{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3312", "width": "2075", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "0^\\nO N C fi\\nOv C fi\\nV\\no\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^o o\\nJ^ ^^^r\\nC* V --vj^- ft\\n0^\\nt\\n-O s v\\ncP\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2t^\\n.0-\\nV ^0 N\\nc-\\nf\\n7^ *i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0v -o.V\\n.X^\\nt v^^\\n^oo^\\n^^A v^^\\nx^^..\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "c^.\\noq\\n-^rP.\\nv^\\n-.V\\nz\\nA\\nM\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^OO^\\n4^ v ^c;^\\no\\nI\\n0^\\nA*\\n.vO\\nv^\\nU^-^ X\\n0\\nV\\n-f-\\n,-4\\n.V\\n^A v^\\noo^\\no\\no5\\nx^^^.", "height": "3130", "width": "1878", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3130", "width": "1878", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "t1Th\\n41.\\ns\\n-m^W^-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0vN^i\\n^vjo-\\n/n^r^^t^\\n^K^\\nX\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0T\\ni\\nS\\nr\\n^f\\\\\\nt894\\nGuide Booi^,\\nAND\\nDlI^EGTOI ^Y\\n^06EAN GIOTY^^\\nNEW JERSEY.\\nBY MARY TOWNSEND RUSH.\\nI", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "JOR PRINTING,\\nArtistic Work a Spec;iai.i v.\\nTYPt-WRITINC\\nNeatly and Quici\\nT^il WEEKLY NEW!\\nA bright, spicy, weekly eiglit column\\nfolio newspaper, published every Wednes-\\nday, containing all the latest News, all the\\nArrivals in Ocean City, all the Local News,\\ntogether with Tide Tables, Steamboat and\\nRailroad Schedules, Directories, etc., etc.\\nOflE]\\\\W CITY,\\nAdvertisers express themselves\\nexceedingly well satisfied with results.\\nSUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1.00 PER YEAR; 35 CIS. FOR THREE M(\\nI\\nGUVK IT A. TRIAL.\\nH. B. A.OAMS, Editor and Proprietor,\\n811 Asbury Ave. Opposi\\nH. B. ADAMS CO.,\\nil litili ili Ililli\\nHotels and Cottages for Rent\\nJ\\nLots for Sale in all parts of the Citv.\\nDesirable Investment:\\nLargest Fire Insurance agency in the country.\\nEigtiteen First Class Companies represented.\\njys on hand.\\nInvestigation so\\nEVERY FACILITY FOR ^^.uETl-iO ul^ PATRON;\\nMoney to loan on First Mortga ges. Gilt-edeed First Mnr\\nTitles InsuVed or Certified Searches Turnished Parties V-^ing money to\\nloan call and look at o jr form of application\\nProperty cared for, and the inferost of property wners in Ocean City\\ncheerfully looked after without charge.\\nCommodious Offices conveniently locatej opposite the W. J. R. R.\\nStation. Call and see us.\\n811 ASBURY AUE.,\\nITH\\nOGEAN GITY,\\nOt I\u00c2\u00bbOSlTK h O.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 1\\nGoi^eord of Opipioi^s.\\nZi. ^HETHER it be true, as some contend, or not, that a man is known\\nby the letters he receives, there is no doubt that a very good idea\\nof the value of the Compound Oxygen Treatment of Drs. Starkey\\nPalen, of Philadelphia, can be obtained from the letters of patients\\nwho have tried it. Of course, having had the experience of twenty-\\nthree years in its use, we can give our own opinion, and a very decided\\none, too but it is well to know what others think. Therefore we give\\nbelow a few words from our patients\\nOne thing is established, viz.: I cannot get along without the\\nCompound Oxygen, and this conviction has grown with the years\\nsince I first began its use now about ten or twelve years). During all\\nthis time I have studied and worked and preached almost constantly.\\nI never could have done it without the Compound Oxygen. Without\\nthe help of its benign influence I should have been practically an\\ninvalid with it and by its help I have been useful and active, I need\\nnot multiply words of gratitude the story is all told when 1 have told\\nthe above. I can say nothing stronger to thank you.\\nRev. J. C. Lambert, loig Halsted St., Chicago. 111.\\nI am in better health generally than I have been in twenty years,\\nand thank your Compound Oxygen, and your wise treatment besides,\\nfor it all.\\nMrs. Lucinda M. Davis, Cortland, Ohio.\\nThrough my sister s influence I was first induced to try the Com-\\npound Oxygen, which has been of such incalculable benefit to me, she\\nhaving been relieved of a severe case of bronchitis by its use, which\\nthe doctors failed to cure.\\nMrs. S. a. Aubrey, Gamma, Mo.\\nMy daughter. Miss Emily Willis, of Tyler, Texas, was cured of\\nasthma by one treatment of Compound Oxygen, after suffering fifteen\\nyears.\\nEd. B. Willis. Tyler, Texas.\\nWe could give many more equally favorable letters, but will refer\\nyou to our book of 200 pages, sent free. Only genuine in fact, only\\nCompound Oxygen. Any substance made elsewhere, or by others, and\\ncalled Compound Oxygen, is spurious,\\nDRS. STARKEY PALEN,\\n120 Sutter St., San Francisco, Cal. I 539 Arch St., Phlla.\\nDr. G. E. Palen, of the firm of Starkey Palen, is a well known resident of Ocean\\nCity, and Treasurer of the Ocean City Association.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "11 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nJ. S. RUSH,\\nHouse\\nSign Painter\\nc/wSmm^ in yYuUi oi 0U BoioU\\nSPACES TO RENT FOR SIGN DISPLAY ADVERTISING.\\nJOBBING A\\nSPECIALTY.\\nEstimates furnished\\non all\\nkinds of work\\nResidence arid Office:\\nELEVENTH ST. AND CENTRAL AVE.\\nOcean City, N. J,\\np. O- BOX 337.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "1-894\\nmi\\nQcean C^ty\u00c2\u00bb ^ew Jersey.\\n^onlainini^ a li\u00c2\u00a7t of P^cpmanent and ^empopap\\\\j Residents, c^tpect\\n\u00c2\u00a9ipeetopv), p\\\\is1opieal, ^io^paphieal and \u00c2\u00a9esepipti e c\\nf^^\\nBY.\\nin J 2- -7-\\n1\\n-f_", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1894,\\nBy Mary Townsesd Rush,\\nIn the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.\\n(All rights reserved.)", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "H. Q. Steelman, Hay or.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "Councilman J. P. Hand.\\nCouncilman J. C. Steelman.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "Councilman S. B. Sampson.\\nCouncilman H. C. Sutton.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "PgEFACSE.\\nTN presenting to the public the Guide-Book and Directory\\nfor the season of 1894, we can but call attention to the fact\\nof a continuation of the labor of prosecuting searches for histor-\\nical and statistical matter, as in compiling the edition of 1893,\\nfrom which we quote\\nIn the researches which have been made, our correspon-\\ndence has embraced thousands of miles of travel by sea and\\nland; extending to London, to points on the Mediterranean sea,\\nand many on our own continent. Information has been most\\ncourteously contributed by prominent officials of the State and\\nothers placed in a position to be in possession of facts. The\\nannals to which we have gained access have been subjected to\\nthe most careful comparison and study. We have made it a\\nspecial object to confine ourselves strictly, even to the most\\nminute details, to historic truth. There may be imperfec-\\ntions, but there are no embellishments, so far as honest pur-\\npose and careful examination have been -effectual in securing\\nan authentic issue.\\nWe desire to make oui sincere acknowledgments to the\\ncitizens and press of Ocean City for many kind acts and words\\nof encouragement, and for the substantial aid which they have\\ncontributed toward the work.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "^::^^?^^^^^2;^ t^-nt/ ^^(yi^i4 m^\u00e2\u0082\u00actiy-.\\ncea-yi.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0c/^ -fd \u00e2\u0096\u00a0^ca-fet^ ?-7^. \u00e2\u0082\u00aci. yi \u00e2\u0096\u00a0td^et-n z c^ yi \u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^e\\n^zt^-t^ fid y^c^- d\\n(Zyre Z^ ^e^de^ ^-^ee^df, ^-i-j^^e-t-^^ ^r.\\n(Med/= J^ leu/ O^^^ J^^^i2^^ ^d-y a. n l\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^-\\n(ljceci--i^ ^^^cfzd- -cd eud^ \u00e2\u0082\u00ac^j/ dccedd -z^a.^ o^\\ndf ^e ide^ -y^-y -z^A.-cc/^ ^/u^-^K^d d^yi i-e^ ?d\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\\nC ^^edde-zi^ u^ -id c f^ Z^e^d \u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^tzdde-i^de id ea^= 1\\ne c^/^.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "o O\\nc\\n3\\nc\\nT3\\nC\\nu\\ntU\\nu\\n*j\\nZ\\no\\nc\\nu. rt\\no CL\\nz\\na\\nu O\\nI\\ni E", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "ife\\npook upon a laad6capc ending in a Aunlit A-sa\\nlathe picture, there i6 never dull raonotonij,\\n|n the mu6ic there i6 perfect harmony.\\nHETHER some upheaval of nature of a period known\\nn^ only to him Who laid the cornerstone thereof when\\nthe morning stars sang together, or, to judge by its\\nalluvial character, the ocean in its ever encroaching, ever reced-\\ning surges, laid at the feet of the continent this emerald jewel\\nin its setting of silver sands, we know not. That it was created\\nfor our enjoyment is sounded in the murmur of the pines, in the\\nripple of the waves and in the full diapason of the north wind as\\nit lashes into fury the turbulent billows. The happy location,\\nequi-distant from the bleak rock-bound shores of Maine and the\\nsandy borders, swept by the hot breath of the tropics, of the\\nland of Florida, and lying within the isothermal lines which\\nmark the most equable temperature of the globe, favors it with\\nan unparalled climate. Added to these advantages, the Gulf\\nStream in sweeping up the coast tempers* the nnter and ren-\\nders the island at that season a mild, healtl and delightful\\nresort. The variety and abundance of its 1. s a source of\\nconstant wonder. February ushers in the s ^u of flowers\\nwith the tiny scarlet blossoms of an arctic plant nestling close\\nbeside the tropical cactus, which later on bursts into yellow\\ngorgeousness. March sends a thrill thro the invisible under-\\nground life and in quick response crocuses, hyacinths and tulips", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "6 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nspring into bloom. April develops into infinite beauty a wealth\\nof wild flowers indigenous to the soil of both tropical and tem-\\nperate regions. The perpetual green of the cedars is every-\\nwhere seen. These add by their emerald touches to the per-\\nfection of the crimson, russet and golden bloom of the sur-\\nrounding luxuriant vegetation. Among their gnarled and\\nstraggling branches, and in the symmetrical boughs of the berry\\nladen hollies, the cardinal or Virginia mocking bird trills in an\\nabandon of ecstasy to his busy mate; the brown thrush lilts in\\nfull clarionet tones of the Southern rice fields, as his cousin,\\nthe robin, sways and bows on a neighboring branch in sublime\\nindifference to every sound save his own liquid melody. The\\nyellow oriole darts hither and thither like a sunbeam, while\\nthe ubiquitous song sparrow challenges alike the blue bird,\\nswallow, lark and nuthatch to intrude upon his domain, in the\\nfirm conviction of his ability to conquer the entire feathered\\ntribe. Long wavering lines of wild ducks, geese and brant\\nmove rapidly overhead from the bay to the ocean, while the\\nbald eagle, albatross and sea gull, in their majestic sweeping\\nflight, render by contrast the confusion greater of the fluttering\\nflecks of curlew, plover and snipe. St. Patrick must have\\nrested his foot upon the spot at some time, tlio but part of the\\nwork was accomplished here, as elsewhere, when\\nHe gave the toads and snakes a twist\\nAnd banished them forever,\\nfor the toads remain, tho of very diminutive proportions.\\nDeer were once upon the list of its fauna. These have long\\nsince disappeared from the island but are still frequently shot\\non the neighboring mainland. A strange feature of animal\\nlife was seen up till eight or ten years ago in numbers of wild\\ncats. The island became inhabited by them in the following\\nmanner: Beach Parties, the memory of which is dear to\\nthe hearts of all the old residents of the adjacent main land,\\nconsisted of young people who sailed across Great Egg Harbor\\nBay to the island for a day s recreation in fishing and bathing,\\nnever forgetting to bring along a fiddler, and down on the", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "Ik\\ni^\\nHotel Brighton, Seventh and Ocean Avenue, R. R. Sooy, Prop r.\\nTHE FIRST HOTEL BUILT ON THE ISLAND.\\nirfiai igfiir Tii\\n3i ili:[gKH;Ri igiiff\\nmm\\nThe Traymore\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A. C. Creth, Prop.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.. 7\\nbeach at low tide a terpsichorean fling was indulged in with a\\nhilarity that would startle society now. These parties fre-\\nquently brought superfluous cats from their homes which they\\nturned loose. Tabby s antipathy to water prevented her return,\\nbut, nothing daunted by this misfortune, she exercised her nine\\nlife prerogative and commenced to forage on her own respon-\\nsibility. Gradually her numbers increased and from a sleek,\\nvelvety, luxury-loving creature she developed through succes-\\nsive generations her original size and ferocity. This strange\\nmetamorphose was noticeable particularly in the huge sharp\\nclaws, pointed ears and short, thick tail. Eff orts to tame\\nthem were unsuccessful. They were frequently shot by sports-\\nmen now living in Ocean City. Possibly this custom origin-\\nated by its association, the saying at one time current that the\\ngirls off shore (on the main land) were turned loose on Peck s\\nBeach when they became old maids.