carlisle Lodge
St. John the Baptist
Masonry
Indiana Masons
Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge of England
Newspaper Subscription Rates and Staff Credits
War ren H Onken editor and punisher Ann Toney news editor credit lines and home delivery details. Rates listed: by carrier 35c per week or $1.52 per ten weeks, Indiana one year $8.00 and monthly options, other states one year $10.50 with six or three month options.
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Indiana
United Press Internation News Service
Moosler State Press
Wciation
Democrat
Television Highlights Wednesday Prime Time Schedule
NBC presents The Learning Process special exploring education methods and classroom theories. The Virginian features Susan Strasberg as an abducted girl posing as an Indian maid. ABC airs These Thousand Hills with Don Murray and an ensemble cast. CBS offers The Nice Steve Allen Comedy Hour with an improv group. NBC’s I Spy follows a blackmail plot in Italy at the U.S. embassy.
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NBC
P.m. Cdt
the Virginian
Susan Strasberg
ABC
Indiana market weather advisory for outdoor activities
Weather generally good for outdoor work through Wednesday and possibly Thursday. Scattered showers expected this afternoon and tonight with very dry soils statewide. Spraying and dusting conditions are favorable except brief showers. Winds mostly light. Outlook is good for north and central regions, marginal for the south.
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Indiana Agricultural Advisory
Chimpanzees Use Wide Vocabulary of Calls Signaling Emotions
Researchers note wild chimpanzees convey fear pain and pleasure through a large set of vocalizations. The study catalogs calls and links them to specific emotional states observed in natural habitats.
Ascension Island Named for Ascension Day Discovery
The island in the South Atlantic earned its name after being first sighted on Ascension Day in 1501.
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Ascension Island
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King Features Syndicate
Compania Argentina de Pesca
South Georgia Island
Central Bank
Humphreys Park
Linton Lodge
Masonic Hall
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Murl Cullison
Stockton Township
South Main St
Third ‘St
Linton Fire Department
Fifth St
Breck Lumber Co
VC Chemical Co
Circuit Court
Jacqueline Neill
Marvin B. Neill
Mary E. Smith
John R. Smith
Rita Jo McEwen
James Kenneth McEwen
Sullivan County
Larry E. Cornelius
Penny Kay Pope
Dugger
Newkirk
Funeral Home
Pleasantville—Dugger
Memoriam
Nora May Gowns
N. Main
Mesonic
The
National Geographic
Tech-Ag
John Kraner
Central Press
Plankton
Linton Daily Citizen
Litton Daily Citizen, Inc
Malin Street
Tinton
Warren H.onken
Ann Toney
Lyndon Johnson
Middle East
Dean Rusk
Barangie
Cushing’s Dress Shop
North Main Dial
DAL
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