, 1904-02-17
WILDWOOD'S BUDGET

AhtoSi ~ - ' 1871
Saturday transacting business with
his brother, Councilman Harry S.
Durham. Mr.. Durham has been
engaged all winter at his trade of brick
laying at the new gas works in Mill
vile, as foreman of a gang of men. -
G. Wadsworth Crosse, of the county
clerks office at Court House, spent
Sunday with his brother, Mattison s..
public school.
Miss Ada Wentzell, a teacher in the
George Genge school, Camden, spent
Sunday in Wildwood, returning to her
school duties Tuesday morning.
AT a meeting of the Wildwood Board
of Trade held in the post office build
ing last Friday night Hon. Philip P.
Baker and j. Fithian Tatem, Esq,
were appointed as a committee, with
full powers, to prepare a booklet de-
scriptive of the island and to have it
printed and circulated. The sum of
$1,000 raised by subscription by the
Board of Trade for this purpose and for
the establishment of an advertising
bureau will be placed at their disposal.
Oliver Peirce writes the JOURNAL
from Tarpon Springs, Florida, that he
is hasking in the sunshine with the
mercury at IS degrees. He says the
orange and gral'e fruit groves are load
| ed down with fruit and that the own
ers of same have had a very good sea-
son, while peas, beans and other Veget-
ables in the gardens are several inches
high. MIR. Peirce states also that there
is a large sponge industry there from
where sponges are shipped to all parts
OF the country.
Splendid value in Mercerised waist
ings at 35c a yard at Mech d Co.'S.
A revival has been i'm progress during
the past month ut the Wildwood Bap-
tist church under the direction of Pas
tor A. w. Hand and has been attended
with much success. Many conversions
have been the result and the church
has been greatly strengthened. A very
good meeting was held last Sunday
night and another on Monday night.
The meetings still continue. Next
Sunday evening several converts will
be publicly baptized.
DR.. N. a. Cohen made a trip to the
city on Thursday last.
Mrs. II. Heating, wife of the mer-
chant tailor, slipped on the pavement
ON one of the streets in Philadelphia a
few days ago and had n arm serious
ly fractured. She was taken to II of
the city hospitals and later removed to
her home.
j. A. Bradshaw is painting for the
Reliance Leather Company at Cape
May Court House, whose new building
is located directly opposite the West
Jersey and Seashore Railroad station
at the county seat.
The new trolley road to the fishing
grounds and for excursion parties on
the island is an attraction that will be
appreciated and will have a marked
effect on the price of property. Baker
Bros.
Mrs. H. d. Weaver, of New York,
has been visiting at the home OF her
sister, Mrs. H. H. Voorhees,.
The new bridge and turnpike to the
mainland will bring to our doors at
lowest possible cost an abundance OF
fresh milk, fruits and vegetables, which
will be a great advantage
Lawyer Joseph Douglass, of Court
| House, was in town on Monday on
business.
Wildwood has good railroad service
throughout the year. During the sum
mer season it has the best train service
the Pennsylvania Railroad is able to
give, which the travelling public knows
is excellent.
Mrs. Albert Wentzell, of Camden, is
spending the present week with her
aunt at Willard Hall. The latter has
been quite ill during the past week.
Philip P. Baker and ]. Thompson
| Baker we're down last Friday evening
and attended the Board of Trade
meeting.
l.. j. Mccormick made a trip to
Atlantic City today.
Frank Heating, chief electrician at
the horticultural building, Phila., made
his father a visit on sunday and re-
ported his mothers accident.
Hotel Dayton arrivals the past week
have been S. G. Hamberg, Camden;
Joseph j. Levy, Mr.. and Mrs. +.
Muller, Frank q. English, G. e. Kit
son, Philadelphia; Frank w. Mayo,
Mr.. and Mrs. Verger, Philip P. Baker,
Vineland; Ambrose p. Pullinger, Dora
Pullinger, Germantown; May Cook,
| Wilkes Barre, Pa; r. Penn Smith,
| Wildwood; George p. Fair, Jr., River
side.
Mothers can safely give Foley's Hon
ey and Tar 10 their children for coughs
and colds, for it contains no opiates or
other poisons. Sold by Cohen Bros,
Wildwood and Holly Beach.
William H. Allen, who resides on
Maple avenue, has gained in health
sufficiently since he has taken up his
residence with his family in Wild wood
as to be able to resume his old position
as a clerk at the Pavonia freight station
in East Camden for the Pennsylvania
railroad.
Circulating library at Mech & Co.'s.
--latest books.
Kidney complaint kills more people
than any other disease. This is due to
| the disease being s % insidious that it
gots a GOOD hold on the system before it