\\nAbout the time of the disappearance of wildcats the last of a\\nherd of wild cattle, which had undergone a transformation from\\na domestic to a wild nature, were exterminated. This herd\\norio-inated in some stray calves which were not claimed when\\nthe island was used for pasture lands only. Many an old\\nsportsman remembers Great Egg Harbor Bay and its treasures\\nof oysters and shellfish of every description, long before the\\nisland was inhabited. How they sailed over its waters or out\\nof the inlets upon the ocean for deep sea fishing, returning\\nfrom both ocean and bay laden then as now with drum fish,\\nsheepshead, snapping mackerel, blue fish, hague croakers,\\nweak fish or mullet, each in its stated season. September,\\n1890, snapping mackerel chased a school of weak fish into the\\nsurf and it was estimated that eleven tons were caught by the\\nresidents of the city. This frequently occurs, tho they seldom\\ncome in in such great numbers. Among the curiosities of\\nthe finny tribe are the quaint little sea horse, the sea robin, bur\\nfish, shovel-nose and hammer-head sharks, sting ray and toad\\nfish. The sea spider sprawls back to its native element in all\\nits ungainliness when brought up by a sly wave, the king crab", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "8 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nburrows silently beneath its huge umbrella like coverine till\\nit disappears under the sand. The pugilistic soldier crab scut-\\ntles over the ground, bearing defiantly aloft its huge lone claw\\nin flat contradiction to all known laws of gravitation. Here\\nmay be found ample material for reflection upon the saying,\\nAs happy as a clam at high tide, for those who understand\\nthe nature of a bivalve, which to the casual observer is not at\\nany time given to evidences of an elevated degree of levity.\\nAt the north point of the island, where the waters of the inlet\\nwash across the sands, manose and razor clams find seductive\\nground. It is no unusual sight to see the shore on the opposite\\nside dotted with visitors of the beautiful resort of Longport, as\\nwell as the Ocean City side, engaged in gathering these delicate\\nand toothsome shellfish. The quahog of the bay and the surf\\nclam of the ocean are always in demand. A sword fish was\\ncaptured in the bay November 21, 1883, weighing two hundred\\nand forty pounds, the sword measured four feet. A sunfish\\nwashed ashore in front of the Hotel Brighton June 27, 1883,\\nweighing five hundred pounds. October 8, 1891, a rorqual\\nwhale, sixty-eight feet long, was cast on the beach. May, 1894,\\na dolphin was thrown up on the shore where it gave birth to a\\nyoung one. The skeletons of the whale and the large dolphin,\\nand the body of the young dolphin are now on exhibition at\\nthe Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. A wealth of\\nocean life is continually coming up on the strand, from the\\nhighest and most gigantic forms on down through the lower\\norders, arousing our admiration at every step in the auroral\\ntints upon the curved scroll of the shell, the delicate carving of\\nthe sea urchin, the prismatic lights of the medusa, still down to\\nthose dubious forms which mark the confines of the two great\\ndivisions of organic life, animal and plant, apparently having\\nso little in common with each other, though always mingling\\nwith the former, specimens are cast up from sub-aqueous forests\\nin a wonder of profusion.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "9\\n5*\\n3\\n3\\nO*\\n69\\nO\\nr-\\no\\n1\\no\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01\\nC\\nn 3-\\n3|\\n3\\nn g\\nt 3\\nc\u00c2\u00ab 5\\na\\nffi O\\nn\\nft\\nP\\n3-\\nO\\nO\\n00\\nOC\\no\\n3\\nn", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nLook how the sea plants trembling float,\\nAll like a mermaid s locks,\\nWaving, in thread of ruby red.\\nOver the nether rocks.\\nSee! on the violet sands beneath,\\nHow the gorgeous shells all glide\\nO Sea Old Sea who yet knows half\\nOf thy wonders and thy pride.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "lO OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nyistorical agd Pescriptive.\\nOF the primitive inhabitants of the island we have no his-\\ntory save the meagre records and traditions of the white\\nman. In 1623 Captain May sailed up the Delware Bay and\\ngave his name to its north cape, from which the county in\\nwhich Peck s Beach is located takes its name, and he, together\\nwith other navigators, report Indians all along the coast.\\nPrior to this time we are told of two tribes which held the land\\nfrom Sandy Barnegate down to the south cape (May)\\nwhose chiefs bore the names of Tirans and Tiascans. These\\nare doubtless the tribes of Kechemeches and Sorgehunnocks,\\nbranches of the great tribe of Delawares or Lcnni Lenapes\\nmentioned by De Vries in his journals of 1631-2-3, in which\\nhe frequently refers to the Indians of what is now Egg Harbor.\\nBut little remains to us, however, of\\nThese legends and traditions,\\nWith the odors of the forest,\\nWith the dew and damp of meadows.\\nWith the curling smoke of wigwams.\\nIn the flight of the same water fowl we hear no intelligible\\nsounds. To us is not given to understand the language in\\nwhich they imparted to these children of nature her mysteries.\\nAll the wildfowl sang them to him,\\nIn the moorlands and the fenlands,\\nChetowaik, the plover, sang them\\nMahng, the loon, the wild goose, Wawa\\nThe blue heron, the Shushugah.\\nOf his conquests of battle, his council fires, his deer-skin", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "Rev, E. B. Lake-", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "Rev. S. W. Lake.\\nPresident Ocean C^ty Association.\\nlijSin\\nWM~^\\nResidence of Rev. E. B. Lake.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. II\\nwigwam, the hunt and chase, the records are facts locked in\\nthe graves and shell mounds* which alone remain.\\nFollowing the red man came the European settler. I5ut\\nsixteen vears after the first settlement made_ in New Jersey,\\nthat of Elizabethtown, in 1664, one hundred and fifty-one of\\nthe inhabitants of the part of the State then known as West\\nNew Jersey signed the first constitution of government created\\nby the people themselves. The thirtieth name on the list of\\nsigners was that of Thomas Budd, to whom, on October 7th,\\n1695, the first survey of Peck s Beach was made. The land\\nwas held by him for fifty-five years; its chief use was for grazing\\ncattle and obtaining medicinal plants, of which sassafras and\\nbayberry were the principal ones, and which, together with the\\ngreat quantities which grew on the mainland, were shipped to\\nHolland and other foreign ports. In 1750 John Somers bought\\nfive hundred acres in the northern part; this tract remained in\\nthe possession of the Somers family for one hundred and thirty\\nyears, or until the entire island was bought by the Ocean City\\nAssociation, in 1880. The first houses known to be built and\\noccupied by white settlers were those of the Kittles and Robin-\\nsons. Joseph Robinson, now living on the island, is a\\ndescendant of the first named family. For over twenty years\\nParker Miller and family were the only residents of the island.\\nHe built his first residence on the site of what is now Thorn s\\nhardware store. He soon afterwards built the house No. 730\\nAsbury avenue, using for a kitchen the cabin of a wrecked\\nsteamer.\\nThe Origin of Ocean City.\\nThree Christian ministers, brothers by the ties of blood,\\nRevs. S. Wesley, James E. and Ezra B. Lake, sons of Hon.\\nS. Lake, had for some time directed their attention toward\\nthe establishing of a seaside resort where the sanctity of the\\nSabbath should be preserved and the sale of alcoholic liquors\\nprohibited. In the summer of 1879, while sailing across Great\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6Remains of these may also be found by the antiquarian upon the neighboring\\nLongport Beach.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "12 OCEAN CITY GUIDfi BOOK.\\nEgg Harbor Bay, they were impressed with the location and\\naltitude of the well timbered island lying to the eastward of\\ntheir course. September loth following they met at the home\\nof their father, at Pleasantville, and in company with another\\nclergyman proceeded from thence to the place designated.\\nLanding close to where the large and commodious steamers of\\nthe Atlantic Coast Company now sweep up to a magnificent\\npier they moored their little craft and waded thro the mud to\\nshore. Several hours were spent in following the tortuous\\nwindings of the cowpaths thro the otherwise impenetrable\\nbrush until weary and footsore they arrived at the northern\\npoint upon a wooded knoll overlooking the island. To the\\neast lay the ocean in its never-ending wonder of infiniti-\\ntude. The line marked by the command, Hitherto shalt\\nthou come and no further, was strewn with shells, seaweed\\nand driftwood as far as the eye could reach. To the north the\\nebbing tide laid bare the shining sands of the Inlet, to the west\\nGreat Egg Harbor Bay stretched away for miles into the main\\nland a quiet silver sheet. The sun in its decline was casting\\nlong quivering beams of red light over the broken swirl of\\nwaters on Great Egg Harbor bar and piling banks of crimson\\nand gold and purple vapor in the western sky in the peculiar\\nbeauty of an ocean sunset. Here, impressed with the gran-\\ndeur of nature in her primeval condition, the quartette bowed\\nbeneath one of the patriarchal cedars* which had kept watch\\nupon the shore for centuries, and in a service of prayer and\\nsong dedicated to Almighty God the projected work.\\nOcean City Association.\\nThe fine executive ability of these men was shown by\\nthe fact that October 20tli following a company had been\\nformed with the above name, with Dr. W. B. Wood,\\nof Philadelphia, as President. Active operations towards\\nthe fuliillment of its object were immediately begun by\\n*This landmark now occupies a position at the west corner of the public park.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "The Illinois Mrs. H. D. Canfield, Proprietress.\\nResidence of Dr. F. R. Graham.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "The Vandalia House, 725 Central Avenue.\\nMrs. S. Burlev. Proprietress.\\nResidence of Councilman S. B. Samoson,", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. I3\\nsecuring the land and issuing stock. The first topographi-\\ncal survey was made by W. Lake, February 13, 1880.\\nThe part known as Section A was staked off into avenues,\\nstreets and lots. This was rapidly cleared of brushwood and\\ntimber, thousands of feet of ditching were dug for drainage\\nand hundreds of loads of brushwood were placed at the north\\npoint of the island for the purpose of gathering the moving\\nsand and extending the ocean front. The first public sale of\\nlots took place in May, 1880; these sold for about $50.00 each.\\nThe first deed was made to S. T. Champion. Lots to the value\\nof $85,000 were soon disposed of and another portion of\\nland. Section B, surveyed and laid out. A wharf one hundred\\nand twenty-five feet long and seventy-two feet wide was built\\nat an enormous cost; this was connected with the city by a\\ngood road over the meadows and a board walk running parallel\\nwith it the entire distance. A board walk was also built along\\nthe ocean front. The first building erected was the little\\nPioneer Cottage on the rear of the lot now occupied by the\\nAssociation offices. It was used as a boarding-house for the\\nmechanics then at work on the island, and was sometimes\\n-occupied by forty men. The first building of any considerable\\nsize was that of the Bellevue, erected by I. B. Smith. It was\\nupon the site of this house, at the \u00e2\u0080\u00a2corner of Seventh street and\\nAsburv avenue, that the first funeral services ever held on the\\nisland were conducted, those of Harry McCann, a boy killed by\\nfalling: from a cart while hauling sand. The funeral sermon\\nwas preached by Rev. W. H. Burrell to an audience of fifty\\nmechanics and laborers seated in the open air on piles of lum-\\nber and building materials. The first hotel, the Ocean House,\\nnow Hotel Brighton, was also built by I. B- Smith. A rail-\\nroad was built from Pleasantville to Somers Point; this was for-\\nmally opened October 26, 1880. A steamboat was purchased\\nto ply between Somers Point and Ocean City, thus com-\\npleting connection with the outside world. A turnpike com-\\npany was organized to build a road from Beasley s Point to\\nOcean City, which, together with a bridge over Thoroughfare", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "14 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nSound, was completed the following Spring. Thus, in an in-\\ncredibly short time, was the foundation laid and the work\\nadvanced of a most brilliant enterprise. Rev. E. B. Lake was\\nappointed Superintendent when the Association was organized\\nand has held the position ever since. Nature endowed him\\nwith the talents necessary for the work. He is associated with\\nevery movement of advancement in the city, few of which he\\nis not the projector as well. There is not an acquired advan-\\ntage of any resort upon the New Jersey coast that he has not\\nthoroughly investigated, and when found practicable directed\\nall his energy toward securing the same object in Ocean City.\\nThe present officers and managers are: President, Rev. S. W.\\nLake; Vice President, Rev. J. B. Graw; Secretary and Super-\\nintendent, Rev. E. B. Lake; Treasurer, Dr. G. E. Palen; Direc-\\ntors, G. L. Horn, G. B. Langley, H. B. Howell, Rev. J. E.\\nLake, Rev. W. B. Wood.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "Residence and Office of J. S. Rush, N. Cor. nth St. and Central Ave.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "OCRAX CITY GUIDE BOOK. 15\\n(Zity CouQcil.\\n188 4- G. P. Moore, Major.\\nB. Green, C. Doughty,\\nP- Miller, W. H. Burrell.