Long Branch North Jersey coast portrait of 1899 life
In Long Branch New Jersey on June 2 a cool day kept bathing lovers away while cottagers and guests enjoyed golf and a busy scene of visitors. The report highlights injuries to two boys at nearby courses, church life expansions led by Rev William Mitchell, and new and upcoming hotel reopenings and club memberships including Normandie Hotel Seabright Beach Club and Seabright Life Saving drill plans. Several New York families and summer residents are listed as new occupants at villas and cottages along Ocean Avenue and West End.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Branch
N. J
North Jersey
Hiote Guest
Robert Blum
Rothschild Cottage
West End
Drey
Bollywood
Bittie
Rium
E. H. Sternberger
William Smiley
Thenron Frank
Philippines
John Embrey
Albert Embley
Garfieldave
First Methodist Episcopal Church
West Gong
William Mitchell
Geyreville
Cedarave
Hollywood
Norwood Park
Harry Palmer
Red Bank
General F. P. Earle
Bew
O. H. Foster
Murray Hill
Thousand ‘Lands
Atlantic
Moorehead
X. C
New York City
Gerrett Hennessey
Seabright
United States Life Saving Corps
Commodore P. A. Ferry
Seabright Division
M. Reenshire
M. Eisner
Emma
Viola_ Eisner
John V. Schafer
Leopold Vormeer
I. W. H. Lee
Booreem
New York
Pennacit
H._E. Taylor
T. H. McAnerney
Nye
Buckley
T. H. Hamilton
A. J. Meister
B. Jackson
T. Bobb
L. Underndorfer
A. B. Feder
L. Ostergren
Brooklyn
L. Reichberg
G. Tait
Isabella M. Petty
Edwin B. Petty
Thomas Racca
Heimer
New-York
Forris-Ave
Julius Oppenheimer
H. T. Blodgett
Blodgett
S. Marcus
Westwood-ave
David S. Brown
Ocean-ave
Norwood
Branchport
Warner Snyder
Springfield
Mass
Gilbert C. Badeau
Far Rockaway
C. W. Baker
W. R. Eddinger
London
England
A._S. Raeder
Hackensack
N.J
Edward Corning
Yonkers
W. H. Sidway
Haight
A. T. Hosmer
BE. F. Haight
George Sykes
Seventy First March to Camp Roe and Practice at Peekskill
Peekskill N Y June 23 seven military men held the permanent State Camp most of the afternoon including Assistant Adjutant General Frederick Phisterer and Lt Col Edward M Ward. The 71st Regiment began a practice march to Camp Roe Lake Mohegan with inspectors nearby. Camp Roe will be closed after the men pack up Wednesday morning.
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Peek
Kill
N. Y
Frederick Phisterer
Edward M. Ward
Quartermuaster
Roe
G. F. Hedenberg
U1st
Camp Roe
Lake Mohegan
Louis M. Greer
John M. Smith
Hedenberg
James Jansen
William G. Bates
Camp Bee
Annsville
William H. Whittel
Peekskill
Lincoln Wylie McLeod
James M. Hutchinson
Edward James
van Cortlan
Tville
Lexington-ave
Tist
Atlantic City Notes Highlight Weddings and Local Events
Roscoe J. Tompkins plans marriage in Geneva to Miss Anna Velle. Lifeguard George Heading saves Mrs. Burns from drowning off Texas Avenue. Fourth annual Atlantic City Horse Show commences July 15 to 19 with record entries, mainly from Philadelphia and New York. The Commodore, a 45 foot yacht with a coal oil engine, debuts for Atlantic City Yacht Club. Notables Signor Montestaffo and William Rogers reside at local spots while others visit Bleak House and Sothern.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Roscoe J. Tompkins
Marlborough House
Geneva
N. Y
Tompkins
Episcopal Church
Anna Velle
George Heading
Missouri-ave
Burns
Texas-ave
New York
Philadelphia
Louis Kuehmle
Herman Muleck
Atlantic City Yacht Club
Signor A. Montestaffo
the Sothern
William Rogers
Haddon Hall
Robert Daniels
Bleak House
Belief Doubt Cast On Mosquito Tall Tale On Willow Grove Car
A Philadelphia Record piece recounts a joke about an Englishman and an American on a Willow Grove trolley. The American spins a yarn about a cow-eating mosquito ringing a cow bell to lure a calf, provoking the Englishman to respond with skeptical humor.
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Philadelphia
Oneard
Atlantic City
Daylight excursion to Peekskill for National Guard visit
A Thursday trip for Company B friends travels to the State camp at Peekskill aboard the steamer Cepheus leaving West Twenty second Street pier at 9:00 a.m. with a 9:30 stop at West 129th Street. A military band will provide music on the voyage and the Cepheus returns from Peekskill in the evening.
