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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10
BLAKER'S THEATRE STAGES HIGH
CLASS VAUDEVILLE
VIII Not Open the Coming Week
as Expected. Cost Of Pro-
ducflOn Too Great

Bakers Theatre presented fine
program to its patrons last Friday and
Saturday evenings. Eight numbers
including fine lot of moving pictures
contributed to keeping the audience in
continual good humor.
The Five Lubins, engaged at great
expense, appeared in musical novel
ty called "Uncle Beu's Birthday.u
The youngsters captured everybody by
their wonderful dancing and singing.
Brady & Mahoney, in the Foreman
and the Fireman, kept the people IN
one continual roar of laughter by their
humorous conversation and actions
and ]. Gildea, the Irish comedian,
could produce laugh without saying
a word. Clark and Bradley, two
clever girls, made big hit with their
"Teddy Bears" popular songs and
clog dances. The most artistic num-
ber of the evening was that Of Hamil-
ton and Howell, comedy musical
artists in "Rubin's Visit to the City,
lney uhu WOuuciiui huoiSai aoiiitJ
and held the people spellbound
throughout their clever act.
Manager Blaker tells us the theatre
will not be open the coming week.
The cost OF producing vaudeville en-
tertainment of the high class which
Bakers theatre has staged the past
two weeks is go great that it must
have a larger patronage to pay ex-
penses. When assurance is given that
expenses will be met the theatre will
again open. We hope this will be
soon, for such attractions as this
theatre has produced are credit and
a prestige and deserve hearty support
and encouragement. Let the theatre
doors continue to open Friday and
Saturday nights during the spring
months.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10

Asbury Park hamlet hardly known
on the map. Lack of enterprise and
other causes, together with the enter
prise that built up Atlantic City and
Asbury Park, served to depopulate
Long Branch and Cape May of their
visitors and make their once crowded
hotels Improbable.
This year the three largest hotels at
Cape May are not leased and will not
be opened, but the new and vigorous
enterprise at New Cape May is effect
ing transformations that In a few years
will make a formidable rival for At
lantic City. Long Branch is waking
up, too. The spirit of improvement
so long dead has revived. Two bills
in the Legislature authorize expendi-
lures for that purpose. There must be
local enterprise to attract outside
capital. Five Mile Beach has discover
ed this fact and is spending many
thousands of dollars in Improvements.
The future of the entire New Jersey
coast is rich with promise. With
trolley extensions, rapid transit and a
deep waterway along the coast it will
become the Riviera not only of the
people of the east, but of the whole
nation.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10
April Term of Court

The April term of the Cape May
County Courts commenced at Court
House on Tuesday. There were sixty
liquor license applications in the
county, all of which were laid over un-
til Friday, April 18th. The COM
missioner appointed a year or so ago to
investigate the finances of Lower Town
ship made his report and Judge Tren-
chard referred it to Judge Hendrickson
who ordered the investigation.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10
WRECKACE WASHES ASHORE
Lots OF Oranges Gathered Up
on the Beach Apparently
from a Wrecked Ship

Tuesday morning the news that a
lot of wreckage had come ashore drew
quite number of people to the beach.
The strand was literally covered with
wreckage in places. The spoils con-
sisted mainly of oranges, many of
which were sound and eatable. These
were picked up in large numbers.
Some spools of silk and many pieces
of timber were also washed ashore.
There is much speculation as to
where the goods came from. General
beliefs that a freighter from the South
was wrecked and broken to pieces in
the recent gale.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10
Notice

Notice is hereby given that the Council of
the Borough of North Wildwood will meet on
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18th, 1907,
at the borough hall, Third and Central ave-
nues, at eight o'clock, p. M, to hear and con-
slider objections to the confirmation of the
Commissioners of Assessment reports con-
cerning Sewer Extension No. on Tenth,
Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth
and Fifteenth avenues from Surf avenue to
New York avenue; Eleventh avenue, New
York avenue to Delaware avenue, New York
avenue from Tenth to Thirteenth and from
Fourteenth to Sixteenth avenues and on
Delaware avenue from Eleventh avenue to
Beach Creek. Sewer Extension No. 8 on
Twenty-siXth avenue, New Jersey to Della
ware avenue, Twenty-fifth avenue, New York
to Delaware avenue; Delaware avenue, Twen-
ty-second to Twenty-sixth avenue. Cement
sidewalks and curbs on Seventeenth, Eigh-
teenth, Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth ave-
nues, New Jersey to New York avenue and
New York avenue from Twenty-third to
Twenty-sixth avenue; also cement sidewalks
and curbs on Second and Third avenues,
Pennsylvania to New Jersey avenues, Fourth
avenue, Pennsylvania avenue to Central ave-
nue.. Any person or persons interested in or
affected by said Improvements will be given
an opportunity to be heard upon the subject
of said assessments at that time and place.
Dated April I'd, 1907
W.E. YOUNG,
Borough Clerk.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10
Proposals for Macadanl
Streets