\\nC. W. Boyle, Clerk.\\n1885. G. P. Moore, Mayor.\\nC. Doughty, P. Miller,\\nW. H. Burrell, E. B. Lake.\\nS. B. Miller, Clerk.\\n1886. G. P. Moore, Mayor.\\nC. Doughty, P. Miller,\\nE. B. Lake, J. S. Waggoner.\\nS. B. Miller, Clerk.\\n1887. G. P. Moore, Mayor.\\nP. Miller, S. B. Sampson,\\nJ. S. Waggoner, Hiram Steelman.\\nS. B. Miller, Clerk.\\n1888. G. P. Moore, Mayor.\\nHiram Steelman, J. Gandy,\\nS. B. Sampson, A. D. Barrows.\\nS. B. Miller, Clerk.\\n1889. G. P. Moore, Mayor.\\nJ. Gandy, R. H. Thorn,\\nA. D. Barrows, J. Conver.\\nJ. S. Waggoner, Clerk.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "1 6 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\n1890. J. E. Pryor, Mayor.\\nJ. CoNVER, A. D. Barrows,\\nJ. Brower, Hiram Steelman.\\nJ. vS. Waggoner, Clerk.\\n1891. J. E. Pryor, Mayor.\\nA. D. Barrows, J. Brower,\\nJ. CONVER, J. C. STEELMAN.\\nS. B. Miller, Clerk.\\n1892. G. P. Moore, Mayor.\\nJ. C. STEELMAN, J. CONVER,\\nF. P. Canfield, N. Corson.\\nH. B. Adams, Clerk.\\n1893. G. P. Moore, Mayor.\\nJ. C. STEELMAN, J. F. Hand,\\nN. Corson, F. P. Canfield.\\nH. B. Adams, Clerk.\\n1894. H. G. STEELMAN, Mayor.\\nJ. C. STEELMAN, J. F. HaND,\\nS. B. Sampson, H. C. Sutton.\\nE. A. Bourgeois, Clerk.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "Emma L. Sack Captain Lewis Risley.\\nThe Emmett.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 17\\nOccaQ C^ity.\\n^HE wildest imagination of the company of four clergymen\\nas they sailed back over Great Egg Harbor Bay from their\\nfirst tour of investigation could not have conjured up visions of\\nthe result of the coming four years when an incorporated city\\nshould stand as a monument of their enterprise. When vested\\nwith municipal powers, the officers carried forward with the\\nsame energy and determination the work of growth and devel-\\nopment. Ocean City has ever maintained her precedence\\nnot escaping vicissitudes and discouragements, but never yield-\\ning to defeat or disaster. Standing to-dav upon the threshold\\nof a second decade, so brief a period in the life of a city, its\\nphenomenal growth is but accentuated in every line of review\\nwe trace. Miles of paved and graded streets, electric railway\\nand lights, steam railway, water works, beautiful homes of\\nevery description are the result of judicious and well-directed\\nlabor. The environments of Ocean City are such as irresisti-\\nbly tend to the promotion of the city s growth, to the beauty\\nof its location, to the inspiring of unbounded confidence in the\\nfuture. The ideal of a seaside resort is here revealed. There\\nare no manufactories with ceaseless hum of machinery sugo-est-\\ning toil and weariness. No furnaces poisoning the aii^with\\nsmoke and gas. No restless hurrying to and fro of weary feet\\nAll undefined sense of contentment and rest is borne upon the\\nsalt breezes and heard in the never-ending roll of the breakers\\nalong the shore. It is a noticeable fact that people who have\\nonce resided here for a full year and enjoved the beautv of each\\nseason are seldom satisfied to take up the old routine of life\\nagain", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "l8 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nHealth.\\nAn extended reputation as a health resort is being rapidly\\nacquired. Hardly any form of disease originates in Ocean City,\\nwhile upon many diseases acquired elsewhere, simple residence\\nand the use of salt waters in the bathing season, together with\\nhot sand baths, are more beneficial than ordinary medical\\ntreatment. There is no malaria. Asthma and lung diseases\\nare unknown. There are but few of the many complaints to\\nwhich humanity is subject that are not reduced to a minimum\\nby the climatic forces. A glimpse of the army of tourists\\nwhich annually gather here when they are returning to their\\nhomes in the fall, confirms this statement in the rounded limbs\\nand rosy cheeks of once exhausted school children, the spring-\\ning step of former invalids and the sparkling light and happy\\nflu sh on faces that such a short time before were wan and hag-\\ngard.\\nBathing.\\nSurf bathing can be indulged in with the most beneficial\\nresults by the last of May or first of June till late in October.\\nOwing to the wide shelving strand and the absence of quick-\\nsands^or dangerous ground, this luxury is permissible at either\\nhigh or low tide, while the exhaustion caused by heavy\\nbreakers is never experienced. To those who prefer deep\\nwater bathing the bay aff ords every facility.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "Residence of E. A, Bourgeois, City Clerk.\\nEnoch Burleigh s Cottages, nth Street and Central Ave,", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\n19\\nWater.\\nThe most potent factor in the matter of health is fresh\\npure water. Nearly eight hundred feet below the surface\\ncourses have been tapped and Ocean City is supplied with cold\\nsparkling water in an unlimited quantity, the purity of which\\nhas been tested by the noted chemist, Dr. Henry Leffman, of\\nPhiladelphia, in the following analysis. Dr. Leffman also says,\\nin a personal interview, the water is absolutely pure and\\nhealthy and far ahead of any artesian water known.\\nParts i,ooo,oco\\nCondition Clear\\nColor None\\nReaction Alkaline\\nTotal solids (on evaporation) 7.00\\nAmmonia by alk. permang. (albumoid ammonia) Trace\\nAmmonia (free ammonia) 0.12\\nNitrites None\\nNitrates None\\nPoisonous metals None\\nThis is pure water, suitable for drinking and all household\\npurposes. It remains clear and without odor on standing.\\nYours,\\nHenry Leffman.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "20 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nSewer Drainage and Garbage Restrictions.\\nEvidences of sanitary precaution are found in the entire\\nabsence of accumulations of an unhealthy character at any\\npoint. Arrangements have been completed for the introduc-\\ntion of a system of drainage which fills the best scientific\\ndemand. It is already in operation in the hotels and will be\\nextended throughout the city. There is not an alley that is not\\npure and clean. The Board of Health have adopted such\\nmeasures as restrict the exposure of garbage in open vessels at\\ncottages or hotels. The closed vessels are cleansed daily or\\nsemi-daily, as the temperature or condition of the weather\\ndemands, and the garbage disposed of according to the best\\nsanitary regulations.\\nFire.\\nFire plugs are placed at suitable distances apart throughout\\nthe city. A company of fifty members is ready to respond to\\ncalls at any moment. There have been but three destructive\\nfires ever known on the island. Those of two houses located\\nat the corner of Sixth street and Wesley avenue, September\\n15, 1883; Patterson s drug store, Asbury avenue below Sixth\\nstreet, October 12, 1884, and the Adams Casino, along the\\nboardwalk, at Ninth street, June 12, 1893. residence of\\nA. B. Thomas, Fifteenth street and Wesley avenue, was dam-\\naged to the extent of about ^800 in 1893.\\nLights.\\nThe city is brilliantly lighted by electricity. Lights of\\n2,000 candle power, elevated twenty feet above the ground,\\nilluminate the streets at the intersections. The latest improved\\nappliances of every kind are used in controlling this magical\\nand mysterious agent. Incandescent lights are used in the\\nbusiness houses and cottages.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "OCKAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.- 21\\nRailroad Facilities.\\nAn electric railroad went into operation July 4, 1893. The\\ntracks extend along the beach from Seventeenth street and Cen-\\ntral avenue to First street; thence across the island, in full view\\nof the Inlet, to the opposite side, where they terminate at the\\npier of the iVtlantic Coast Company, at Second street, on Great\\nEgg- Harbor Bay. Several routes by steam railway are available\\nin reaching Ocean City from Philadelphia and New York. The\\nWest Jersey Railroad, before mentioued, and the Reading Rail-\\nroad, by way of Atlantic City and Longport, thence by steamer\\nacross the bay, and the South Jersey, by way of Sea Isle City.\\nAtlantic Coast Steamboat Company.\\nAmong the attractive points of the city the Steamboat pier\\nis made prominent by its constant crowd of pleasure seekers.\\nLarge steamers, supplied with every convenience for the comfort\\nof patrons, are constantly plying between Ocean City, Somers\\nPoint and Longport. A ride over Great Egg Harbor Bay is a\\nsource of constant delight. The invigorating, health-giving\\nsalt breezes may be enjoyed by the most timid and delicate as\\nwell as the strong and fearless. The quiet waters and the almost\\nentire absence of the swell render mal de mer an impossi-\\nbility. The pier at Longport is visible far out at sea. This\\nbeautiful resort is situated on a point of land extending between\\nthe bay and the ocean, and was founded by M. Simpson Mc-\\nCullough, in 1882. The place is laid out on a scale of singular\\nmagnificence, and the care with which the purchasers of lots\\nare chosen will serve to keep it a home-retreat of the highest\\ngrade. A quiet air of refinement pervades everything, and there\\nis an entire absence of the rush and bustle which characterize\\nso many seaside resorts. A short ride on the electric cars, in full\\nview of the ocean, brings one to Atlantic City, where every\\nmeans of amusement and the finest markets in the State may be\\nfound. The architecture of Longport is imposing and beauti-", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "23 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nfill, and is in harmony with the entire plan of the citv, which\\npromises to rise to a degree of refined elegance not excelled on\\nthe New Jersey coast.\\nHotels,\\nThe hotels of Ocean City are well known and popnlar be-\\ncause of their absolute merit. In respect to their accomino la-\\ntions, furnishings, adequate conveniences, cuisine and ssrvicas,\\nthey are not surpassed by any of a similar character in cities of\\nmore pretentions and greater opportunities. These add greatly\\nto the reputation of the city as comfortable homes for tourists\\nand travellers.\\nHotel Brighton is the oldest hostelrie in the city. Under\\nthe superior management of the owner, R. R. Sooy, its popu-\\nlarity is constantly increasing. Every facility for the perfec-\\ntion of a seaside home is being realized in its constant improve-\\nments and changes.\\nThe Emmett is located between the depot and the strand,\\non Eighth street, a most desirable point for all conveniences.\\nMiss Mattie Boyle will conduct it as heretofore. Its growing\\npatronage speaks much for the future success of this new hotel.\\nThe Wesley House. This hotel has been thoroughly\\nrenovated and is under the management of Mrs. V. S. Robin-\\nson. Doubtless the success which has heretofore attended her\\nduties as a hostess will be but emphasized at this new point.\\nThe Wesley House will be open all the year.\\nThe Traymore. This beautiful building has been a\\nfavorite resort for guests since the first day it opened, two years\\nago. Under the new management of Miss A. C. Creth, widely\\nknown for her thorough and efficient knowledge of require-\\nments for the comfort and pleasure of patrons, its popularity\\nwill rapidly increase. Grounds for lawn tennis and croquet are\\namong its attractions.\\nThe Vandalia. The name of the proprietess, Mrs. Joseph\\nBurley, at the head of a hotel, means comfort, pleasure and a\\ngood table. This fact is at once apparent in the desire of\\nCs", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 23\\nguests who have been fortunate enough to visit the Vandalia\\nto always return.\\nThe Illinois. Tliis hotel is open the year round. Good\\nbeds, an excellent table and prompt service are among the\\nfactors wliich are constantly increasing its popularity under\\nthe management of the genial hostess, Mrs. H. D. Canfield.\\nExcursion House. Erected especially for the comfort and\\naccommodation of the public and located immediately on the\\nocean front is this handsomely painted and decorated structure.\\nJ. T. Adams, the proprietor, who has done so much toward\\nthe improvement of the city, is thoroughly alive to the require-\\nments necessary for the comfort and pleasure of visitors, and\\nneither trouble nor expense are spared to bring about these\\nresults. The Excursion House is surrounded on three sides by\\nwide verandas and has within its walls a seating capacity for\\nfive hundred. Its attractions consist of a carrouselle, candy\\nkitchen, dining rooms, restaurant and ice cream parlors, shoot-\\ning gallery, bath houses with shower bath and many others\\nwhich space forbids us to enumerate.\\nThe /\\\\dams Casino. This building, since its renewal\\nfrom the destructive fire of June 12, 1893, ^^^s undergone many\\nI improvements. Its seating capacity is five hundred. Rockers\\nand high armed chairs upon raised platforms contribute to the\\ncomfort of guests. A carrouselle, candy kitchen, shuflfle\\nboards and a shell store are amongr its attractions.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "24\\nOCKAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nThe Press.\\nIn less than one year after the first sale of lots took place a\\nmarked degree of enterprise was shown by W. H. Boyle\\nBros., in issuing from their office in the Pioneer Cottage the\\nfirst copy of a newspaper edited or printed in the city, the\\nOcean City Sentinel, April 21, 1881.\\nJulv 4, 1884, the Ocean City Standard, R. Fisher, editor\\nand proprietor, made its first appearance.\\nFollowing these came another weekly, The South Jersey\\nReview and Ocean City Spray, W. H. Fenton, editor and pro-\\nprietor.