, 1904-01-27
WILLOW GODS BUDGET

well known property owner at Wild
wood, was down last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Gross were down
over Saturday and Sunday. Mr.. Gross,
who is a salesman for a big wholesale
druggist in Philadelphia, reports find
ing the thermometer down to Is below
zero at Lock Haven, Pa, last week and
that ice vas being cut in that part of
the State nineteen inches in thickness.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Wild
wood Baptist Church, held a meeting
at the home of Mrs. Frank Sheppard
last Wednesday afternoon. There were
thirty ladies present. Mrs. G. A. J.
Johnson entertained the company with
a recitation and Mrs. Hilton and Mrs.
Tresher each gave a reading. Cocoa and
crackers were served as a light lunch.
Councilman Geo. w. Banks has
awarded the contract to Harry &. Brown
for the enlargement of the Seacrest.
The roof is to be torn off and quite a
number of rooms added, the improve
ment to cost in the n~eighborhood of
5 3 1000. Work has already commenced.
The contract for the erection of the
new store building for f. P. Rudolph,
at the corner of Pine and Pacific aves.,
has been awarded to Joseph n. Costill,
at his bid of So, 2l0. b. V. VanHorn's
bid was only fifteen dollars higher than
Mr.. Costill's. ID. NJ. VanHorn is the
architect and drew the plans for the new
building.
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
John Newcomb and Charles l.. Sites
attended the funeral of DR.. Y. M. ID.
Marcy, at Cold Spring, on Monday.
DIR Marcy vas 81 years old, and for
many years practised his profession and
conducted a drug store at Cape May.
He was highly esteemed and the funeral
was a large one.
Splendid value in Mercerised waist
ings at 35c a yard at Mech 4 Co.'s.
J. Thompson Baker, Esq, of Lewis
burg, Pa, one of the founders of Wild
wood, spent Sunday here with his
brother, Mayor Baker.
Richard K. Flitcraft spent Sunday
in Camden and Woodstown. Mr..
Flitcraft is the courteous brakeman
and conductor on the through car of
our local beach train.
AT many seashore places cistern wa
ter is still used for domestic use. Our
artesian wells furnish an abundant sup
ply of the purest water for household
use and fire protection. Baker Bros.
G. V. Whitaker and family moved
this week from the FenWick to the
SIlverdean cottage on Atlantic avenue.
Adam r. Sloan, ESQ.,, a Camden
lawyer, who resides at Atco, was in
Wildwood on Monday as the representa-
tive of S. Conrad OFT, receiver in the
Glickman failure.
The Red Men of the island are re-
quested to trail to the Wigwam on next
Tuesdays sleep where a little lunch Will
he awaiting them. Music will be fur
nished by Carl Erickson, n of the red
men of the Five Mile Beach forest.
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.
Wildwood has churches, places of
amusement and an atmosphere of order
and comfort that is pleasing to the
thousands of visitors to this rapidly
growing resort. Baker Bros.
Lawyer Carr, of the law firm of
Wilson, Carr q Stackhouse, of Camden,
was in Wildwood last Saturday as the
legal representative of Young, Smyth,
Field Co, in the bankruptcy proceed
ings against M. w. Glickman.
Among the guests at Willard Hall
the past week have been Samuel j..
Kent. Miss Francis Kent, Lansdowne,
Pa; S. l.. Gallagher, South Seaville;
e, f. Bartholomew and Mr.. and Mrs.
w. G. Gross.
Elmer Pinker was in Trenton last
Thursday and took an examination
before the State Board of Pharmacy.
Prof. H. w. Roselle, of Camden,
notified j. Albert Harris, yesterday,
that VIM. l.. Bailey died at the munic-
ipal hospital at Trenton, on Monday,
of black small poX. MI. Bailey was
well known among the young people
of Wildwood and was a cornetist, being
for several years a member of the Casino
orchestra.
Mrs. M. B. Severn, who is spending
the winter at Oaklyn, Camden county,
expects to return the latter part of Feb
ruary and open Severn Hall. Leo, the
big newfoundland dog, wandered away
from his new home and vas gone over
night. Mrs. Severn inserted a lost adv.
in the Philadelphia Record and the dog
was returned to her by j. M. Crowell,
who saw the adv. and found the dog ten
miles from Oaklyn toward Atlantic
City. 1t is supposed Leo started out
for Wildwood.
Robert Craner spent Saturday night
tracted up that way quite often.
Among the Hotel Dayton guests the
past week have been w. M. Jackson,
Millville; c.. r. bendig, Harvey f.
! Carr, Esq, Adam r. Sloan, Esq,
Camden; f. Sutton, Haddon1leld;
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