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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-11-27
Beecher Kay Realty Company
TO Open New Offices

The Beecher Kay Realty company
will on December 1st take possession of
the well appointed and commodious
offices formerly occupied by John N.
Reeve at the corner of Wildwood and
Philadelphia directly opposi 9
the railroad station and adjoining the
post office. This enterprising real es-
tate company organized and chartered
under the laws of the State of New Jer-
sey in May, 1907, is fast forging to the
front ranks of the real estate operators
of the island. Their business includes
the buying and selling of all classes of
of hotels, cottages and stores, the secur-
ing and placing of mortgage loans, the
insuring of property from loss by fire
or theft, the care of property placed in
hands during the absence of the owner,
and the collection ofinterest on mort
gage loans for estates or others who pre-
fer the collections made by a response
BILE real estate agency. In the short
time the company has been in exIs-
tence they have negotiated sales to the
amount of one hundred thousand dol
lars and have secured the agency of
such well known and responsible fire
insurance companies as the Phoenix,
New Hampshire, Boston and German
Alliance. In order to better serve their
clients and customers they have Sc
cured the offices at the depot as men
toned and shall be glad to have all
former patrons or anyone at all inter-
ested in Five Mile Beach real estate call
at any time and information will be
freely given regarding real estate in
any part of the island.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-11-27
Santa and
The Merkid.

The pole where Santa has his shop
Is now a wireless station,
And messages which reach its top
Arrive from all creation.
The other day one landed there
That set the saint to guessing:
1.-THE merkid wants a Teddy bear!"
Good gracious, how distressinsl
For this was what made Santa blue
And reused such sad emotion
The merkid lived a mile or two
Beneath the bounding ocean.
"a mermaid fair, a norman strong,
Whose habitat was water,
Had been norman and wife for long;
The merkid was their daughter.)
Old Santa gave a dismal eroan
And muttered: "Jumpin' jim'neyl
| don't believe the mermans own
A cubic foot of chimney.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-11-27
QUO
FreehOIders
Meet
HarbOr
Stone.

The Board of Freeholders went so
Stone Harbor on Monday to discuss
with the officers of the Avalon Improve
ment Company and the officials of the
Borough of Avalon the ~advisability Of
erecting a state road from the mainland
to Avalon. The Board is not likely To
consent to the building of such a road
at the present time. The attitude OF
some of the members is that the bog
ough and the real estate interests
should first construct the road rs wau
done by all the other resorts In the
county and when developments wAE-
rant 1T, it is altogether probable ahaa
the same course will lie pursued as has
been adopted with all other resorts.
The opinion seems to prevail that abOes
interested should first build the road
as an evidence of good faith Star of
the Cape.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-11-27
ANCLESEA

AS trustee in bankruptcy William j.
HARRISON sold the Hotel Hilton and
furniture last Friday at public sale as
the property of w. E. Buzby. The two
lots and building were knocked off to
w. ID. VanHorn, president of the First
National Bank of Wellsboro, Pa, for
SAL and the personal property aud
furniture went also to the same party
for $3.50. The Five Mile Beach Build
ing ond Loan association of Wildwood
held a first mortgage of $12, 900 on the
building and the Wellsboro bank a Sec
and mortgage for $4,000. The Poth
brewery company held a judgment OF
$1,000 which will be entirely shut u
Mr.. HARRISON cryed the sale himself
and was in progress about two hours.
1t is believed that the Wellsboro bank
will find a buyer for the property and
come out almost whole in the matter.
There will be very little for the general
creditors.
The North Wild wood Borough Coun-
Gil met in regular adjourned session
Tuesday night with Councilmen Buck.
Ely, Shivers and Wheaton present.
also Clerk Young. In the absence of
Mayor Hilton President Buck acted
The minutes of several previous meet
ings were read and approved. The re-
ports of the collector, sinking fund
commission and " inspector were
read and received. The collectors re-
port read a follows:
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-11-27

Sweet cider, all kinds of nuts, dates,
Dill sour and sweet Pickles, at Albig's.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-11-27