\\nDecember 13, 1892, the initial copy of the Weekly News,\\nH. B. Adams, editor and proprietor, was welcomed by the\\npublic.\\nThe first daily, and the latest newspaper, was issued from\\nthe present office of the Ocean City Sentinel, July i, 1893, the\\nOcean City Daily Reporter, R. C. Robinson, editor and pro-\\nprietor.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "First M. E. Church.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "Prof. L. R. Thomas, Principal of the Public Schools.\\nPublic School Building;s.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 25\\nPublic Schools.\\nThe Public School Building, three stories high, is centrally\\nlocated. The course of instruction is that taught in cities\\nwhere graded schools have been long established. Prof. L. R.\\nThomas, the principal, is a native of Chester county, Pa., and\\nis possessed of high scholastic acquirements. He was graduated\\nfrom the Keystone State Normal School, in 1870, with honors,\\nand has since kept constantly abreast of the times in mat-\\nters pertaining to educational advancement and reform in the\\npublic schools. His work as an instructor had but commenced\\nwhen the late rebellion called his attention to his country s\\nneed. He served throughout the entire war, held a captain s\\nrank, and was twice breveted for gallantry. Prof Thomas was\\nengaged for fourteen consecutive years in academic and public\\nschool work at West Chester, Pa. He was called to Ocean City\\nin 1890 to fill the position he now occupies, and immediately\\nintroduced into the curriculum of the public schools those\\nbranches necessary to raise the standard of the educational sys-\\ntem to a grade equal to that of any in the State. This has been\\nmost successfully achieved. The first class was graduated in\\n1892. The first sessions of the schools of Ocean City were held\\nin the rooms of the Association Building. The following teach-\\ners have engaged in the work since then: Annie Bartine, Mattie\\nBoyle, Emma Corson, Carlton Godfrey, Emma Veale, Luther\\nCorson, Hattie Smith, F. Spaulding, Amy Miller, Eva Moore,\\nC. Pryor, Roxanna Corson, Julia Morton, L. R. Thomas and\\nGertrude Price.\\nFirst M. E. Church.\\nThe society of the M. E. Church was first known as St.\\nPeter s. The first person to whom the rite of baptism was ad-\\nministered was S. B. Miller, May 3, 1882. The first marriage\\nsolemnized was that of Alida S. Goodrich and T. H. Tunni-\\nson, November 30, 1882. The pastors in charge have been", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "26 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nRevs. E. B. Lake, W. E. Boyle, W. H. Hoag, C. K. Fleming,\\nN. J. Wright, S. Townsend, W. A. Massey and L. O. Man-\\nchester. The present incnmbent, Rev. L. O. Manchester, is a\\nnative of Litchfield, Conn. His ancestors were among the\\nfirst settlers of the States of Connecticut and Rhode Island.\\nHis early education was received at Wilbraham Academy,\\nMassachusetts, under the tutorship of some of the most emi-\\nnent educators of the day. In the twenty-first year of his age\\nhe came to New Jersey and engaged for a short time in teach-\\ning, subsequently entering the ministry and becoming a mem-\\nber of the New Jersey Conference. Rev. L. O. Manchester is\\nan earnest, talented minister; the appreciation of this fact is\\nshown in the large audiences which attend the church every\\nSabbath and in his well deserved popularity. A beautiful\\nchurch edifice was dedicated x\\\\ugust 31st, 1891. A parsonage\\nadjoining the church property was completed shortly after-\\nwards.\\nImprovements.\\nSo rapidly have they been made and of such an extensive\\ncharacter are the improvements, that it is impossible to enter\\ninto a description of details. Some idea may be gained by a\\nknowledge of the fact that during the winter of 93-4, when\\na financial crisis paralyzed trade throughout the country,\\nnearly $2CO,ooo were spent in the erection of cottages. There\\nhave been times when the City Council has stood appalled at\\nthe amount of labor demanded by the rapidly growing popula-\\ntion for acquired modern facilities, but never for a moment\\nhave any barriers been insuperable. A review of work already\\naccomplished was sufficient inspiration to carry forward the\\nwork on hand until the city has now reached a point wdiere the\\nimpetus of its popularity will carry it well forward to its ulti-\\nmate position on a peerless vantage ground among seaside re-\\nsorts. The city, though prosperous, is in need of additional\\ncapital, and offers inducements for men of enterprise and wealth\\nto locate and make investments, with assurances of almost im-", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE HOOK, 2\\nmediate and substantial returns; there can be no question but\\nthat the accession of this class will be attended with profit to\\nthemselves, as also to the interests of the city. The building\\nlots are of ample size to build one large house or two small\\nones, allowing space for alley-ways between, called for by the\\ncity, thus avoiding solidh- built streets. The prices of these\\nlots and the rents charged for cottages or hotels, furnished and\\nunfurnished, are very reasonable. The cost of living is low.\\nFruits and vegetables are furnished in great abundance and\\nperfection from the neighboring mainland. The liquor traflfic\\nis prohibited, a clause in all deeds calls for forfeiture of title\\nif the vice is allowed to flourish on the premises. It is doubt-\\nless owing to this fact that the summer as well as the perma-\\nnent population is drawn from the refined and elevated classes\\nof society. In the welcome we extend to the public we present\\nto the capitalist a wide field for enterprise; to the artisan,\\nwork; to the invalid, health; to the artist, the beauty of an\\never changing landscape, and to the householder, the benison\\nof contentment and rest.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "28 OCEAN CITY GUIDK BOOK.\\nBio^itapl^ical SlA;ctcl;^cs.\\nMayor H. G. Steelman.\\nMayor Steelman was born at Weymouth, N. J., and edu-\\ncated in the public schools of that town. He came to Ocean\\nCity in 1888, and immediately engaged in the grocery business\\nat 705 Asbury avenue. The building in which he commenced\\nwas soon too small to meet the requirements of a rapidly grow-\\ning trade, and was removed to the rear of the lot it occupied.\\nA larofe buildino- was then erected on the site of the old one,\\nsecond floors are fitted up for a public hall and Council Cham-\\nbers and his private offices, and the third floor for lodge rooms.\\nMayor Steelman held the position of City Treasurer and was\\notherwise made the recipient of public confidence previous to\\nthe time of holding the highest municipal office. As yet, to a\\ngreat extent, the city is in a formative state and new questions\\nof policy are continually presenting themselves. The detail\\nwork is therefore very extensive and can only be appreciated\\nby its executive officers. When we take into consideration to\\nhow great a degree the growth of a city depends upon the\\nquality and amount of energy and vitality with which the men\\ncontrolling her destiny must be imbued, we have some idea of\\nthe confidence reposed in him by his many friends. The bril-\\nliant future heretofore predicted for Mayor Steelman has been\\nachieved, and we doubt not but that the duties which await\\nhim in this new office will be fulfilled with the same zeal and\\nearnestness which has characterized the past.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "c\\nc\\nc\\na\\nC", "height": "3140", "width": "1988", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "Q. E. Palen, Ph. B. M. D.\\nDr. Palen s Residence.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "Dr. Palen s Wesley Avenue Cottage.\\nosa\\nDr. Palen s Ocean Front Cottages.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 29\\nMayor-elect R. Fisher.\\nIn the real estate business the fact is especially apparent\\nthat Realty is the basis of all security. This basis is found\\nin the knowledge and probity of those throngh whom the\\ntransactions are conducted. In view of this fact, there is prob-\\nably no one in Ocean City possessing more of these qualifica-\\ntions than R. Fisher, one of the few pioneer real estate agents\\nleft. He has been connected with the largest sales of lots\\nwhich have been made on the Island, and his business interests\\nhave been closely interwoven with the history of the city.\\nThis knowledge, together with long experience, is an in-\\nvaluable aid to investors. His office buildings are centrally\\nlocated at the corner of Seventh street and Asbury avenue, and\\nhis handsome residence at the corner of Seventh street and\\nWesley avenue.\\nMr. Fisher was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1848, of Scotch-\\nIrish parents. He came to America twenty-five years ago and\\nhas travelled extensively in Europe and the United States.\\nWith the advantage of talents amounting to genius, and\\nwith an inherent brilliancy and versatility of mind that rest\\nonly with the reward of high achievement, Mr. Fisher s con-\\ntinued success is established, while no more glowing tribute\\ncan be paid than that his eminence has been reached by the\\nexercise of his own abilities.\\nGilbert E. Palen, Ph. B., M. D.\\nDr. Palen, President of the Niagara Mining and Smelting\\nCompany, is a member of the Ocean City Association and has\\nbeen its treasurer for a number of years. He invested largely\\nin real estate, owns a number of handsome cottages and has\\nbeen a regular summer resident since 1880. He was born at\\nPalenville, N. Y. His father, Rufus Palen, was a widely", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "30 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nkiiowr tanner and leather dealer. Dr. Palen first attended\\nBro University, going from thence to Yale, where he gradu-\\nated .vith the degree of Ph. B. in tiie famous class of 53.\\nHe then pursued a medical course at the New York University\\nwhich he subsequently completed at the Albany College,\\nTaduating from the latter in 1855 as a doctor of medicine.\\nDr. Palen is an inherent leader in the rugged work of laying\\nthe foundation of new enterprises and developing interests in\\nhitherto unexplored field.s. The spirit of enthusiasm which\\nhe diffuses into his work is tempered by cool deliberation and\\nclear, keen foresight. He also possesses an invaluable attri-\\nbute in a determination which submerges the barriers and\\nsweeps aways the obstructions which impede his progress to-\\nward success. In early life he obtained a thorough knowledge\\nof the tanning business and in 1856, in what was then the\\nprimeval forests of the mountains of northern Pennsylvania,\\namid the haunts of bear, deer and panther, he, together\\nwith G. W. Northrop, felled trees, cleared the land and\\nbuilt an oak tannery, at the same time laying out the town\\nof Canadensis. In partnership with his brother he after-\\nwards built tanneries at Tunkhannock, Pa. In i860 he\\nmarried Elizabeth Gould, of Ro.xbury, N. Y. In 1876 he\\nentered into partnership with Dr. Starkey, under the firm\\nname of Starkey and Palen, the former bringing into the\\nconcern the perfected compound oxygen system and the\\nlatter the requisite capital. From this time the business re-\\nceived an impetus which has carried it all over the world. Dr.\\nPalen is an active and honored member of M. E. Board of\\nChurch Extension. He is also a great worker in the cause of\\ntemperance. His popularity is shown in the fact of his having\\nbeen several times candidate for Mayor and Recorder on the\\nProhibition ticket. He gave his name and labor to a cause in\\nwhich he knew that defeat only could be the present outcome,\\nbut with a firm faith in the knowledge that these efforts are\\nrapidly advancing the work toward the time when the sword\\nof legislation shall be turned against the great evil of intem-\\nperance.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "5", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "C. riyers, Esq.\\nResidence of C. Hyers.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDl I .OOK. 3 1\\nCharles Myers, Esq.\\nNo more eloquent illustration can be given of the apprecia-\\ntion of the benison bestowed upon its people by a Republic,\\nthan in the respect and admiration given to its self-made men.\\nSquire Myers is one of these, and may be seen daily walking\\nour streets, and joining with a keen zest in the discussion of\\npolitical or municipal questions. He resides in a beautiful\\nhome at the corner of Eighth street and Wesley avenue, and\\nis a large real estate owner in Ocean City. By reason of\\nstrength, he has passed beyond the milestone of the allotted\\ntime of man nearlv a sufficient number of vears to attain his\\nsecond majority, and yet little trace of age discloses itself in the\\ncarriage of his well-knit frame or the brilliancy of his mind.\\nThe Squire was born in France, the eldest of seven children.