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Peekskill
Tist
Company B
Cepheus
West Twenty
West One
Fear of an Indian outbreak spreads in Arizona
Solomonville June 23 Special reports widespread worry over Apache rations cut after June 27 on White Mountain reservation. Indians complain of drought water shortages and failing crops despite irrigation ditches. Some seek railroad work. others fear uprising or flight to the hills. Authorities at San Carlos and Fort Apache monitor the situation as ration cuts bite and potential trouble looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomonville
Ariz
White Mountain Reservation
Gila
San Carlos
Carson
Gila Valley
Globe
Fort Apache
Carlos
Fort Grant
Long Island Resorts Open Season at Bay Shore
Bay Shore Long Island opens the season with strong commuter draw and buoyant hotel and cottage bookings. The Prospect House and Linwood lead hotels with large guest rosters while the town reports steady railway service and abundant bay and ocean recreation for summer visitors. Notables from New York and beyond arrive to enjoy beaches, yachting, fishing and breezy bayside life as the resort district plates up a busy season.
Bishop McQuaid lashes at politics at St. Patrick's
Rochester Bishop Bernard J. McQuaid urged Knights of St. John to avoid secret societies and political manipulation at the twenty fourth annual conclave. He defended Catholic rights, warned against politicians using the church, and criticized U S policy in Cuba and the Philippines while urging unity for moral stands.
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Rochester
N. Y
Bernard J. McQuaid
Knights of St. John
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
McQuaid
Shaw Thanks Merchants For Tip On Import Frauds
D Le Roy Dresser, president of the Merchants Association, received a letter from Leslie M Shaw, Treasury Secretary, acknowledging concerns about importation irregularities at the Port of New York. He credits the association for initiating an investigation intended to uncover fraud and punish those responsible.
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D. le Roy Dresser
Merchants’ Association
Leslie M. Shaw
The
Treasury
Quiet Blue Point Opens For Summer With Hotel Upgrades
Blue Point Long Island begins its summer season with the South Bay Hotel expanded and refitted, attracting visitors from New York and Brooklyn. The Hallett House Maples and Warner House open for the season. Packets run Blue Point to Water Island at 9:20 AM and 2:30 PM. The Third Battery N G New York passes through en route to Montauk summer camp.
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Blue Point
Long Island
Great South Bay
South Bay Hotel
William M. Wadsworth
Wadsworth
New York
Harry W. Steves
Lehigh F. Pye
Brooklyn
Harry Wood
Dorothy Wood
Sf Townsend and
New-York
M. J. Martin
South Bay
Hallett
Montauk
Islanders Discouraged Over Danish West Indies Sale
In St Thomas the public grows pessimistic as Copenhagen delays ratification of the sale. Islanders doubt the treaty's progress to July 1903 and fear losing value to the United States. They cite stagnant Danish support, worry about ruined communities, and note American interest yet unreliable pledges amid regional economic decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas
Danish West Indies
Copenhagen
von Jessenites
No Names leisure fishing party at Delaware Water Gap
Delaware Water Gap residents from New York arrive by the first morning express to camp on the Delaware shore led by George Crane. The Lincoln Club delegation, ten men with instruments, aims for a weeklong outing. James G. Purdy reports keen bass catches near Fox Island despite high water. A separate Phila group near Cold Air Cave gets stuck in shallow water, illustrating the river’s hazards.
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Delaware Water Gap
Penn
New York
Delaware
Lincoln Club
George Crane
James G. Purdy
Mr. Purdy
Fox Island
Fishing party visits Greenwood Lake for bass and pickerel
Four veteran anglers from New York named Kennedy Shock Klober and Carson rode the first up-train to Greenwood Lake Canarsie fishing club home in Canarsie patronizes the isolated lake for fine bass and pickerel. A party from Carteret Wheelmen Brooklyn reports four days out with rough roads. Badenhurst Clark from New York return with a beautiful catch and send a portion to the city.