SILVER, shiveri l have no looking
glasses but dwarfs for this house nor
a twentieth part of lamps enough to
light it."
With the families of the presidents
cabinet and a few invited guests from
Georgetown Mrs. Adams celebrated
the first Christmas at the White
House, but her letters clearly show
that she was not entirely happy in the
unfinished great house in the wilder
ness" and after four months she re-
turned to the family estate at Quincy,
Mass, and during her husbands ad-
ministration did not return save on
visits.
Thomas Jefferson's White House
Christmases were truly after the lief
%fersonian simplicity" style. Mr.. Jeffer-
son was a widower, and when he came
to Washington in 1901 10 be inaugural
ed as chief executive he rode horse
bach from his estate ut Monticello I'M
accompanied by vel Il servant. He
was the first president to take the oath
Of Office in Washington, and the recep-
ton at the White House that evening
was the greatest affair during his adj
ministration. He had four daughters,
the eldest, Martha, presiding at the
White House during her fathers sec
ond administration. While Christmas
had not been celebrated TO any extent
during the first administration, Miss
Martha made it exceedingly interesting
after she became the first lady. Christ
mas trees and entertainments of every
kind were arranged for the children.
and iii these the president would take
part.
While James Madison served two full
terms-1S09-1S17-as president, he and
his beautiful wife, Dolly, did not
spend all of these in the White House.
but it was a joyous Christmas each
year for them. Mrs. Madison would
not have it any other way. In fact, the
eight years of Madison's administra-
ton were the most brilliant as well as
most exciting in the history of Ameri-
can society. Before the British sacked
and burned the White House in Au-
gust. 1914, Mrs. Madison had for five
years shown Washington folk how tC
celebrate Christmas. 1t was the brill
liant woman's pleasure to entertain
rather to please her friends than to
gain glory for herself. and each Christ,
mas was indeed a joyous season for
every inmate of the White House. from
the humblest servant to the president.
Mrs. Madison always invited many of
her friends to these Christmas celebra-
lions, and during the holiday week
there was always II evening set
apart for the entertainment of her lit
tie friends, the children. After the
British soldiers intercepted the norm
ing breakfast at the White House and
made a bonfire of the building the pres
ident took up his residence in the not
ed Octagon house, where they resided
for about two years and then moved
to a residence at the corner of Nine
teenth street and PENNSYLVANIA avenue.
In these two houses Mrs. Madison on
tinued to dispense Christmas cheer, but
on a smaller scale.
French methods of cooking and serv-
Ing dinners at the White House We're
In~augurated by Mrs. James Monroe in
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-11-27

And yet simply must not fail
The merkid without striving,
For just to see it wag it's tail
Would pay for miles of d~ivins!"
The reindeer would not leave their shed
And baked at ocean cruising
at gives us NAL de mer," they said.
"Our meals we'll all be losing
So Santa took a submarine
He'd borrowed from the Germans
And soon appeared upon tho scene,
Among the wassish
But when they say the Teddy bear
No fishlike tail was waeeing
The merkid and the norman pair
Gave Santa Claus a Raging.
Their rage. alas, knew no restraint
Toward Teddy and his maker.
They set the dogfish on the saint
And called him nature fakir.
Earle Hooker Eaton in Harper's
Weekly.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-11-27
The Rev. Irl R. Hicks Almanac

For 1909, ready Nov. Is, 1908, best
ever sent out, beautiful covers in colors,
fine portrait of Prof. Hicks in colors,
all the old features and several new
ones in the book. The best astronomi-
cal year book and the only one contain
ing the original clicks Weather Fore
casts" BY mail 35c, on news stands
zoe. One copy free with Word and
Works, the best 81, Monthly in Ameri-
ca. Discounts on almanacs in quaint
Works Pub. Co., 220l Locust street,
St. Louis, Mo. Every citizen owes it
to himself, to his fellows aud to Prof.
Hicks TO possess the Hicks" forecasts,
the only reliable.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-11-27
los urtre--wvnow Names oil
. Towns

