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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1902
Page
1
The New York Times surveys summer travel across the northeast with rail and sea links to mountains lakes and shore towns. Hotels and resorts from Saratoga to Shelter Island advertise amenities, new management, and special rates as visitors plan outings and sport facilities from golf to fishing and tennis.
Dozens of Long Island locales advertise summer accommodations from modest to upscale. Garden City hosts a grand hotel rebuilt after a fire, while Long Beach, Edgemere, Brighton Beach, and Manhattan Beach offer ocean views, baths, and dining. Nearby towns like Babylon, Bay Shore, Fire Island, Bellport, and Amityville present homes, golf, and boating, with new or renewed hotels and facilities inviting seasonal visitors.
Stamford rises as a summer hub with hotels like Churchill Hall Rexmere and Kendall Place hosting hundreds. Nearby Hunter Windham Cairo Palenville Cairo offer dozens more inns with weekly rates from five to ten dollars and extensive grounds for boating golf and tennis.
Long Branch and nearby resorts prepare for the 1905 summer season as cottages fill and hotels plan openings. Pier repairs stalled by November storm, Ocean Drive refurbished, and notable figures from politics and the arts take seaside cottages in Elberon Seabright and Belmar.
A Poughkeepsie report outlines the new summer vacation season in Dutchess County. Halcyon Hall at Millbrook, now under Mr. Gillig, will host concerts and musicales with weekly Music Hall events. The Millbrook Inn, run by a seasoned company and led by Mrs. B Carpenter, offers country boarding house style lodging for about forty guests. Nearby spots along the Harlem Valley from Pawling to Amenia attract New York readers with Pine Plains Hotel and Amenia House, The Maples, and Rose Hill. Other notable hotels include Dean House and Thompson's at Lake Mahopac and St Nicholas Hotel at Lake Mohogan. Prominent visitors include Judge and Mrs. W. W. Goodrich, Gen A Haldeman, Mrs Mary Sanger, Miss Sanger, Miss M Arrowsmith, and Prince Hohenzollern. Rates are low and residencies fill quickly as the season opens.
Newburg New York reports a bustling start to the summer season as resorts fill with boarders well before the Fourth of July. With growing crowds, attention turns to West Point and the expected capacity strains at area attractions.
Richfield Springs in June prepares for a mountain and lake retreat on Lake Canandarago at 1,500 feet. The White Sulphur Bathing establishment draws visitors seeking health, with fishing boating a nine hole golf course hunts tally ho trips and scenic roads. Grand hotels Berkeley Waiontha Earlington St James cottages available for rent amid summer buzz.
Asbury Park prepares for the summer influx with blooming parks, fresh paint on cottages, and busy hotels from the Coleman House to the Tasdis. The Ferris wheel and merry go round operate daily while trains on the Jersey coast line expand May schedules. Rumors hint at a new steamer for the Sandy Hook route beating the Monmouth Flyer.
Atlantic City reports lively beach scenes as tide of bathers returns. Mayor Stoy names fifteen lifeboat guards to operate by the 15th and thirty more by July 10 to cover shore duty. Neighborhood hotels highlight summer offerings and renovations along Virginia Avenue and the boardwalk.
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