Proposals will be received by the Borough
Council of the Borough of Wildwood, New
Jersey, on
THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1907,
at eight o'clock, p. M, for macadamfzing por-
tions of certain streets in said borough, viz:
Twenty-sixth, Juniper, Poplar, Magnolia,
Glenwood, Maple, Pine, Wildwood, Hudson
and Lake avenues west of Park avenue.
Estimated amount of work, 1900 square
yards.
For plans and specifications apply to L. M.
Rice, Borough Engineer.
Bids to be filed with the undersigned on or
before the above date.
Council reserves the right to reject any or
all bids.
BY order of Council.
G. q. ELDREOGE,
Borough Clerk.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10
WILDWOOD BUDGET
Miss Florence johnson is visiting
friends at Wissahickon.
(Continued)

Miss Florence johnson is visiting
friends at Wissahickon.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. s. Foster spent
Sunday in Cape May.
Hotel Poplars opened up for the
spring and summer season on Monday.
Those who registered this week were
J. r. Creamer, Chester; Mrs. Adam P.
Ashworth and Miss Mabel Ashworth,
Frankford, Pa; Grace e. Bitner,
Chester; Jos. Stockley and Laura E.
Stockley, Eddystone, Del. Co., Pa.
Phone 24x.
Fine hotel site In Wild wood, between
trolley and boardwalk, corner lot At
lantic and Pine avenues, so by 100.
HI. McClelland, 1893 Chestnut street,
Philadelphia. For sale.
Miss Irma Knight, of Camden, is
spending some time time with relatives
here.
Phone 24x.
The Philadelphians who registered
at Hotel Seacrest the past week were
J. M. johnson, J. A. Parker, Frank
Baingo, s. J. Connor, w. F. Dougherty,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. D. Mullen and
children, ]. A. Murphy, Fred'k. E.
Griest, Geo. Luell, w. J. Massey, VIM.
E. Evans, Mr.. and Mrs. w. e. Firth,
Jas. X. Stack, H. P. Hoff, F. H. Scar.
borough. Others who registered were
Henry Taylor, Vineland; Edgar
Krumm, Cynwyd. Pa; E. r. Bannar,
Lansdowne; It. Torrey, New York; w.
B. Cooper, Medford; Geo. w. Cole,
Merchantville.
Table board by the day or week,
homelike table. Thos. II. Townsend,
Gem Cafe.
William Coppock, Philadelphia
contractor and builder, is building a
neat cottage for himself on Maple
avenue and the Lake.
Among those who registered at
Willard Hall the past week were e. L..
Hewitt, Woodstown; s. Oakford, ]. G.
Clark, III. j. Fudge and Mr.. and Mrs.
J. d. Harris, of Philadelphia.
Phone 24x.
Judge John w. Wescott and brother
w. A. Wescott, ofCamden, were recent
visitors to Wildwood, guests of the
Hotel Fenwick.
Architect Henry l.. Reinhold, of
Philadelphia, was in town this week.
Miss Fannie Matt, of Vineland, was
among the weeks guests.
Maurice river cove oysters by the
quart or hundred at Gem cafe. Thos.
Il. Townsend.
At the rsGn,es meeting of Rsaah.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10
Proposals for Sewers

Proposals will be received by the Borough
Council of the Borough of Wildwood, New
Jersey, for laying about 1900 lineal feet of
sewers on portions of certain streets in said
borough, viz: Twenty-sixth, Juniper, Poplar,
Magnolia, Glenwood, Maple, Pine, Wildwood,
Hudson and Lake avenues west of Park ave-
nue..
For plans and specifications apply to L. NJ.
Rice, Borough Engineer.
Bids to be filed with the undersigned on or
before Thursday May 2, 1907, at eight o'clock,
p. m. The Council reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
BY order of Council.
q. G. ELDREDGE,
Borough Clerk.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10
JERSEYS REVIVlNC SEASIDE RESORTS
Cape May and Long Branch
AwaIxing into New Life and
Preparing TO Forge to
the Front