The following is taken from an Ex-
change:
1t is an instance of the care taken by
the Post Office Department to promote
the comfort and convenience of the
public that orders have just been issued
requiring a display of signs on country
post offices showing the name of the
place where each respective office is sit
uated. An order upon this subject is
printed in the October supplement of
the official Postal Guide. After recit-
ing the fact that the attention of the
department had frequently been direc-
ted TO the advantages which would ac-
crue to the travelling public from the
erection at each post office of a suitable
exterior sign bearing, with the words
post Office" the name of the town or
village in which the Office is located,
this order proceeds to say that the de-
partment intends to insist hereafter on
the display of signs of this characteron
all Office quarters leased by the Govern
ment.
In the meanwhile, all postmasters
are invited to cooperate with the Gov
eminent in the application of this plan
for informing the travelling public the
names of the towns and villages in
which post Offices are situated. The
order recites the circumstance that
there is no appropriation available
from which the cost of signs at third
aud fourth class post offices could be
betrayed, but it deems the matter of
sufficient importance to justify the
recommendation that a suitable sign
of the kind described shall be provided
for the convenience of the public at
the postmaster's W expense. 1t
closes by directing that in cases where
the name of the Office and the name of
the town differ the sign should indi-
cate that circumstance. The chances
that the order which has been recited
will be generally observed have been
increased by the issuance, under the
signature of Chief Inspector f. e. Nc
Millin, of a circular wherein the post
Office inspectors all over the country
are instructed to see that the wishes of
the department in this connection ale
duly complied with.
Possibly it may be thought that the
matter il of hardly sufficient import
ance to warrant the attention which
has been given it, but this will not be
the opinion of those who do much
travelling over country roads, in trolley
cars or automobiles. They know that
in a great many instances the rural
postmaster, doubtless feeling that
there is no need of such information,
that the place where he has his Office
is known to all, does no display any
sign giving the name of the locality,
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-11-27

and so the curious tourist or traveller is
prevented from learning what it would
be interesting and might be useful for
him to know. The orders which the
department has now issued will un-
qu~estionably serve the public conven-
i-nce and render country road travel
ing additionally enjoyable.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-11-27
The Only Execution.

The Suburbanite-l suppose the folks
mex door don't know we have a Christ
mas tree.
The Wife-What makes you think
so?
The Suburbanite-Well, they haven't
sent in to borrow it.-Brooklyn Life.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-11-27
GEM Cafe

After the theatre or rink stop in ana
get a good oyster stew. Oysters served
in every style. Pie, milk and ice cream.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-14
The Real Trouble.

William CLYDE Fitch, who doesn't
use his first name, has about as little
Of the traditional constituencies to fail
ures as # is possible for a generally
successful dramatist to get along with.
He talks The Straight Road with
all the enthusiasm that he brings to a
remnscence of Beau Brummell, -
and he has no objection to telling you
Of mirth that has been made al his
own expense.
Il always had faith in my historical
play, Nathan Hale, which, YOU may
remember we put on during the Span.
ish war" he said, recently. Il believe
in that play. but nobody else seems al
together to agree with me.
4 recall with not a little pain how
sat in the almost empty theater during
one Of its productions,
Beside me at the time was one Of
the best-known, ablest and also frank.
est dramatic critics in New York, and
TO him | was trying to ease my mind.
- think, ! said that we have put
this play on at the wrong time. No
body wants TO go 10 the theater in
war time
Ny friend looked at me and shook
his head, sagely
NO. Fitch. he answered, the
trouble is not the war. but the piece "
Saturday Evening Post
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-14
The Spendthritt.

shining square piano decorated
with bric-a.brac occupied the center
Of the parlor OF the bachelor whose
chum was giving little party during
his absence.
Lovely old thing" said one Of the
girls.
Yes" said his chum. hut be care
ful how you open it and play on it.
that is. il YOU have amy respect for
your nerves He bought it at an auc-
ZION for four dollars lie bought il
for a special purpose Some night
when he gives a party up here he's
going TO tear on the lad and throw
IL into the fire Then he's going to
keep up the fire the rest of the eve
ming with The legs and one part and
another lis like this. you see. Every
body will 80 away and say:
How rich he must be to burn
pianos like that in CRATE when he
could get wood so much cheaper
AS matter Of fact he couldn't get
that much wood very much cheaper
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-14
AS to Mr.. Vaughan.