\\nHis father came to America with his family, but died shortly\\nafterwards. Upon the Squire, then but a child, devolved the\\nresponsibility of aiding his mother in the support of the bereft\\nfamily. He obtained employment at Darby, Pa., and then in\\nPhiladelphia, and was among the newsboys who sold the first\\nedition of the Philadelphia Ledger. He learned his trade and\\nprofession with W. S. Young, of Philadelphia, and was engaged\\nwith him for twenty-four years, eighteen years of the time in the\\ncapacity of superintendent. He afterwards engaged in business\\nfor himself. Forty-eight hours after the firing on Fort Sumter\\nhe was engaged in forming a military company. This company\\nwent to the front in the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg, and\\ncontinued its organization till the surrender of Lee. In the\\nprime of his manhood he was largely interested in coal oil and\\npolitics, and was one of Philadelphia s aldermen, and a prominent\\nreal-estate agent and conveyancer of that city. Deprived of the\\nmeans of the rudiments of an education, and through vicissi-\\ntudes in youth which the present generation are unable to\\nunderstand, over apparently insuperable barriers he has won\\nhis way to success. Shorn of its presence in his own outward\\nappearance, he stands to-day amid patriarchal surroundings;", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "32 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nchildren to the fourth generation listen to reminiscences of his\\nyouth. His experience and wisdom of mature years lends a\\nsparkling light to his rare gifts of genius, as the work of the\\nlapidary develops the brilliancy of the diamond.\\nJohn Ryland Kendrick.\\nAmong the many staunch friends of Ocean City, none are\\nmore devoted to its interests than Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ken-\\ndrick, whose handsome Queen Anne cottage, on Wesley avenue\\nbetween Eighth and Ninth streets, recently enlarged and re-\\nmodeled, is illustrated in this volume.\\nThey first visited this beach when it was a small struggling\\ncollection of seashore cottages, but believing in its future, they\\ninvested liberally in real estate and have done no little in\\nattracting friends and investors to its hospitable shores.\\nMr. Kendrick has been for many years past a resident of\\nPhiladelphia, and specially identified with carpet and uphol-\\nstery manufactures, in which that city particularly abounds.\\nHe publishes The American Carpet and Upholstery Trade, a\\npaper of wide influence and decided usefulness in its sphere.\\nMr. Kendrick s prominence in this line has entailed upon hira\\na good deal of statistical and technical writing of a public\\nnature. He was engaged in both the tenth and eleventh United\\nStates censuses and compiled an exhaustive report on The\\nCarpet Industry of Pennsylvania for Governor Beaver s\\nadministration. This is found in the Report of the Secretary\\nof Internal Affairs for the year 1889.\\nHis last public service was rendered at the Columbian\\nExposition, where he served on the Board of Judges on Awards\\nin the Department of Manufacturers. He was the only male\\njudge on textiles appointed from the city of Philadelphia by the\\nWorld s Columbian Commission, and served as Vice Chairman\\nof the Judiciary Committee while the awards on manufactures\\nwere in progress.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "P ::\u00c2\u00a3r^f^^^?^^^\\ni .?2^2^2 ^jJ *;^^S^\u00c2\u00a3^\\n5\\nii\\nJohn Ryland Kendrick.\\ni%lESTA-\\nSummer Residence of J. R. Kendrick.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "i", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE J500K. 33\\nBoth Mr. and Mrs. Kendrick and their cliildren are mem-\\nbers of the Baptist Temple, at Broad and Berks streets, in Phil-\\nadelphia, and when at the shore they engage heartily in all\\nreligions and social matters which tend to enhance the charms\\nof a summer at the seaside.\\nThe subject of this notice, though born in Georgia, is con-\\nnected with the distinguished New England family of the same\\nname, among whom are two uncles. Prof. A. C. Kendrick, D.\\nD. LIv. D., the eminent Greek scholar and founder of Roches-\\nter University; also the late Dr. J. Ryland Kendrick, an elo-\\nquent Baptist preacher and scholar of New York State, who\\nprior to his death was president of Vassar College, Pough-\\nkeepsie. This branch of the family descends from Edward\\nKendrick. an opulent merchant, Lord-Mayor of London in the\\ntime of the Persecution, and a nephew by marriage of\\nArchbishop Cranmer, who perished at the stake. They were\\nearly located at Poultney, Vermont, in which State their an-\\ncestors stood minute men on the Northern border during\\nthe Revolution. From the New Hampshire branch came Anna\\nKendrick, mother of the late Franklin Pierce, President of the\\nUnited States.\\nMr. John R. Kendrick, while assenting to the doctrine of\\nheredity, contends that noble ancestry is valuable only so far\\nas its virtues are emulated and its vices shunned, and concurs\\nwith Tennyson that simple faith, with love for one s fel-\\nlows, is a far better boast than Norman blood of a corrupted\\nstrain.\\nCouncilman J. F. Hand.\\nIn all cities, whether inland or on the seaboard, there are\\nno more efficient and substantial factors toward their comfort\\nand beautv than the work of those engaged in the building\\ninterests. In growing cities, especially, men who are con-\\nversant with architecture and building in a practical sense are\\nvaluable acquisitions. Councilman Hand is one of these. The\\n3", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "34 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nfirst work for which he was called to the city was the erection\\nof the artistic little cottage, Holiday. Among the buildings\\nwhich he has erected since are the M. E. Church and Rev. B.\\nH. Sanderline s handsome residence and many others whose\\nbeauty of workmanship at once denotes the builder. Mr. Hand\\nwas born at Tuckerton, N. J., attended the public schools, but\\nfinished his education at Pennington Seminary. He is a\\nnephew of the late Mrs. S. J. C. Downs, State President of the\\nWomen s Christian Temperance Union of N. J. He has\\ntravelled extensively up and down the coast, was engaged by\\nthe Long Island Railroad Company and also by the United\\nStates Government to erect buildings. He is now serving his\\nfirst term as Councilman, and is progressive and liberal, firm in\\nhis convictions and intrepid in his efforts toward crystalizing\\nthose convictions into such action as shall be for the best\\ninterest of the city.\\nCouncilman S. B. Sampson.\\nCouncilman Sampson was born at Smith s Landing and\\neducated in the public schools of Atlantic county. His early\\nlife is marked by close and quiet attention to all his under-\\ntakings. He came to Ocean City in 1880 and was the first\\ncontracting builder to locate on the island. The first house of\\nany considerable size, the Bellevue, was built by him for I. B.\\nSmith. Councilman Sampson bought the first lots and erected\\na beautiful home on Fourth street, near Asbury avenue, in\\n1880. This he is constantly improving and adorning. He was\\nfor awhile a member of tlie firm of Sampson, Steelman\\nEnglish, but subsequently withdrew and is now conducting\\nbusiness for himself He has a thorough practical knowledge\\nof his pursuit and has built up his trade upon the merits of his\\nown labor. He has been twice elected to the office which he\\nnow fills. Councilman Sampson is slow in encouraging ques-\\ntionable enterprises, never giving his vote until the matter has", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 35\\nbeen well considered, thus frequently bringing about tlie result\\nof a great saving of the city s money, while every substantial\\nimprovement at once calls forth his full sanction and aid. His\\neffective work has been felt and acknowledged by the coniniu-\\nnit and has invariably met with approbation.\\nSteelman English.\\nThe beauty of a city depends largely upon its architecture,\\nand to those who design and construct its buildings is due the\\ncredit of the position it holds in this direction. Among those\\nwho have done a large amount of the work which adorns the\\nstreets and avenues of Ocean City is the above firm, the mem-\\nbers of which are J. C. Steelmen and E. B. English. These\\nyoung men are well versed in the details and principles of this\\nbranch of industry and are moving rapidly toward the estab-\\nlishing of an extensive and lucrative business. They are pre-\\npared at all times to execute orders with accuracy and prompt-\\nness, coupled with the courtesy which ever marks successful\\nbusiness men. Thev were both born and educated in Southern\\nNew Jersey and were among the early residents of the city.\\nMr. Steelman, the senior member of the firm, is serving a\\nsecond term as City Councilman. He is broad-minded and\\nprogressive, yet careful and conscientious. In him the people\\nhave a valuable guardian of their interests and the city an\\nofficial who looks to the future and has the courage to cham-\\npion measures which tend toward her prosperity.\\nCouncilman Henry Clay Sutton.\\nCouncilman Sutton was born near the old historic land-\\nmark, the Red Lion, dear to the hearts of all Delawarians,\\nand located about twelve miles from Wilmington, August 22,\\n1849. While yet in his infancy his parents removed to Green-", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "36 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nwood farm, at Sm3 rna, Delaware, where he grew to man s\\nestate, receiving the educational advantages of the public\\nschools of his day. His natural ability as a railroader was\\nearly demonstrated, and now, with the advantage of long\\nexperience, he ranks among the most efficient of the employees\\nof the West Jersev Railroad. When verv voung^, he made\\napplication and secured a position as clerk with the Adams\\nExpress Company, in Philadelphia, subsequently entering rail-\\nroad service as train baggage-master, which position he has\\nheld ever since. Mr. Sutton became a permanent resident of\\nOcean City in 1884, the year of its incorporation. He has\\nidentified himself with the First Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nof which he is an active and honored member. As a citizen,\\nMr. Sutton was fully alive to all those measures which tend\\ntowards the growth and prosperity of the city. He is thor-\\noughly conscientious, and in the new work which lies before\\nhim, aided by keen discrimination and fine ability, he will be\\nrelied upon for honest, earnest conncilmanic labor.\\nPostmaster R. H. Thorn.\\nMr. Thorn was born and educated in Frankford, Philadel-\\nphia, and became a resident of Ocean City, May 4th, 1885, at\\nwhich time he opened a hardware and furnishing store at the\\ncorner of Eighth street and Asbury avenue. In 1887, he pur-\\nchased two lots adjoining the one he then occupied, and built\\nstore No. 805 Asbury avenue. In 1890, he bought the stand\\nwhere he commenced business, and in 1891 built another store\\n(No. 803 Asbury avenue) between the two already completed,\\ntogether with a dwelling house facing on Eighth street. Thus,\\nin less than seven years, from a foundation cautiously and\\nfirmly laid, has grown one of the most brilliant business enter-\\nprises of the city. His large stores contain everything in the\\nline mentioned, and are very largely patronized by the summer\\nresidents in furnishing their cottages, as well as by the local", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "Wm. Lake\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Surveyor and Conveyancer.\\nR. Curtis Robinson.\\nlDITOR and PnOPRIETO-l OF THF OCTAN CiTV SENTINEL AND OCEAN CiTY DAILY REPORTEH", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 37\\ntrade. Possessed of keen, demonstrated bnsiness ability, lie\\nhas risen to the position he now occnpies by his own efforts.\\nPublic-spirited movements are tendered his endorsement and\\nsupport. Every new project and enterprise calculated to bene-\\nfit the community, or prove conducive to the public welfare, is\\naided and encouraged. He has served as councilman, and on\\nOctober loth, 1887, was appointed to the position of postmas-\\nter. He was again appointed to the position he now holds\\nSeptember i6th, 1893. Mr. Thorn is most efficiently aided in\\nall his work by the faithful and untiring efforts of his wife, a\\ndaughter of the late E. Smith, recently a large property holder\\nin Ocean City.\\nyv. Lake, C. E.\\nWhen new land is to be utilized, Nature, in her economy,\\ncalls forth men best adapted to the work\u00e2\u0080\u0094 those fearless of\\nheart, strong of arm and skilled in the peculiar craft of a pro-\\ncess of evolution which changes it into the streets and avenues\\nof a well-planned city. Mr. Lake was born at Bargaintown,\\nApril 27, 1838. Not satisfied with the educational advantages\\nof the day, he pursued a course of study by himself, and at an\\nearly age was teaching in the public schools. He chose the\\nprofession of a civil engineer, received an appointment when\\nverv young and has successfully followed this calling ever\\nsince. Mr. Lake has held numerous township offices and in\\n1863 was appointed Commissioner of Deeds. In 1875, he was\\nappointed Master in Chancery, and the same year elected to the\\noffice of Justice of the Peace of Atlantic county, which posi-\\ntion he held till his removal to Ocean City. His pioneer work\\nin this place is best estimated by a knowledge of the fact that\\nhe has surveyed every foot of the island and examined every\\noriginal title from 1695 down to 1879, at which time it was\\npurchased by the Ocean City Association, and has drawn off\\n2,000 deeds. Surely, he may be termed one of the city fathers.\\nThe position which he has attained is an illustration to the", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "38 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nrising generation of the power that lies within one s self to\\ndevelop the attributes with which Nature has endowed him,\\nand bring forth brilliant and lasting results.\\nRush E. Cox.\\nIn reviewino; the commercial interests and advantaoes of\\nOcean City, one is confronted by many enterprises worthy of\\nextended notice and consideration. It is a fact, and one which\\nmerits more than passing observation, that in this thriving\\nresort there are located many establishments whose operations\\nwould reflect credit upon much larger cities. Again and again,\\nin every calling and pursuit, examples are brought before our\\nnotice of the success of our young men.