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New Jersey Courier 3 Jun 1866: Barnegat is a pretty neat and thrifty village, handsomely laid out, streets running very regularly and nice pretty white cottages. Barnegat is somewhat noted as the residence of web footed individuals, who delight in following the water, and who possess a very creditable amount of public spirit. There is a Quaker Meetinghouse, also a Methodist one, in which nightly meetings are now held. There are two fine stores, kept by Gulick and Robbins and Bodine and Predmore. Gulick is one of your wide awake men, and always on the alert so much so, that the Freeholders made him County Collector. The business of the place is principally called on by these two stores, three hotels, billiard saloon, millinery shop, and a fancy goods and confectionery store and a post office. Blacksmiths and wheelwrights abound as well as a barber, and Sam the Sadler. |
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New Jersey Courier 19 Dec 1878: Capt. Joseph Townsend is a happy grandfather. Not that he has not been so before, but this time there is a difference, you know. Why not call it Joseph? Pitman Anderson drives a handsome sporting team of blacks. Mr. Samuel Ridgway is recovering slowly from his severe illness. |
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New Jersey Courier 2 Jan 1879: The iceman have been very busy the last week, harvesting the ice crop. The houses are all filled with superior ice and the owners can now bid defiance to 'ol Sol's rays. |
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New Jersey Courier 6 Feb 1879: The bay is still frozen over here and has been since the last of December, a very long period. Our people daily walk across it in going to and coming from the beach. |
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New Jersey Courier 22 May 1879: Capt. George Warner returned home on Saturday evening, suffering from a severe stab in the leg inflicted by one of the crew during a row amongst the sailors on shipboard which he was endeavoring to quell. |
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New Jersey Courier 5 Jun 1879: Mr. H.G. Gulick is building an addition to his house, corner of Bay St, and Railroad Ave. Mr. Jno . J. Jones, contractor and builder, has the contract. |
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New Jersey Courier 6 Dec 1900: Thanksgiving day passed off very quietly with us. Union services were held in the Methodist church. Rev. O.W. Wright of the Presbyterian church, preaching the sermon. The collection was given to the Methodist hospital at Philadephia. In the evening a "Yankee" sociable was held in the Presbyterian church and quite a number were present. The program consisted of readings, instrumental and vocal music and a guessing contest, after which enjoyable evening was spent. Ragamuffins as usual infested our town during the day and night, but the participants were mostly of the younger class. A representative of the Sanborn and Perris map company has been in our town the past week making a new insurance map. Among those home from Rider's business college at Trenton for holiday were Joe Storms, Win Predmore, Van Predmore, Clarence Harris and Arthur Ridgway. Among others visitors during the holiday we noticed Miss Nolia Pharo and Miss Emma Bowers of Philadelphia, William Cox, jr. of Trenton, Miss Hannie Predmore of New York, and Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Newton of Woodbury. Captain Griffen of Connecticut was the guest of Captain C.O. Falkinburgh; and Capt. Ward Bennett was the guest of his brother, Captain R.W. Bennett. David G. Conrad has joined his wife on a visit to Newark. Dr. E. Muller, formerly of New York City, has opened an office for the practice of his profession at Mrs. Robinson's boarding house. A party of tea of our town, or people formerly residing here, left on Saturday fopr a trip to Washington, D.C., ostensibly to attend the Woman's Christian Temperance Convention. The party consisted of Mr. and Mrs. John Predmore, Mrs. J.S. Storms, Mrs. A.T. [???unreadable name??] , Mrs. E. Predmore, Mrs. G.H. Van Note, [several other illegible names]. |
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New Jersey Courier 15 Dec 1900: The Township Committee were in session on Friday last settling general township business. The Daughters of Liberty held a reception to the sister lodges in this vicinity on Tuesday evening, Nov. 13th. Delegates from New Gretna, Waretown and Toms River were present. |
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New Jersey Courier 17 Jan 1901: The Tom Thumb wedding in the Methodist Church last Friday evening was a perfect success in every way. The bridal party composed of the little ones dressed to imitate their mommas and papas looked very sedate and ministerial. A reception was held after the ceremony and even to the wedding breakfast was reenacted, the bride cutting her wedding cake in the latest fashionable cut. The other parts of the program given by older talent was well rendered and received by an appreciative audience. The entire program was repeated on the following evening to as large if not larger audience than attended the first. Mrs. F.K. Cranmer of Beardsley, Minn., has been visiting Mrs. A.M. Cox. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Spader and daughter are visiting at J .S. Storm's. A donation was tendered to the Rev. O.W. Wright, pastor of the Presbyterian Church on Tuesday evening of this week. Extra meetings are being held in the Methodist Church. There has been considerable sickness, principally grip, among our people, but all are now in a fair way of recovery. Mrs. Edith Carter, relict of the late William Carter, died at the residence of her daughter on Tuesday morning, January 15th, in her 81st year. Her funeral will be held on Thursday. Mrs. A. Phillips, of St. Paul, Minn., has been visiting relatives here. Benjamin Predmore recently sold his oyster lot situated in the lower part of the Wide Place, Soper and Hollingsworth being the purchasers. Pike fishermen are now catching some fish. Gunners are not gettting many fowl though they are gunning strong around the stoves of certain stores every evening. A number of cases of grip in town, Drs. Bennett, Miller and Barrett (the latter is the resident physician of Manahawkin) are kept busy attenending patients. Among those who have been on the sick list for a considerable length of time and who are not in that favorable state of convalsescence that we would like to report are Vincent Inman and E.S. Jones. Captains Wright and Predmore and William A. Taylor are at home this winter. Mr. H.C. Gulick who is still absent in Colorado, whre he has been for the past twelve months, gave Ocean county folk through the columns of the Courier during the past summer some very interesting and descriptive information of that State and it's people, together with accounts of trout fishing in the mountains. |
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New Egypt Press 10 Mar 1905: Moses Cranmer, overseer of the poor has adopted a new method with the applicants for public funds. He keeps a large pile of wood and w hen an applicant presents himself for help he is given a job cutting wood, which saves the town's money and gives them employment. There are very few who really want work but can get it this way. June Ridgway has sold his barber shop at Forked River and returned here, looking for a new opening. He says it is a poor climate for whiskers up there. A number of New York Evening Journal reporters spent Sunday at Pine Bluff Inn, Point Pleasant. A Box Social was held at the Presbyterian Church at Toms River on Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Applegate of Toms River have just returned from an extended visit in California. |
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New Jersey Courier 20 Apr 1917: Now that flags are seen flying from every available place it should be remembered that to fly your flag between sunset is considered disrespectful and even more so thatn not to display it at all. If you have real feeling for your flag, put it under cover at sunset. Last week a party of secret servicemen visited the farm of Moritz Groepler at Beach View to look over the place to verify the report that they had a wireless station and were supplying news to Germans and were working against the U.S. in various ways. They found nothing whatever and were satisfied it was the work of some busy body who wanted to circulate reports for pure malicious purposes. Mr. Groepler has been an American citizen for many years and is as loyal as any of us, as this is his country by choice and we need have no fear of him or his sons as they have always been good citizens in every way. We should be careful about starting rumors in these critical times, as ...[indecipherable]...are too ready to do injuries before they know the truth of the reports. It's very well to talk about war and how many men we can send to the front, etc., but it is the men with no boys who are the loudest for war. When it touches your own home, the war spirit seems to fade. But don't think that because you have no boys you won't feel it, for your neighbors' troubles will be yours and the pangs of war will reach us all in ways we least expect. The rich man puts up his money, the poor man puts up his life: if the rich loses, it's his money, if the poor man loses, it's his life. If the country wins, the rich are richer, and the poor man, if he lives through it, returns to his home down and out, ready to help pay the rich man back his money. Just 142 years last Wednesday, since Paul Revere made his great ride. Charles Asseline has put in an up to date loom and is making anything from a rag carpet to a Persian rug. We hear there are to be no boats on the Sandy Hook route this year. Mike Thomas has moved his family to Lakehurst and given up his run here. With advancing prices it will be necessary to join the army to get enough to eat, as al foodstuffs will be reserved for their use. Judge Jeffrey's stand on the liquor traffic was a step in the right direction and we sincerely hope he will carry it out and let them know he is the Judge of Ocean County during his term. Paying for a license does not grant the privilege of breaking the law, and if there is not enough money in it legally then they should quit. If any other merchant could not make it go honest he would soon be jugged when he did not abide by the law. Borden Cranmer, assistant keeper at Penfield Reef Light, is home for a few days. Howard Gaskill has the interior of the Opera House looking up to date, white and gold trimmings, studded with 51 electric lights. He bought the dynamo in separate parts, assembled them himself, and runs it with an auto engine. It is presumed that our sea fishermen will all be called in service for coast patrol this season. |