Cape May and Long Branch, the two
oldest summer resorts along the New
Jersey coast, have been experiencing
slow decay for years, say those who
have watched their progress. Long
Branch was once the mecca of fashion
atle frivolity. Cape May was the
resort of quieter class of people,
mostly from the south. Thetwo resorts
1Here in-theiA prime when Atlantic
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10

That renters intend to own their own
homes as soon as possible is as certain
as that young men intend to marry
when ready. Every day some renters
are ready buy and some young man
ready to marry. Real estate ads. in
the journal Little Ad column
interest both.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10
Take Notice

Notice is hereby given that the annual
meeting of the Stockholders of the Wildwood,
and Holly Beach Gas company will
be held at the office of the company at Holly
Beach, New Jersey, on the 10Th day of A April,
1907, at zoo p. m. O'clock, for the purpose OF
electing officers for ensuing year and any other
business that may come before the meeting.
WILDWOOD, ANGLESEA AND HOLLY
BEACH GAS Co.
By julius B. Rauch, Secretary.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10
Cement Walks Proposals

Proposals will be received by the Borough
Council of the Borough of Wildwood, New
Jersey, for laying cement walks and com
tain streets In said borough, viz: West side
of Park avenue, Twenty-sixth, Juniper, Pop
lar, Magnolia, Glenwood, Maple, Pine, Wild
avenue.
Estimated amount about 1850 lineal feet.
For plans and specifications apply to L. M.
Rice, Borough Engineer.
u ~ - with the underslgned on or
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10

In jiffy time, with little ado, at
trifiing cost-the "JoURNAL Little Ad"
way of getting and selling things. See
page s.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10

JOURNAL advertising pays. Why
don't you try it
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
Marine National Bank

at WILDWOOD N. j., in the State of New Jer
sey, at the close of business March p, 1907:
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
OF the
Borough OllyBedch,N.J.
for the year ending
DECEMBER 3lSt, 1906
EXHIBIT "a"
Borough receipts for the year .........s74,9l2 OIL
Expenditures for the year ............. 69,201 OF
Balance on hand..............s 5,7ll 90

BALANCE on hand...............S 6,71l 90
EXHIBIT 3D." Schedule
Benjamin r. Barker, Collector of Taxes, DR..
To amount of taxes due from Commission
ers of Adjustments report to 1902, 81, ,259 g4
To interest and cost collected on same, 1872 81
I" npaid taxes for the year l9O2........ I,274 q
I" interest and cost collected on same, AZ rs
unpaid taxes for the year l903......... 1862 So
interest and cost collected on same, II So
" unpaid taxes for the year 1804........ 3,377 70
:" interest and cost collected on same, l12 06
unpaid taxes for the year l905......... 5000 50
+" interest and cost collected on same. So 26
" amount of tax duplicate for 19O6....2S,529 80
addition by the collector............ l20 46
" franchise tax, 1905 6.................... 53S 80
" sidewalk and curb assessment
ordinances Nos 33 and 34......... 5,887 l3
" sidewalk and curb assessment
ordinances Nos 40 and 41......... 6.727 S5
" sewer assess ssment ordinance No. 43, 34,445 48
interest and cost collected on
Nos. 33, "a, 40, 4l....-.................. ITO 81
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10
Schedule 2

By cash paid opt for boardwalk.........s sg7 60
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10

IN ordinance authorizing The grading and
graveling or macadamizing of certain
streets or parts of streets in the Borough
of Wildwood, New Jersey.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-24
MAY ROSE IS SHIPPED
TO ERIE, Pa, RACES
J. S. Lackey's Green Trotting
Mare in Fast Company.
SHOWS WONDERFUL SPEED

Cambridge City, July PA. S.
Lackey shipped his black trotting mare
May Rose to Erie Pa. Tuesday, where
nual racing meet of the Erie Trotting
and Pacing association. The mare is
a green trotter purchased recently by
Mr.. Lackey. but shows remarkable
speed. having gone in 2:19 and better
in a recent tryout. Curt Gosnell, who
is racing at Cory, Pa, this week will
drive May Rose Gosne1l won three
heats with Flying Jim at Titusville,
last week. and got second money with
Bedworth H at Dayton July 4.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-24
'ORVILLE SMITH HAS A
VERY NARROW ESCAPE
Failed to Get Good Footing on
A Moving Train.
DRAGGED ALONG DISTANCE.