They We're discussing the proper
pronunciation of the name Of w
Somerset Vaughan, the new English
dramaust, who suddenly burst on
London few months ago with -four
plays, and whose Jack Straw is now
being given on Broadway.
That name is pronounced Mawm q"
declared one who had been in London
"No-its surely Mawum, opined
somebody else.
Mshm is better" declared an.
other
why not 'MueguW. said one
who inclined TO the facetious
And they grew quite heated about H.
why, OF course lis 'Mawm'
"Rats-it's NaWum,
"No,-'Mahm,'
Muggum by al means
Until finally one who had done moth.
Ine 80 far but show signs OF growing
Impotence and eunui suddenly brought
his fst down on the table.
NUNS The word, he shouted
That ended the discussion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-14

One day recently -. y. Rogers. a
farmer in The Shirkshire district. found
a doe and beautiful fawn not more
than three or four days old in his
meadow. says the Pittsburg Dispatch
The doe became frightened and
fed. but the fawn showed no sign OF
fear. permitting the farmer TO caress
&C.. and finally il followed him to the
barn. Nj Rogers drove to Shelburne
Falls and had the fawn, lying at the
feet of his two little daughters, photo
zraphed
During the picture taking the farr
-azed steadily a. the photographer
and his camera. But gave no indication
Of being afraid On returning to his
home Mr.. Rogers took the little ami
nal back 70 the meadow and in a short
-ime il vas Joined By the doe.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-14
The Cure.

He talked too much--far too much
Already he had driven his taciturn
companion nearly Wild. lie had
touched on subjects innumerabe, dis.
coursed with yolubility on anything
and everything. Onward went the
intending stream OF speech. And all
he while the volube one danced about
and fdgeted and squirmed until the
other was wellnigh beside himself
with disgust
Finally the walking dictionary took
from his pocket a cigarette.
I'm a great smoker he remarked.
Yes. I'm great smoker-great
smoker I'm one OF those nervous
men. you know; one OF those high
strung. restless fellows who always
must have something in their mouths
Yes. YOU see. I'm so nervous. as ! said.
that simply must. yes-must-
have something all the time in my
mouth"
Try a gag, suggested his com
panion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-14
WOULD SEE JUDGE
VENERABLE JURisT'S JOKE IN
THE FACE OF DEATH.
lmportunate Disturbsr Left to Extract
What Comfort re Could from
Promise Made + egarding the
Coming Conference.

Over the house a strange hush had
fallen. Servants walked with noise.
less tread and blinds were drawn
close. II needed no words to tell one
that death was within he doors. The
news that the venerable Justice Ten.
ney was fast sinking bad spread oya.
the town. II was no sec ct that his
hours were numbered,
Suddenly the silence In tie house OF
death was broken by "A violent ing al
the doorbell A servant made haste to
answer ii lest it should be rep lted.
AT the door stood a man in the at.
est state Of excitement.
Il want to see Judge I'enney," he
burst out the instant the door swuIS
open.
aSh-h.h warned the servant IL
stage whisper Please don't ma
so much noise; the Judge is dying.
Yes, | know he u.s." insisted TIE
caller u heard about it only five mi
utes ago on the street But | abs &.
lutely must see him before it is too
late, II is SO imperative that | can't
take no for an answer. You Just hur-
~ TO the Judge and tell him that Jim
Perkins is here and must see him"
After no little hesitation the faithful
old family servant yentured to the
room where the old man lay dying
Leaning over close TO the venerable
iurist's ear he gave him the message
1t seemed to arouse the tagging facul
ties OF the dying man
jim Perkins? Jim Perkins," he
muttered in voice that was barely
audible 10 the waiting servant oh
yes, remember him now, he added
moment later Yes, let him come up;
III see him
Presently Mr. Perkins tiptoed into
The death chamber and stood at the
foot OF Judge Tenneys bed
Judge, I'm profoundly sorry to hear
you are in such bad way he began.
Yes Jim, I've about reached the
end of my journey murmured the dy-
ing man. Can't last much longer
I regret sincerely, Judge that |
must bother You at SUCh llme, went
on The caller alphabetically, but you
doubtless recall that decision you and
Judge Wallace banded down against
me last April, ordering me to pay Slas
Hummer $500 damages"
Oh yes" replied the Judge, Il re-
member it,
Well, before Judge Wallace died In
June | talked it over with him and ne
acknowledged that an error of judg.
ment had been made in the case. He
said be was convinced that | should
never have been compelled to pay the
money Now, if You would agree also
that the decision was wrong it would
be easy to get the judgment set aside
Did Judge Wallace tell you that"
whispered the dying Jurist after a
minutes silence.
Yes, judge. he told me that great
wrong bad been done.
Well, all right, Jim, III consider the
case murmured the old jurist Il ex-
pect 10 see Judge Wallace in a little
while and IN talk it over with him
Good-by, Jim
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-14
WENT WITH CHILLY"
FIRST PROBLEM or MARRIED
LIFE EASILY SOLVED.
Young Bride Satisfied to Leave Her
FamH. for Her Nusban-'- Tome
Action That DIDN'T Sur
prise Spinster Lady.