\\nMr. Cox, son of A. H. Cox, one of the pioneer hotel keepers\\nof the city, is one of these examples. He was born in New\\nEgypt, N. J., and came to Ocean City December loth, 1880.\\nHe was then but a boy under the paternal roof, and engaged in\\nsuch work as the peculiar circumstances and surroundings of\\nthe place called for. He soon entered steamboat service, where\\nhe was employed but a short time, when he engaged in railroad\\nwork, in which he was rapidly promoted to the position of\\nconductor of a passenger train, which position he held for five\\nyears on the W. J. R. R.\\nApril 15th, 1893, ^1^ opened a grocery store in a much-\\nneeded locality of the city, Twelfth street and Asbury avenue,\\nwhere he is doing a thriving business. Mr. Cox carries a heavy\\nstock of only the best groceries, and caters to the demands of\\nthe public in this direction in the most careful manner. Cour-\\nteous and affable in his bearing, together with prompt and\\nreliable service, the result can only be success.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE HOOK. 39\\nR. C. Robinson.\\nBy strict adherence to the line of business marked out, Mr.\\nRobinson, editor and proprietor of the Ocean City Sentinel\\nand of the Ocean City Daily Reporter is achieving success.\\nThe latter paper is the first daily ever issued in the city and\\nits wide circulation tells of the need felt by the public for a\\nnewspaper of its kind. Mr. Robinson was born in Atlantic\\ncounty, N. J., in 1S62. His father died when he was nine\\nyears of age, and he was early thrown on his own resources.\\nAt sixteen years of age he entered a wholesale dry-goods\\nhouse, but finding the business distasteful he engaged to learn\\nthe printing business in the Banner ofifice, at Beverly, N. J.\\nHe then accepted a position with A. L. English, of the Atlan-\\ntic Reviezv, Atlantic City. Mr. Robinson was first in the em-\\nplov and was then associated with Mr. English in business\\nfor over six years. During this time he was editor and\\nmanager of the I\\\\days^ s Landing Record^ and assistant\\neditor of the Philadelphia journal Over the Mountains and\\nDown by the Sea. He came to Ocean City in 1885, and\\nforming a partnership with W. H. Fenton, purchased the\\nOcean City Sentinel^ and in a short time became sole\\nproprietor. In 1888 he represented Ocean City in the\\nBoard of Freeholders of Cape May county. He was ap-\\npointed postmaster in 1889. Upon assuming the duties of\\nthis position, he immediately set about having the mail\\nservice extended and the office designated a money-order\\noffice, succeeding in both. Mr. Robinson is possessed of those\\nfaculties which constitute the elements of success hard labor\\nand strict attention to whatever line of business in which he\\nmay be engaged.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "40 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nH. B. Adams.\\nReal estate and insurance business is a most important factor\\nin the material prosperity of a community. A casual observer\\ncan form no conception of the important position held by the\\nactive, enterprising agent, devoted to the work of buying and\\nselling real estate, establishing values and otherwise stimulating\\nproperty-holders to the great improvements it lies within their\\npower to make. H. B. Adams is one of this class. The judi-\\ncious principles which he upholds in his transactions, the com-\\npetency with which he investigates points connected therewith, i\\nare securing for him a large and deserved patronage. Mr.\\nAdams is also editor and proprietor of the Weekly News^ a paper\\nwhich, though of recent issue, has already a large circulation,\\ngiving, as the well-directed efforts of a journalist always must,\\nan additional and irresistible impulse to the progress and\\ndevelopment of the city it represents. The popularity of Mr.\\nAdams is shown in the fact of his having; been elected to the\\nposition of City Clerk; to that of Secretary of the Electric\\nRailway Company, and Director of the Water Works .Com-\\npany.\\nF. P. Canfield.\\nAmong the numerous instances of successful young men,\\nbecause of enterprising and progressive business principles.\\nOcean City has none who is making more rapid strides than the\\nsubject of this sketch. F. P. Canfield was born in Springfield,\\n111., in i860, but traces his lineage back to the first settlers of\\nthe State of New Jersey, and is descended from a family noted\\nfor superior intellectual endowments through a long line of\\nancestors. He was educated at Edwards School, beneath the\\nshadow of the Capitol buildings of his native State, and was\\nengaged as a florist for some years afterwards at that place.\\nComing to Ocean City in 1886, he immediately determined to", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "Ex=Councilman F. P. Canfield.\\nResidence of F. P. Canfield, Fourth and West.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "H. B. Adams.\\nEditor and Proprietor Weekly News\\nUK.;!\\nResidence of Henry Reinhart, Central Ave. near loth St.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE 15()OK. 4 1\\nmake it his future home. He is now engaged in a thriving\\nreal estate business, and has himself invested largely in real\\nestate. Mr. Canfield has served as Councilman and while\\nbroad and liberal in his views was careful and discreet in all\\nhis movements for the public good. He resides in a beautiful\\ncottage at Fourth street and West avenue.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "42 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nWrecl^s\\nOh, ship, afloat on the wandering wave\\nThe heavens are black and the night is dark\\nThe stars are sleeping no light to save\\nThe .weary, storm-driven, laboring bark\\nVet the winds are shifting, the shadows lifting.\\nThe dawn comes floating down on the breeze.\\nOnward, now, with the calm waves drifting.\\nSailing down through the silver seas\\nFollowing the nature of a continent-building sea, the chan-\\nnels about Great Egg Harbor Bar, the treacherous shoals upon\\nwhich incalculable damage has been done to life and property,\\nare gradually closing up and new ones forming further out. It\\nhas not been many years since the salt-water pond, near the\\nsand hills between Second and Third streets, was in the path\\nof the old ship s channel; the line of high water is distinctly\\nmarked a number of feet back of the sand hills, by shells and\\ndrift, the entire length of the island. It seems impossible,\\nwhile listening to the never-ending drama of the winds and\\nwaves, that we cannot wrest from the ocean some history of the\\nhavoc it has wrought, but never for a moment do the waters, in\\ntheir ceaseless murmurs or deep-voiced thunders, reveal the\\ntragedy of the ship that went down in a solitude so great that\\nit was the only object, an infinitessimal speck, that varied the\\nwaste of waters from its appearance at the dawn of creation.\\nNor do the broken echoes along the shore bear any intelli-\\ngence to us of those which, while not recorded, foundered\\nin full view of human succor along the shore, powerless to\\nreach them save by an appalled vision. As if in mockery", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "Rush E. Cox, Grocer.\\nResidence of Councilman J. C. Steelman.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 43\\nof our desire to discern these mysteries, crushed and bat-\\ntened fragments are cast up, and we trace in these characters\\nof driftwood as best we may the secret the sea withholds.\\nIn this unbroken line, strewn with shattered spars, half-pet-\\nrified or covered with shells, or, perhaps still bearing the\\nmute appeal for help in the tatters of the red flag upon the\\nsplintered topmast, with portions of taffrail, keel and rudder,\\ncordage covered with seaweed, rude, handwrought wooden pins\\nand shining copper bolts, broken compasses, sailors jackets and\\nship s furniture, fruits and merchandise from every country and\\nnation in the world, fancy is powerless in her wildest flights to\\nreach the truth. Slowly the caravels and fellucas of the early\\nmariners pass before us in their creeping, timorous course. Of\\nthese there is little doubt but that the Dolphin, commanded\\nbv the dauntless Florentine navigator, Verrazzani, while\\nskirting the coast of New Jersey, in 1524, turned her prow to-\\nward the Inlet and entered Great Egg Harbor Bay. The triple\\ndecked galleon plunges clumsily in her wake and of these the\\nSpanish Lagadere with her freight of gold and silver coin\\nsank near Great Egg Harbor Inlet. The African slaver sails\\npast with her freight of human souls and we watch till she\\npasses beyond the line of vision, knowing that the barracks\\nand shackles of Perth Amboy will receive the living cargo.\\nThe low built corsair or lugger of the Moorish pirate steals\\nsilently along with her swarthy crew and glancing across the\\nbay to Somers Point we remember an almost obliterated path\\nleading near the old hostelries, that could tell strange tales of\\nshipwreck, on out into the fields till it reaches a tiny grave\\nyard surrounded by a low stone wall. In the centre stands an\\nunpretending monument reared to the memory of Capt.\\nRichard Somers, who perished in the famous attempt to rescue\\nthe crew of the Philadelphia in Tripolitan waters when Alger-\\nine piracy was at its height in the early part of the present\\ncentury, while the lone pine at the Anchoring Point nearby\\nmarks the spot where lie the bones of one of the most noted\\npirates of our own country. The name of Capt. Somers also", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "44 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nrecalls the well-known vessel which became the subject of a most\\nthrilling tragedy on the high seas. In quick succession pass\\nout through the Inlet the open boats and ketches in which the\\nsturdy sons of the Revolution of Cape May and iVtlantic coun-\\nties ventured upon the open sea. The Rainbow, Unity, Enter-\\nprise and Skunk, and after dyeing the red coats a deeper crim-\\nson, towed one British boat after another into port, the latter\\nvessel alone recording nineteen captures. The fate of the brig\\nFame is told, when on the night of February 22, 1781, she\\ncapsized near Somers Point, and of a crew of thirty-two men,\\ntwenty-seven succumbed to the sleep of death from exposure\\nor drowning. Before the Life Saving Service reached out its\\nstrong arms to rescue victims of shipwreck, the most noted was\\nthat of the Perseverance. In 1815, this brig went down with\\nthirteen of the ship s company of seventeen and a cargo valued\\nat $400,000. A number of relics from this wreck are still in\\nexistence. The old Dutch hull, lying keel upwards on\\nBond s bar, in Great Egg Harbor Bay, bearing the evidence of\\nthe cause of disaster in its charred timbers, is reported in the\\nrecords of the Coast Guard of the Mediterranean Sea as a Ger-\\nman barkentine, loaded with petroleum, which burned in those\\nwaters; the hull was then driven by storms or drifted with the\\ncounter current of the Gulf Stream, reported again and again\\nby incoming vessels, always holding its inverted position till it\\nfound a haven on this side of the Atlantic. As late as Febru-\\nary 13th, 1888, a suggestion of the smuggler, or buccaneer,\\ncomes to us in the mysterious stranding of the Spanish brig,\\nPanchito, with her swarthy crew and a cargo of hides and\\nlogwood. Partly submerged, near the foot of Twentieth street,\\nlies the wreck of the Angela Brewer, which came ashore in\\n1864, loaded with cotton and molasses, while in close prom-\\nimity the hull of the Zetland, wrecked November 2, 1881,\\nwith a cargo of salt, is fast yielding to the elements.\\nA short distance beyond, the Sallie Clark, lumber laden,\\nstranded, having lost two of her crew in the disaster. In-\\nstinctively we listen for the frantic appeals for help which came\\nI", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUI])K BOOK. 45\\nover the waves forty years ago, when the Rhine, with three\\nhundred emigrants from the Fatherland, went down, and the\\nElizabeth, with two hundred and fifty Irish emigrants, sank\\nten years later. In these wrecks but one, a babe, while being\\nthrown from the vessel to the life boat, was lost. Remains of\\nthe hull of the fruit laden Dashaway, from Sicily, wrecked in\\ni860, lie near the foot of Fifty-second street. The Deborah\\nDiverty, coal laden, sank in the night off Corson s Inlet, some-\\ntime between June 17th and July 3d, 1884, and of the ship s\\ncompany of eight, no message has ever reached human sight or\\nhearing. Near the Excursion House, when the tide is very\\nlow, part of the steamer Utah, wrecked in 1864, laden with\\nfine wines and china, is still visible. The Marcia Lewis, coal\\nladen, stranded on Great Egg Harbor Bar and went to pieces\\nin a few hours September r, 1892. At nearly the same place\\nthe staunch schooner J. and H. Scull, lumber laden, came up\\non the bar January 18, 1892, and for forty-one days, or until\\nFebruary 29th, resisted the fury of the breakers, when she was\\ncarried up on the main beach, her hull but slightly strained.\\nThe wreck of the sloop Sallie and Eliza, August 20, 1892, will\\nlong be remembered by the thousands who thronged the beach\\nwhen the half drowned mate was brought ashore by the Life\\nSaving Service and the captain was reported missing, while at\\nthe same time the yachts Mattie Parker and Lottie stranded.\\nApril 27, 1894,. the two-masted schooner Charles J. String,\\nloaded with fish guano, bound for Milford, Delaware, foundered\\non the bar and sank a few days later.