Cambridge City, Ind. July 24.-Or-
vile Smith. a student at the Western
Union telegraph office in this city, mar
rowly escaped being killed Tuesday
morning, while attempting to board
the west bound freight at Dublin.
which arrives here about 1:30. He at
tempted to catch the car Immediately
behind the engine, but being hampered
by dinner box, was unable to get a
firm hold and was dragged through
the cattle guards just east of the cross
ing, and was severely bruised about
the head and limbs. The train was
stopped Immediately by the engineer,
who saw the accident, and although
painfully injured, the young man
boarded the train and came to this city
where he was able to resume his du-
ties in the office in few hours.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-24
AGED WOMAN WAS
FOUND ON THE FLOOR
Mrs. Hanora Sullivan Very III
At Her Home.
LIVES ALONE BY CHOICE.

Milton, Ind. July 24-Mrs Hanora
Sullivan, an aged Irish woman, who
for many years has lived alone. was
missed by her neighbors and an inves-
tigation was made Tuesday afternoon
when she was found lying on the floor
of her kitchen very i'll. She was car
ried TO her bed and cared for and her
son, John Sullivan of Richmond. was
notified of her condition. She had
been i'll since Sunday. The aged WON
an lived alone by choice, having been
offered a home in the families of her
children.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-24

Many persons have wondered how
strawberries got their name. They
have been so called by Anglo-Saxon
people for hundreds of years, but no
corresponding name for them appears
in any other languages. On the con-
trary, their fragrance mainly is set
forth in the names by which they are
called in non-English speaking lands.
The old Anglo-Saxon form was
"streawberige.' 1t seems probable
that the straw is the long stem of the
vine which runs along the ground.
Some have thought, however that in
ancient times the Anglo-Saxon berry
hunters brought the berries home or
sent them to market upon straws. The
explanation that the word is corrup-
ton of strawberry" due to the run
ming habit of strawberry vines is be-
lieved to be erroneous.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-24
TRUSTEE SHIPS SCHOOL
BOOKS TO LOCAL AGENT
Mr.. TrusIer of Jackson Town.
ship Complies With Law.
OFFICERS ARE RELIEVED.

Cambridge City, July 24.-TownshiI
tanning quite number of copy-books,
primary Biographies. and arithmetics,
which were in his possession, to w. II.
Bartel, at Richmond, yesterday, in
accordance with the law passed at the
last legislature regarding the sale and
of school books. By this
act the duty of handling the text books
will not fall on the county officers as
heretofore. but will be handled by To-
cal dealers. who will receive their
stock from the merchant or dealer who
has been appointed as depository for
the sale of school books, by the coun-
ty superintendent.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-24
ANOTHER HEROIC CAPTAIN.

1t is one of the unwritten laws OF
the sea that the captain shall be the
last to leave his sinking ship. The
latest wreck, that of the steamship
Columbia. off California, has added an
other to the list of heroic captains who
have stuck by their sinking ship and
been engulfed with it by the sea. In
the dead Of night the Columbia was
struck bv a freight steamer and in
jured so badly that it sank in less than
ten minutes. The passengers on the
Columbia were in their berths, fact
that accounts for the great loss OF lie.
Ninety -four passengers and nineteen OF
the crew were saved. Captain Doran
of the Columbia was among the
drowned, and the last thing the sur
yfvors heard as they drew away from
the doomed vessel was God save you
ALL" Captain Doran's last message
with death not one minute off, the
captains last thought was for the safe
Iy OF the SURVIVORS, OI HIS pooochSciS
and crew. To meet death in this man
ner is every whit as heroic as to be
shot to pieces on the battlefield and
even more so. A soldier in battle re-
ceives the support of having thousands
of comrades around him. His crude
philosophy teaches him to take the ia
talistic view that If he is going to be
killed in that battle he is going to be
killed and that is all there is to It,
Captain Doran, however, had diff
ferent situation to face. After his YES
sci was struck he had to save as many
of his crew and passengers as he could.
They could not all be gotten off before
the ship sank, and he stayed with those
who had to go down with the Column
bia. From the moment he realized
that all could not be saved he knew
that he would have to die also. and
when death was about to come his last
thought was not for himself but for |
the unfortunates who had been under
his charge Captain Doran was hero
In the highest sense of the word, and is
q splendid example of the fearless men
to whom we may well entrust our
lives when travelling on the sea.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-24
KISSING UNDER A BAN.
THE PENNSYLVANIA ROAD Will L
HAVE NO MORE OF 1T.
Passengers Must Deport Without the
Long Lingering Style of
Oscillation.