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on 'iie question tto'n every sue oelo'
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the eHd o. me word
ana give ~ an her PeoP'e S"'"
the EiFi, WLst''fi.
NoI nv'tsa" t'f' VI co'''Se' u -
very nice 10 IiYe ID me same Io"h
Win your fanny. bu' mlaialiNe'N
few married Wom'a 40 So your o""
grandmother FOR instance. came our
TO thiS country ana never SIT" hef
people again, and vet she was very
happy woman,
Yes wat So ana mother I'VE"
ran away rom sIandmamma the mrs.
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The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-14
DREDGING COMPANYS PLANT
NOW IN ACTIVE OPERATION
Under Management of Superintendent J. NJ. Al
len, Expert Civil and Mechanical En-
gneer-Big Force of Workmen


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The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-14
n.cnnn.ll = CANTERBURY.

O'Connell used 20 relate a good story
Of his first visit TO Canterbury catheral
which was the sce3e OF A Catholic pill
grimage recently lie iaquired from
the verger The exsci spo' ~ the death
of Thomas a Beckett. and then knelt
down reyerentlv and kissed IT, The
verzer in terror told OConuell that
the dean would instantly dismiss him
10 be were 20 allow POpish work like
that O'Conucu asked him his fee for
showing a visitor 10 md the cathsral
BE said one shilling O'Connel gave
him half a crown; whereupon the
ger said "You nav kiss the stone
again. sir. without any additional
charge. and ] viii look out and tell
sou 90 Z see The dean coming West
Minister Gazette.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-14
lis Reason

The village postmaster and one OF
the leading politicians were holding
an earnest conversation near the en-
trance Of The post rfce Perched upon
the steps a street uscbin was drinking
ma every word II he discussion when
the pastor of Ue OF the village
churches came out 81 the building
Recognizing in the urchin one Of his
Sunday school boys. lie called him
aside and began John. Do is wrong
very wrong. Of you 10 Try 10 pry into
the affairs Of others Don't you know
thai Il is impoii'e 10 listen 90 he
conversation Of grown ups
sure ] know IL is impoIi'e.' re-
piled Johnnie. but it D. all right This
slime. cause Deacon smith said he'd
gige me a quarter IL found out shat
them tuo men were talking about
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-14


Comparatively few N CAIRO nav
amy idea OF the magnitude OF me
ICairo Contracting a Dredging com
IPml plant WhirA Is no" III "'Itt'
( Operation under jhc direction ~ ~
iporiniende0f NJ Allen
TN" puhiir@ WEE" oil lNH 'it'E'''-
apparatus generally consists OF &
( passing iook al me Io4I ''''s OF i''.
which are laid ID me Lake Ed"ai9s
Idi7Tict west 81 CedaF street oL4
inorlh OF fl''e'Aih slFee' where .'.'
Cairo q IheheS railroad company +
10 enter caro-, "Ath me SPECTATOR
sees the sand ana water pou,in@ OUT
p me pipe at " "'ei> .a'F n'''''- ~
lae 10" iand ~ SI""s n.y. ''''''
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Is iot OIL PoH'e'"U7 engines ann
.lhef machinery hloch 81 WHICH te
cures the WORK 0I s'iiied "o'hiu,.''
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mann pump itSell Us Sia'ioAe' h'"a'9
Halloween, skilled puhplhaH' VINO
came mere 'a9l week rom -. JOSEPH.
Mo. regulates l1t pump constantly d.