\\nTo thee the love of woman hath gone down,\\nDark flow thy tides o er manhood s noble head\\nO er youth s bright locks and beauty s flowery crown\\nYet must thou hear a voice Restore the Dead\\nEarth shall reclaim her precious things from thee\\nRestore the Dead, thou Sea", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "46 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nIxifc-SaviQQ Service.\\nWouldst thou, so the helmsman answered,\\nLearn the secret of the sea\\nOnly those who brave its dangers\\nComprehend its mystery\\nThe complications of the system of the Life-Saving Service\\nare comparatively little known to those living inland. It was\\nimperfectly carried on for some years previons to 1872, but\\nsince that time means are taken every year for its greater per-\\nfection, and as it reaches ont its strong arms to aid mariners in\\ndistress and to preserve property from destruction, the magni-\\ntude of its importance can only be estimated by the long marine\\nofficial records of its work. The Atlantic coast is patrolled\\nfrom Maine to Florida; the Gulf of Mexico and the great lakes\\ntheir entire coast. Stations are placed at suitable distances\\napart, furnished with all the necessary appliances for the work.\\nFrom September ist to May ist they are occupied by seven\\nlife-guards, one extra going on December ist. The other four\\nmonths of the year, the season when few severe storms occur,\\nthe captain alone remains; and as a large percentage of those\\nliving on the coast are sailors or fishermen, a volunteer crew\\ncan be easily secured should it be necessary. The uniform con-\\nsists of a navy blue Guernsey, embroidered across the breast\\nwith the scarlet letters L. S. S. and the name of the station to\\nwhich they belong; navy blue pantaloons, overcoat and cap.\\nAround the latter is fastened a ribbon in which is woven in gilt\\nletters the words U. S. Life-Saving service. Another cap, worn", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "4.%\\ng;^-\\nfei-\\nX\\n*0p^\\nn^ -Md^\\nr 5\\ntis\\nii^i inrns sw .-w\\nnl\\nii\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i i\\nr^rmT\\nJ\\nmn^rn^ Juror, .,.w?,^-^i\\nMl\\nn -fiifrii ir\\n.M\\nAuditorium.\\nLife Saving Station.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY QUID?: BOOK. 47\\nill cold or stonily weather, is a woolen skull cap, called the\\nNormandy Fisherman.\\nThe men as a class are stalwart, well bnilt, and present a\\nfine appearance. Watches are kept as on board ship, four hours\\nlong. Every night at sunset two guards are sent from each\\nstation, one going north and one south. Each one is met at a\\ngiven point by a guard from the station on either side, with\\nwhom they exchange checks. When this kind of communica-\\ntion is impossible, on account of a bay or an inlet coining\\nbetween two stations, a clock is placed at the end of the beat in\\na wooden post, bored out in the side large enough to receive it,\\nwhere it is secured by an iron plate this registers every visit\\nmade by a guard. At eight o clock these guards return, and\\ntwo others take their place, who exchange checks or register,\\nas do also those of the succeeding watches. Each guard is sup-\\nplied with rockets with which to warn vessels that are approach-\\ninp- too near the shore and to answer signals of distress. A\\nlookout is kept from sunrise to sunset, and every passing vessel\\nnoted down. A journal is kept of each day s proceedings,\\nwhich is forwarded to Washington. On cloudy or stormy days\\nthe coast is patrolled during the day as well as night.\\nRoutine of Duty.\\nThe guards are required to keep in constant practice. Tues-\\nday of each week they go out in the life-boat. This, by a sim-\\nple vet very ingenious contrivance, will bail itself out should\\nit become filled with water. Wednesday is flag day. A few of\\nthe most important of a code of fourteen thousand signals are\\npracticed. By this means conversation can be carried on with\\nships far out at sea. Thursday they practice with the breeches\\nbuoy; this is operated in the following manner: A line is shot\\nfrom a mortar out to the sinking ship. To the end of this line\\nis fastened a whip-line, and to this a hawser. A wooden tag is\\nfastened to the hawser with directions printed on it, one side in\\nFrench and the other side in English, for making it fast and", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "48 OCKAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nhow to assist in working the buoy. As soon as it is secured,\\nthe guards send the buoy out to the ship; this is a skilfully\\ncontrived basket in the shape of a huge pair of breeches. A\\npassenger steps into them, swings out over the angry waters\\nand is hauled quickly to shore, the buov returning to the ship\\nin an incredibly short space of time. This is used only when\\nit is impossible to reach the vessel in a boat. Friday the\\nmethods used in resuscitating the drowned are rehearsed. Sat-\\nurdav is general cleaning da v.\\nToo much praise cannot be lavished on these brave men,\\nwho in times of extreme peril never falter. No means, how-\\never daring, are left untried for the rescue of life. The keepers\\nof the three stations at Ocean City were all seafaring men\\nyears before entering the L- S. S. In their travels they have\\nvisited many strange countries. The valuable and interesting\\ninformation given by them, the courtesy which ever marks the\\ndeportment of a life-guard, render the visits of our guests to\\nthe life-saving stations delightfully entertaining.\\nfS ^^C.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE ROOK. 49\\nOFFICSE5S.\\nMayor, H. G. Steelman, office, Central avenue above Eighth\\nstreet.\\nCouncil.\\nJ. C. Steelman, office, 1259 Asbury avenue.\\nJ. F. Hand, office, corner Twelfth streetand West avenue.\\nS. B. Sampson, office, 305 Fourth street.\\nH. C. Sutton, office. Central avenue below Eighth street.\\nClerk, E. A. Burgeois, 726 Asbury avenue.\\nCollector and Treasurer, S. vSchurch, office, Bellevue, cor-\\nner Seventh and Asbury avenue.\\nAssessor, R. Ludlam, office, 823 Asbury avenue.\\nFreeholder, J. W. Lee, office, Asbury avenue below Seventli\\nstreet.\\nSolicitor, H. O. Newcomb.\\nCoroner, R. C. Robinson, office, 744 Asbury avenue.\\nMarshal, S. Carhart.\\nBoard of Health.\\nPresident, Dr. J. S. Waggoner, 731 Asbury ave.\\nW. Lake, cor. Sixth street and Asbury ave.\\nG. O. Adams, Asbury ave. below Ninth street.\\nJ. Conver, ^^43 West ave.\\nE. B. English, 915 Asbury avenue.\\n4", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "50 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nElectric Railway Company.\\nPresident, Rev. E. B. Lake.\\nVice President, W. Lake.\\nSecretary, H. B. Adams.\\nTreasurer, Dr. G. E. Palen.\\nElectric Light Company.\\nPresident, Rev. E. B. Lake.\\nVice President, R. H. Thorn.\\nSecretary, W Lake.\\nTreasurer, Dr. G. E. Palen.\\nWater Department.\\nPresident, Rev. E. B. Lake.\\nSewerage Company.\\nPresident, Rev. E. B. Lake.\\nFire Company.\\nPresident, G. O. Adams; Chief, W. Lake; Foreman, H. Rein-\\nhart; Marshal, J. C. Steel man, Trustees, C. A. Campbell,\\nJ. S. Rush, J. L. Headley, E. A. Burgeois, F. Smith, J.\\nF. Hand.\\nBoard of School Directors.\\nN. Corson, R. B. Stites, G. O. Adams.\\nSecret Societies.\\nKnights of Pythias,\\nJunior Order United American Mechanics.\\nYachtmen s Association.\\nPresident, E. B. English. Secretary, M. Lake,", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nLife Saving Stations.\\nOcean City.\\nKeeper, Captain J. W. Corson.\\nLife Guards No. i, M. Corson.\\nNo. 2, T. Godfrey.\\nNo. 3, J. E. Baner.\\nNo. 4, P. S. Hand.\\nNo. 5, W. R. Garrettson.\\nNo. 6, E. S. Clouting.\\nNo. 7, M. Jeffries.\\nPecks Beach.\\nKeeper, Captain L. Godfrey.\\nLife Guards No. i, A. C. Townsend.\\nNo. 2, W. Corson.\\nNo. 3, L. E. Corson.\\nNo. 4, S. C. Young.\\nNo. 5, F. Corson.\\nNo. 6, A. T. Gandy.\\nNo. 7. E. Soniers.\\nCor sons Inlet.\\nKeeper, Captain C. D. Stevens.\\nLife Guards\u00e2\u0080\u0094 No. i, R. S. Godfrey.\\nNo. 2, R. W. Clouting.\\nNo. 3, R. Townsend.\\nNo. 4, S. Brower.\\nNo. 5, W. H. Devault.\\nNo. 6, S. W. Corson.\\nNo. 7, F. G. Shaw.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "52\\nOCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nPlFectoPY of Streets.\\nAVENUES RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH.\\nBay,\\nSimpson.\\nHaven.\\nWest.\\nAsbui-y.\\nCentral.\\nWesley.\\nOcean.\\nAtlantic.\\nSTREETS RUNNING EAST AND WEST.\\nFirst.\\nSecond.\\nThird.\\nFourth.\\nFifth.\\nSixth.\\nSeventh.\\nEighth.\\nNinth.\\nTenth.\\nEleventh.\\nTwelfth.\\nThirteenth.\\nFourteenth.\\nFifteenth.\\nSixteenth.\\nSeventeenth.\\nEighteenth.\\nNineteenth.\\nTwentieth.\\nTwenty-first.\\nTwenty-second.\\nTwenty-third.\\nTwenty-fourth.\\nTwenty-fifth.\\nTwenty-sixth.\\nTwenty-seventh.\\nTwenty- eighth.\\nTwenty-ninth.\\nThirtieth.\\nThirty-first.\\nThirty-second.\\nThirty-third.\\nThirty-fourth.\\nThirty-fifth.\\nThirty-sixth.\\nThirty-seventh.\\nThirty-eighth.\\nThirty-ninth.\\nFortieth.\\nForty-first.\\nForty-second.\\nForty-third.\\nForty-fourth.\\nForty-fifth.\\nForty-sixth.\\nForty-seventh.\\nForty-eighth.\\nForty-ninth.\\nFiftieth.\\nFifty-first.\\nFifty-second.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "OCKAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 53\\npi5EeT05Y\\nAdams, H. B., Weekly Nezvs office, 811 i\\\\sbiiry avenue, res.\\nCentral ave. belaw Ninth st.\\nAdams, J. T. Excursion House.\\nAdams, W. W., plasterer, Asbury ave. below Tenth st.\\nAdams, G. O. plasterer, Central ave. below Ninth st.\\nAdams, C. E. carpenter, Central ave. below Ninth st.\\nAdams, J. T., Ocean City, N. J.\\nAdams, I. G., Ocean City, N. J.\\nAdams, E. Ocean City, N. J.\\nAllen Hughes, Ocean City, N, J.\\nAllen, G. W. Prof., Ocean City, N. J.\\nAllen E. Asbury ave. above Fourth st.\\nAnderson, M. A., Central ave,, below Ninth st.\\nAng, G. fisherman, West ave. below Fourth st.\\nAsher, E. Central ave. below Eleventh st.\\nAtwood, P. C. 1233 Central ave.\\nAustin, J., carpenter, Asbury ave. below Ninth st.\\nB\\nBamford, A. E. 443 Asbury ave.\\nBaner, M., cor. Sixth st. and Ocean ave.\\nBarrows, A. D., cor. Thirty-fourth st. and Asbuiy ave.\\nBarr, J. W., cor. Eleventh st. and Central ave.\\nBarr, W. J., cor. Ninth st. and Asbury ave.\\nBall, J. B., Ocean City, N. J.\\nBard, E. Asbury ave. above Fifteenth st.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "54 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nBartine, D. W., M. D., 717 Wesley ave.\\nBartine, W., 717 Wesley ave.\\nBarnett, B. C, Asbury ave. ab. First st.\\nBarnett, Jos., Asbury ave. below Tenth st.\\nBarnhurst, W., 1612 Asbury av.\\nBardsley, S., 1204 Central ave.\\nBassett, S., 930 Wesley ave.\\nBebee, S., Ocean ave. above Fourth st.\\nBell, E., Ocean City, N.J.\\nBennett, T. C, 818 Asbury ave.\\nBenners, A., Ocean City, N. J.\\nBethany S. S., Ocean Rest, cor. Thirtieth st. and Wesley ave.\\nBennett, J. hauling, cor. Eighth st. and Asbury ave.\\nBeckett, h. R., Ocean City, N. J.\\nBingham, B. C. Simpson ave. below First st.\\nBirchall, W., cor. Fifth st. and Wesley ave.\\nBisbee, F. i\\\\.. Rev., West ave. above First st.\\nBilbrough, J., Ocean City, N.J.\\nBorie, C. Asbury ave. below Fourth st.\\nBoyle, Mrs. W. E., The Emmett, cor. Eighth st. and Cen-\\ntral ave.\\nBorrodaile, J. C, Bay ave. below First st.\\nBoothroyd, J. A., Ocean ave. above Seventh st.\\nBowen, C. cor. Fourth st. and Wesley ave.\\nBourgeois, E. A., City Clerk, cor. Ninth st. and Central ave.\\nBourgeois, G. A., builder, 420 Central ave.\\nBourgeois, A., builder, 420 Central ave.\\nBreckley, G. M., Sr., Central ave., below Eighth st.\\nBreckley, G. M., Jr., fish market, Asbury ave. above Eighth st.\\nBreckley, L. painter, cor. West ave. and Twelfth st.\\nBriggs, J., plasterer, 1127 West ave.\\nBriggs, R., 1127 West ave.\\nBrower, J., painter, store, Asbury ave. above Seventh st.\\nBrower, J., cor. Third st. and Central ave.\\nBrown, T. J., Ocean City, N. J.\\nBrown, T. Central ave. below Thirteenth st.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDK BOOK. 55\\nBrown, A., cor. Tenth st. and Central ave.\\nBridgewater, W. E., Oeean City, N.J.\\nBriscoe, C. T. cor. Sixth st. and Ocean ave.\\nBrown, J., West ave. below Fonrth st.\\nBryan, J. T. 1249 Asbnry ave.\\nBrucker, E. cor. Tenth st. and Central ave.\\nBurroughs, R. Ocean City, N. J.\\nBurley, J. Vandalia, Central ave. above Eighth st.\\nBurley, A., carpenter, cor. Fourteenth st. and West ave.\\nBurley, S., Asbury ave. below Twelfth st.\\nBurt, J,, Wesley ave. below Ninth st.\\nBurrell, W. H., Rev., Ocean City, N.J.\\nBurnley, C. W., Rev., 924 Wesley ave.\\nBurleigh, E. W., Ocean City, N.J.\\nCampbell, C. A., store and res., 813 Asbury ave.\\nCampbell, E. B., Eighth st. below West ave,\\nCanfield, J. F., Rev., Illinois, cor. Sixth st. and Asbury ave.\\nCanfield, H. D., Illinois, cor. Sixth st. and Asbury ave.\\nCanfield, F. P. Fourth st. and Haven ave.\\nCanfield, H., Illinois, cor. Sixth st. and Asbury ave.\\nCarson, J. R. 1205 Central ave.\\nCarson, R., Asbury ave. above Twelfth st.\\nCarhart, S. policeman, Asbury ave. above Tenth st.\\nChampion, F. E. coal and ice, 634 x^sbury ave.\\nChampion, I., rest, and res., cor. Seventh st. and Asbury ave.\\nChampion, J., builder, Vandalia, 725 Central ave.\\nChampion, Q., painter, 444 Asbury ave.\\nChance, J. C. Asbury ave., above First st.\\nChandler, H. D., 922 Wesley ave.\\nChew, W. carpenter, West ave., above Thirteenth st.\\nChew, N., Lafayette, Thirteenth st. and Central ave.\\nChrist, A. E. Central av. below Sixth st.\\nChristian, J. B., Ocean City, N. J.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "56 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nClark, J. E. cor. Seventeenth st. and West ave.\\nClark, J. H., M. D., Central ave. below Ninth st.