Although hard hearted as it may
seem, the Pennsylvania has issued an
edict against the long drawn out
slobbery sort of OSCILLATION, generally
practiced in it's stations before the de-
parture of trains. Not only this man
ner of kissing will be tabooed by the
officials, but all other manner of kiss
ing. People leaving their friends at
the stations, will have TO be content
with little bird like peck and that
given with the hand hereafter. The
exact reason for the Pennsylvania
taking such a step is not known.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-24

After all the loyalty which Napoleon
won through a hundred victories was
lukewarm compared with the loyalty
to which the car of Russia in those
days was born. When the Car Alex
ander was with the allies in France, he
attended the theater one evening, and
was seen by the Comtesse de Boigne
just entering his box. 'The door of
the box was guarded by two great
giants of his army, who observed an
attitude so strictly military that they
did not dare to raise their hands to
their faces to wipe away their fast
flowing tears. What is the matter5
/ asked a Russian officer. oh. he an
swered, carelessly, the Emperor has
just passed by, and they have prob
ably managed to touch him. IT. P.'s
Weekly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-24
ENGINE is Al WAYS READY
"Gen. Sol. Meredith" Is Kept
In Good Condition.

Cambridge City, Ind, July "a
Chief Barefoot and the members of the
fire department, accompanied by Mar
shall Drischell. who acted as engineer.
took Gen. Sol. Meredith the big fire
engine, owned by the city. to the fire
cistern on West Church street, Mon
day evening, where a demonstration
was given of its power, and water
throwing capacity. The engine is used
only in an emergency, but is kept in
perfect condition and is always ready
for immediate action.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-24
POPULATION A TEST.

The fight of the railroads against
the 2-cent-a-mile passenger rate is re-
ported in four states. The best test
of the ability of the new roads to
maintain themselves on such rate is
found in the population to mile of
road. A comparison of the four states
referred to, shows the following pop
ulation a mile of road: Pennsylvania,
ST.; Virginia, 469; Wisconsin, 2S7;
Iowa, 226. In these states and others
the railroads are fighting the 2-cent
rate that has been imposed in many
of them without consideration of any
thing but the desire of the traveller to
get for cents what has heretofore
cost him 3 cents.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-24
Imitating the New York engineers

Initiating the New York engineers
who moved a great steel bridge two
miles down the Harlem river on scows,
a Boston firm has floated n seven
room house. intact, from Prison Point.
Charlestown, to the Beach at Winthrop
Highlands. The house had stood for
years at the Prison Point crossing OF
the Boston and Mainc railroad. and
was occupied by the draw tender. The
construction of a grade crossing bridge
made necessary the removal OF the
house. II was purchased by specula-
tors and moved by them. 1t will be-
used as a summer cottage.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-24
News of the Railroads
Local and General.

ger departments of railroads in the
Jurisdiction of the Central Passenger
association to attend meeting of the
fare clerks which is being held in
Pittsburg. Copies of the announce
ments have been received at the local
Pennsylvania offices. Owing to the
complications arising in the work I'M
der way, arranging a new tariff SEIZED
ule to conform to the two-cent rate
laws, it is necessary to call the meet
ing in order to adjust differences.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-24
THE C. E. INSTALLATION.
New Officers Are in Charge at Foun-
tain City.

Fountain City, Ind, July Pin
Atallation of the newly elected Off
GERS for the Christian Endeavor took
place Sunday evening as follows:
Pres. Pierre Alexander; Cor. Sec'y
Orville Clark; Sec'y, Naomi Dwiggins
Lookout Com, Fred Hiatt; Prayer
Meeting Com, Pearl Alexander;
Treasurer, Wilbur Hiatt; Music Com,
Laura Dwiggins; Social Com, Ethel
Bennett: Flower Committee, Eleanor
Huff; Announcing Sec'y, Lester Har-
rison.