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New Jersey Courier 18 Jan 1918 Joseph R. Newton motored here from Woodbury Monday to see Joe Predmore who is seriously sick at home. Miss Amelia Stephenson was a Lakewood visitor recently. Dick Grant was at Toms River Monday. A. Rauman is out again after a few days illness. A number of houses where pipes were frozen are once again getting water. C. M. Conrad visited Trenton Wednesday. C.B. Corliss was home a few days this week. Capt. Henry Smith attended a smoker Monday evening in New York. The storm Tuesday morning did a lot of damage. A lot of cellars were flooded. The wind ripped up the roof of the Abe Fort house and the rain damaged bedrooms and dining room. Roseby Crane is spending some time in New York. Mrs. Anderson Bugbee has been quite sick, but now is convalescent. Frank S. Ellis and wife of Toms River are visiting her daughter, Mrs. Herbert Cranmer. Mrs. J.C. Bennett and son, Charles, spent Saturday at Toms River. Roscoe Conkling was a Satruday visitor at Toms River. Will Sprague was home over Sunday. Grove Conrad of New York and Warren Hayes of Camp Dix were home Sunday. Miss Martie P. Horner was the guest of Mrs. J.C. Bennett over Sunday. Mrs. Jane Bennett was a recent visitor at Manahawkin. Joseph Seaman of West Creek was in town on Monday. George Birdsall was home Sunday. Joe McLaughlin and wife spent Sunday in Red Bank. Monroe Dothiday was a Toms River visitor Monday. S. Fields of New York was a Friday visitor. Mrs. John V. Lewis and Mrs. J.C. Bennett attended the Grand Chapter of the Easter Star at Newark on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Senator David G. Conrad, who has been confined toh is home for a week, is able to get about again. |
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New Jersey Courier 15 Nov 1918 Roscoe Conkling was in town Tuesday. J. Fields of New York was a Monday visitor. Mrs. Kate Falkinburgh and son Alton are visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. Bailey, at Barnegat City. Mrs. Tillie Steer of Philadelphia spent the week end with Mrs. Sallie Exel. Miss Martha Throckmorton has been spending a few days with Mrs. Harry Van Note. Mrs. Forrest Carter has been entertaining her mother. Mrs. A.J. Bugbee spent a few days with her mother in Camden this week. The First National Bank has erected a new flag pole alongside the bank, with all of the colors flying. Barnegat had a great celebration on Tuesday over the great victory. They had a parade by school children. Red Cross and all the prominent citizens of the town turned out in the grand march. After marching all through the town they stopped in front of the bank where a few addressess were made by Prof. W. Brown of the high school, Mrs. Sarah Hernburgh, J. Horace Sprague and Henry A. Tolbert, which were very appropriate to the occassion. |
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New Jersey Courier 3 Jan 1919 Gordon Ridgeway and wife are home for the holidays Fred Stephenson and family spent last Wednesday with his mother and sister. Naomi Maloney of Long Branch is visiting Miss Elizabeth Reeves. Mrs. Kate Falkinburgh and son Alton having spent some time with her daughter, Mrs. W. Bailey, at Barnegat City, returned home Thursday. Anderson Pharo of Bayonne spent Sunday with his brother Job and wife. Augustus Tolbert, wife and son Martin; Harry W. Tolbert and wife, motored to Hanover farms on Friday. John Cox and wife were Friday visitors at Philadelphia. Senator D.G. Conrad was a Saturday visitor from Philadelphia. Prof. Brown and wife spent the holidays at her home in Pennsylvania. Roseby Crane and brother of New York spent a few days home with their mother last week. Those who attended the Tall Cedars last Thursday night at Tuckerton were: A.W. Kelly, R.G. Collins, L. Simmerman, Dr. H. Conover, J.C. Bennett, A.H. Tolbert, C.H. Brandt, L. Abramowitz, F. Groene, J. Cox, J. H. Sprague, Wm. Hankins, Wm. Hazleton. Mr. Charlie Jones and children have been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Cranmer. Linzy Bowker and wife have moved in one of Mrs. A.E. Collins houses on Railroad avenue. Steve Applegate and wife of Toms River were Sunday visitors with her sister, Mrs. Harry Van Note. Mrs. Frank Groene was a Monday visitor at Manahawkin. Township committee met on Monday. Augustus H. Tolbert left Monday morning for Delaware where he has gone on business. Mrs. Eggeman of Hoboken is spending a few days here. Miss Marian Phillips spent a few days at Toms River this week. Mr. and Mrs. W. Cranmer, while visiting their daughter, Mrs. George Gaskill at Atlantic City, were taken down with the influenza and had to stay until they got better. They came home on Friday last. |
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New Jersey Courier 21 Nov 1930 November 19--Addison Abramowitz entertained a few of his friends in honor of his fifteenth birthday on Tuesday evening, November 19. Those present were: Ernest Cramer, Martin Tolbert, William Gaskill, Kenneth Erwin, Lloyd Chadwick, Veldren Lewis, Howard Conover, Arthur Birdsall, Robert Griffin, William Aghjan, Marvin Cramer. An enjoyable evening was spent by all followed by refreshments. |