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Greenwood Lake
N. J
Jim” Kennedy
Ed Shock
Jim” Klober
George Carson
New York
Canarsie
Weber
Warwick Woodlands
North Arm
Carteret
Brooklyn
West Shore
Messrs
Clark
Badenhurst
Brinley
Badenhurst and
American capitalists plan land colonization in Canada
A party of wealthy American visitors will attend Coronation Day events at Winnipeg and then travel to Prince Albert Province to buy large tracts of land for settlement. Included are Governors Vansant of Minnesota Cummins of Iowa and bankers from New York Chicago and elsewhere.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Prince Albert
B. Vansant
Minnesota
Cummins
Iowa
G. Thorne
Park National Bank
New York
James McDonald
Hanover National Bank
James B. Forgan
First National Bank of Chicago
E. D. Hulbert
Merchants’ Loan and Trust Company, of
Chicago
Robert Stuart
American Exchange National Bank of Chicago
James H. Eckels
The
Currency
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Banks in City Receive $800,000 Against Klondike Gold Shipments
Drafts aggregating eight hundred thousand dollars have already been received by Canadian bank branches in the city against shipments of Klondike gold now en route. The movement is starting earlier this year than in the previous year.
Professor killed by wagon in Michigan incident
Fennville Mich June 23 Professor John C Johnson of Wisconsin State University Madison was instantly killed near Pier Cove when a wagon wheel crushed his head while unloading goods for his summer cottage He leaves a wife and three children.
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Fennville
Mich
John C Johnson
Wisconsin State University At Madison
Pier Cove
Americans See Tribune for Sale Worldwide This Year
The New-York Tribune will be sold at book stalls in reading hotels across Europe and Great Britain and at Reading Room tables. It may also be obtained at principal railroad stations.
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New-York Tribune
Reading
Europe
Great Britain
Sixteen Hurt In Trolley Accident In Olean
A dispatch from Olean reports a collision on a Buffalo trolley line injuring sixteen people. The incident details and exact location are pending fuller accounts from The Times.
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Buffalo
the Times
Olean
Straw Rides at Pocono Feature Visiting Party
Mount Pocono hosts a New York party led by Mr. and Mrs. Willis arriving for the season and considering a cottage operation. A buckboard straw ride to Tannersville with Miss Douglas and others highlights Pocono pleasures as locals praise the region and farming host George Fanseen expands Mount Afry and Fanseen's Meadows offering abundant trout in Hooker's Brook while guests hunt permission to fish.
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Mount Pocono
Penn
New York
John L. Willis
Willises
Willis
Peg Ple
Tannersville
Pocono Summit
Goldsmith
Douglas
Haines
Lowden
Messrs. Barger
McNeill
Wicks
Wilkinson
Heller
George Fanseen
Mount Afry
George
Lenox Opens Magnificent Hotel Aspinwall Amidnoted Guests
Lenox Mass June 23 Special crowds gathered for the opening of the new Hotel Aspinwall high above the town. C D Seavey hosted a large party of railroad men Lenox cottagers and members of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. The two year project features extensive illumination decor and a park setting with views from Greylock Peak to Salisbury Hills and Beloir Terrace nearby.
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Lenox
Mass
C. D. Seavey
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Aspinwall
Greylock Peak
Vermont
Salisbury Hills
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Morris K. Jesup
New-York
Belvoir Terrace
Aspinwall Park
Steencover
John E. Parsons
William Douglas Sloane
Charles Lanter
George W. Folsom
R. C. Greenleaf
W. Burden
William C. Whitney
New York
Whitney
Pittsfield
Dalton
W. Murray Crane
Lake Hopatcong Visitors Arrive at Summer Resorts
Visitors stream to Lake Hopatcong as June crowds descend on the resorts. Henry Erling and family from Brooklyn occupy a summer camp. the Erlings and Misses Mary and Ethel Erling to be seen on the lake in their canoe Irma. Houses and cottages fill with Brooklyn visitors. Captain Hammond and Hardy Davison bring boats ready for fishing. New York fishermen stay at Hotel Villa with bass pickerel and perch noted.
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Hopatcong
N. J
Henry Erling
Erling
Mary
Ethel Erling
Brooklyn
Irma
Harbing
Nolan's Point
Hammond
New-York Mariner
Island
Hardy Davison
Cynthia
Dupree
New-York
Ker
Nolan’s Point
Frank Schafer
New York
Trolley Crash Injures Fourteen Passengers at Bells Camp
In the Olean Rock City and Bradford trolley line collision last evening a vestibuled car and a platform car met at Bells Camp. Fourteen passengers were injured though not seriously. Williams J. Stewart of Bradford, a Penn motorman, was pinned between cars and his left leg was cut. McCarty, motorman of the platform car, was seriously hurt.
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Olean
Rock City
Bradford
Bells Camp
Wiliams J. Stewart
Penn
McCarty
Minneapolis Mayor Amirs pleads not guilty to bribery charge
Minneapolis Mayor Dr Albert A Amirs pleaded not guilty to the indictment accusing him of attempted bribery. The court scheduled the trial for next Monday.
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Minneapolis
Albert A. Amirs
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