\\nC^^awell D. cor. Seventeenth st. and Asbury ave.\\nCielland, N. C, 822 Wesley ave.\\nClifton, J., plasterer, Simpson ave. below Second st.\\nClinton, E. T., 634 Central ave.\\nCollins, S., 1408 West ave.\\nConver, J., tinsmith, 623 Asbury ave.\\nConver, H. L- tinsmith, Asbury ave. above Seventh st.\\nConver, S. tinsmith, Asbury ave. above Seventh st.\\nColeman, R. Ocean Ciity, N. J.\\nCorson, M,, life guard, Ocean Ave. above Seventh st.\\nCorson, C, meat market, Asbury avenue above Eighth st.\\nCorson, N., builder, 653 Asbury ave.\\nCorson, L., life guard, West ave. below Twelfth st.\\nCorson, Y., store and res. 721 Asbury ave.\\nCorson, J. M., Capt. L. S. S.\\nCorson, O., painter, 721 Asbury ave.\\nCorson, J. I. Rev. cor. Fifth st. and Central ave.\\nCorson, F. F., M. D., Ocean City, N. J.\\nCorson, J. M., 1632 Central ave.\\nCorson, E., 745 Asbury ave.\\nCorson, L. builder, Vandalia, 725 Central ave.\\nCowperthwaite, S. S. E., 1220 Central ave.\\nCotton, A., 453 Asbury ave.\\nCdx, a. E. Asbury ave. below Eighth street.\\nCax, L. expressman, Asbury ave. below Eighth st.\\nCox, R. E., store and res., cor. Twelfth st. and Asbury ave.\\nCoxey, J. C. cor. Fourteenth st. and Asbury ave.\\nCranshaw, R., Asbury ave. below Fourteenth st.\\nCreth, A. C, Traymore, cor. Ninth st. and Wesley ave.\\nCrispin, J., 749 Asbury ave.\\nCross, T. B., Asbury ave. above Tenth st.\\nCross, C. Asbury ave. above Tenth st.\\nCrouse, J. W., cor. Fifth st. and Atlantic ave.\\nCrouse, H., cor. Seventh st. and iVsbury ave.\\nCurry, W. B., Central ave. above Fifth st.\\nI", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 57\\nD\\nDarbey, F. E., 822 Asbury ave.\\nDalryinple, F. Ocean City, N.J.\\nDallett, H. Ocean City, N. J.\\nDavis, M. D., Wesley ave. below Ninth st.\\nDavis, J. H., Atlantic ave. below Fourth st.\\nDavis, W. A., M. D., cor. First st. and Central ave.\\nDavis, N., M. D., cor. First st. and Asbury ave.\\nDavis, J. T. cor. First st. and Asbury ave.\\nDawes, E., Asbury ave. below Twelfth st.\\nDemaris, iV., Seventh st. near Asbury ave.\\nDenn, C, Asbury ave. below Fourteenth st.\\nDixon, J. Central ave. above Fourth st.\\nDixon, S. cor. Eighth st. and Central ave.\\nDobbins, G. L., Ocean City, N. J.\\nDonaldson, E. Asbury ave. below Ninth st.\\nDonahue, D. Asbury ave. below Fourteenth st.\\nDowns, J. O., 808 Central ave.\\nDowns, J., Asbury ave. above Seventh st.\\nDoughty, C. 431 Asbury ave.\\nDoughty, J., Ocean City.\\nEbert, C. L., Asbury ave. below Eighth st.\\nEddowes, T. 1414 Asbury ave.\\nEdwards, C. E., D. D. S., Strand, cor. Ninth st. and Wes-\\nley ave.\\nEdwards, R. W., Strand, cor. Ninth st. and Wesley ave.\\nEdwards, A., station agent W. J. R. R.\\nEddy, C. v.. Fourth st. and Atlantic ave.\\nElliott, W. R., 714 Asbury ave.\\nEllison, J, v., 604 Wesley ave.\\nEmerson, W. B., 1606 Asbury ave.\\nEmley, G., 642 Central ave.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "58 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nEnglish, F. 1220 Central ave.\\nEnglish, J., Traymore, cor. Ninth st. and Wesley ave.\\nEnglish, E. B., builder, 915 Asbury ave,\\nEnglish, J. A., Fourth st. and Wesley ave.\\nEsher, E. H., 162 Asbury ave.\\nErwin, A. F., Ocean City, N.J.\\nEves, M., Ocean City, N. J.\\nEveringham, G. 827 Asbury ave.\\nEarner, C, Asbury ave. above Tenth st.\\nFaunce, M. Asbury ave. above Fourteenth st.\\nFithian, F. R., Ocean City, N. J.\\nFletcher, M., 117 Asbury ave.\\nFletcher, R. painter, West ave. below Eleventh st\\nFogg, A. G., Wesley ave. and Seventh st.\\nFortiner, G. R., M. D., Holiday, 809 Wesley ave.\\nFoulds, H., cor. Fourth st. and Ocean ave.\\nFisher, R. real estate, cor. Seventh st. and Asbury ave.\\nFranklin, P. A. H. 219 Wesley ave.\\nG\\nGallagher, D., Eafayette, cor. Thirteenth st. and Cent l. ave.\\nGandy, A. T., lifeguard, Thirty-fourth street.\\nGandy, J. G., 745 Asbury ave.\\nGandy, O. M. 745 Asbury ave.\\nGarwood, S. P., carpenter, 418 Wesley ave.\\nGarrettson, W. R., life guard, 831 Asbury ave.\\nGarrison, S. O., Rev., 1658 Central ave.\\nGerlach, H., cor. Sixteenth st. and Asbury ave.\\nGetty, M., 640 Central ave.\\nGibb, W., 825 Asbury ave.\\nGill, T. C, cor. Seventh st. and Wesley ave.\\nGilbert, A. G. painter, Asbury ave. above Third.\\nGluchert, R., Asbury ave. below Fourteenth st.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 59\\nGodfrey, W., 629 Asbury ave.\\nGraham, F. R., M. D., cor. Tenth st. and Wesley ave.\\nGrace, T., Ocean City, N. J.\\nGraw, J. B., D. D., Ocean City, N.\\nGriffith, R. L., cor. Seventh st. and Central ave.\\nGriffith, A. E., M. D., cor. Sixteenth st. and Central ave.\\nHand, J. F., Councilman, cor. West ave. and Twelfth st.\\nHand, P. S., life guard, 1213 West ave.\\nHann, S. H. Rev., Ocean City, N. J.\\nHallinger, D. B. Capt., Ocean City, N. J.\\nHayes, W. H., cor. Fourth st. and Ocean ave.\\nHayday, G. Ocean City, N. J.\\nHagle, W., Asbury ave. below Sixteenth st.\\nHaines, H. S., Ocean City, N. J.\\nHayes, N., carpenter, Asbury ave. below Eighth st.\\nHeadley, H., Asbury ave. above Eighth st.\\nHeadly, L., West ave. below Twelfth st.\\nHeustis, C. H., editor Philadelphia Inquirer, 708 Central ave.\\nHeisler, H., Strand, cor. Ninth st. and Wesley ave.\\nHenderson, J. C. Capt., 447 West ave.\\nHess, U. Y., West ave. below Twelfth st.\\nHewitt, J. P., Central ave. above Seventh st.\\nHillman, J. P., Asbury ave. below Twelfth st.\\nHickey, D. W., conductor W. J. R. R.\\nHoffinan, B., engineer, 1241 Asbury ave.\\nHowell, ]\\\\Iisses, Central ave. and Ninth st.\\nHoffstetter, G., 1209 Central ave.\\nHolland, J. M., cor. Fifteenth st. and Asbury ave.\\nHoopes, E. D., Ocean ave. above Eighth st.\\nHorn, G. L., 226 Wesley ave.\\nHouck, W., Capt, Wesley ave. above Sixth st.\\nHuckle, W., Rev., 602 Wesley av.\\nHudson, D., Ocean City, N. J.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "6o OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK,\\nHusted, A. E., Ocean City, N. J.\\nHunter, T. Ocean ave. above Second st.\\nHutchinson, J. H., Rev., Ocean City, N.J.\\nHughes, W. R. Sixth St., east of Westerly ave.\\nHyde, A. C, Ocean City, N. J.\\nIngersoll, B., carpenter, Ocean City, N. J.\\nIszard, J., M. D., Ocean City, N. J.\\nJeffries, J. H., captain, 347 West ave.\\nJeffries, J. B., captain, 347 West ave.\\nJeffries, M., life guard, Asbury ave. above Seventh st.\\nJeffries, G. captain, 347 West ave.\\nJenkins, J., M. D. Central ave. below Eleventh st.\\nJackson, M., laundress, 326 West ave.\\nJohnson, J., plumber, Asbury ave. below Seventh st.\\nJones, W., 437 x\\\\sbury ave.\\nJoseph, A., Ocean City, N. J.\\nKalbach, H., 1057 West ave.\\nKendrick, J. R., 820 Wesley ave.\\nKenney, T., Adams Casino, cor. Ninth st. and Boardwalk.\\nKeating, C. J., Central ave. below Nineteenth st.\\nKeyser, A., Asbury ave. above First st.\\nKing, C. Asbury ave. below Fourth st.\\nKrouse, G., 305 Central ave.\\nKrouse, H. 305 Central ave.\\nKnorr, A. C. 818 Asbury ave.\\nKuder, O. H., 911 Asbury ave.\\nKynett, A. G. Rev., 1233 Central ave.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 6 1\\nKyiiett, A. J., Rev., 1229 Central ave.\\nKynett, H. H., M. D., 1225 Central ave.\\nLake, E. B., Rev., cor. Fifth st. and Wesley ave.\\nLake, S. W., Rev., Ocean City, N. J.\\nLake, J. E., Rev., Ocean City, N. J.\\nLake, W. real estate, cor. Sixth st. and Asbury ave.\\nLake, D. E. bnilder, 1628 Asbury ave.\\nLake, M. Capt. painter, 450 West ave.\\nLake, H., 413 Fifth st.\\nLake, T. R., Asbury ave. below Fourteenth st.\\nLake, W. E., Prof., Ocean City, N. J.\\nLake, H. Y. bookkeeper, Association Offices.\\nLake, H. H., street car conductor. Ocean City, N. J.\\nLake, C. P., street car conductor. Ocean City, N. J.\\nLancirica, J., Wesley House, Eighth st. and Wesley ave.\\nLangley, G. B., Ocean City, N. J.\\nLee, G. W., Ocean City, N. J.\\nLee, L, Capt., 939 Asbury ave.\\nLee, J. W., Capt., Asbury ave. below Seventh st.\\nLee, L. dressmaker, 1059 West ave.\\nLennig, G. G. Simpson ave. below First st.\\nLewallen, J., barber, Asbury ave. below Seventh st.\\nLinn, J., 324 Central ave.\\nLivezey, J., cor. Seventh st. and Central ave.\\nLippincott, Asbury ave. below Fourteenth st.\\nLoder, E. B., cor. Twelfth st. and Central ave.\\nLonabaugh, J. E., Ocean City, N. J.\\nLudlam, R., assessor, 823 Asbury ave.\\nM\\nMacMullen, W. Rev., cor. Seventh st. and Wesley ave.\\nManchester, L. O. Rev. Central ave. above Eighth st.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "62 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nManchester, F. Central ave. above Eighth st.\\nManship, M., 1127 West ave.\\nMahoney, D., 1643 West ave.\\nMapps, W. R., 1416 Asbury ave.\\nMarter, H. H., 934 Asbury ave.\\nMassey, W. A. Rev., Ocean City, N. J.\\nMarshall, A., 712 Ocean ave.\\nMatthews, C, Ocean City, N. J.\\nMatthews, J., Wesley ave. above Eighth st.\\nMatthews, H. M., Wesley ave. below Seventh st.\\nMcAllister, J. C. Asbury ave. above First st.\\nMcAleese, J., 1409 Asbury ave.\\nMcCullough, J. B. Rev., Wesley ave. above Seventh st.\\nMcGuire, J. H., Wesley ave. above Eighth st.\\nMcFadden, J. P., 1212 Central ave.\\nMcCorkle, J. N., cor. West ave. and Twelfth st.\\nMecke, C. W., Asbury ave. above Fourth st.\\nMeGargee, G. N., 825 Wesley ave.\\nMitchell, W., Ocean City, N. J.\\nMiller, P. Capt. 726 Asbury ave.\\nMiller, W. Capt., 726 Asbury ave.\\nMiller, S. B., carpenter, 733 Central ave.\\nMiller, C. G. engineer, W. J. R. R., 1640 Asbury ave.\\nMoore, G. P., builder, 835 Asbury ave.\\nMoore, E. painter, 835 Asbury ave.\\nMoore, M., slate roofer, 835 Asbury ave.\\nMoore, D. Asbury ave. above Fifteenth st.\\nMoore, H. Ocean ave. above Seventh st.\\nMorey, J. K., carpenter. Central ave. below Eighth st.\\nMorgan, J., Asbury ave. above Seventh st.\\nMorris, A., 404 Asbury ave.\\nMorris, E., Asbury ave. below Eighth st.\\nMorris, J. B., fisherman, 727 West ave.\\nMorton, J. C. cor. Eighth st. and Asbury ave.\\nMortimore, J. A., West ave. above Fifteenth st.\\nMuir, D. S. cor. Fourth st. and Wesley ave.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 63\\nMurdoch, J., 825 Asbiiry ave.\\nMurdoch, P., 806 Asbury ave.\\nMyers, C. cor. Eighth st. and Wesley ave.\\nN\\nNabb, C. F., 756 Asbury ave.\\nNabb, J. C, 756 Asbury ave.\\nNagle, C, Ocean City, N. J.\\nNeff, J. R., Ocean City, N. J.\\nNelson, A., Ocean City House, Asbury av. above Eighth st.\\nNicholson, W. S. Central ave. below Eleventh st.\\nNewcomb, H. O. City Solicitor, Ocean City, N. J.\\nNewkirk, B., brakesman W. J. R. R. Cor. Eighth st. and\\nAsbury av.\\nNoble, G. L., Wesley ave. above Eighth st.\\nO\\nO KelL J. R., Ocean City, N.J.\\nPalen, G. E., M. D., 825 Wesley ave.\\nFaxon, M. cor. Sixth st. and Wesley ave.\\nParker, R. M., Central ave. below Fourth st.\\nParrish, D. H., Ocean City, N. J.\\nParris, D., Wesley av. below Eighth st.\\nPennock, A. H., cor. Fourteenth st. and Central ave,\\nPeddrick, C. H. 822 Asbury ave.\\nPickering, E., Asbury ave. above Fourth st.\\nPierce, O., Ocean City, N. J.\\nPrice, J. T. Ocean City House, 717 Asbury ave.\\nPrice, B. D., Atlantic ave. above Fourth st.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "64 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nR\\nRaiick, A. B., 708 Asbury ave.\\nRapp, R., Central ave. above First st.\\nRapp, J. V. R., Central ave. above First st.\\nRapp, Y., 815 Asbnry ave.\\nRadcliff, J. Y. 749 Asbury ave.\\nReaney, A. W., 409 Fifth st.\\nReinhart, H., engineer W. J. R. R., Central ave. above Tenth st.\\nReinhart, C, Ocean City, N. J.\\nReed, H., M. D., cor. Eighth st. and Asbury ave.\\nReemer, J. Ocean City, N. J.\\nRice, J. L. 1213 Asbury ave.\\nRisley, L. Capt. cor. Seventh st. and Central ave.\\nRisley, W., Capt., Asbury ave. above Fourth st.\\nRisley, D. Capt., 711 Central ave.\\nRiley, J. E., Asbury ave. below Fifteenth st.\\nRiley, J. E., cor. Twelfth st. and Asbury ave.\\nRoller, L. 1419 Asbury ave.\\nRoberts, M. F., Central ave. below Ninth street.\\nRoberts, J. R. 604 Wesley ave.\\nRobinson, J., 726 Asbury ave.\\nRobinson, R. C. office, 744 Asbury ave.\\nRobinson, V. S., Wesley House, cor. Eighth st. and\\nWesley ave.\\nRobinson, A. S., Ocean City, N. J.\\nRose, J. B., Ocean City, N. J.\\nR\\\\ish, J. S., cor. Eleventh st. and Central ave.\\nSalter, J. G. cor. Fourteenth st. and Asbury ave.\\nSallada, W., 215 Asbury ave.\\nSampson, S. B., builder, 305 Fourth st.\\nSampson, D., tinsmith, Asbury ave. above Fourth st.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 65\\nSanderlin, B. H., Wesley ave. below Eighth st.\\nSanderliii, C. F., Wesley ave. below Eighth st.\\nSchenck, E., 656 West ave.\\nSchenk, J., barber, 711 Asbury ave.\\nSchermerhorn, C. H., 1237 Central ave.\\nSchreiner, W. H., Central ave. below Eleventh st.\\nSchuff, J., baker, cor. Asbury ave. and Seventh st.\\nSchurch, S., Bellevue, cor. Asbury ave. and Seventh st.\\nSchmitt, E., cor. Tenth st. and Asbury ave.\\nScull, J. C. carpenter, 727 Asbury ave.\\nScull, A., milkman, 727 Asbury ave.\\nScull, A. D. builder, Central ave. above Seventh st.\\nScott, T. Wesley ave. above Eleventh st.\\nScattergood, S. H. Central ave. below Sixth st.\\nShaw, T. E., cor. Fifth st. and Central ave.\\nSharp, A. D., hackman, no Asbury ave.\\nSharp, C. B., carpenter, no Asbury ave.\\nSharp, E. J., carpenter, Asbury ave. below First st.\\nSharp, W., carpenter. West ave. above Second st.\\nSharp, S. W., blacksmith, 411 Fifth st.\\nSharp, J., Asbury ave., below Second st.\\nShields, West ave. below Sixteenth st.\\nSchriver, W. 122 1 Asbury ave.\\nSimmons, T. Ocean City, N. J.\\nSmith, E. S., store and res., 1140 Asbury ave.\\nSmith, H., Asbury ave. above Seventh st.\\nSmith, J. W., store, 705 Asbury ave.\\nSmith, B. R., painter, 1046 Asbury ave.\\nSmith, R. M., Ocean City, N. J.\\nSmith, F., milkman. West ave. above Fourth st.\\nSmith, E., Asbury ave. above Fourth st.\\nSmith, H. D., 733 Central ave.\\nSmith, N. T., Ocean City, N. J.\\nSomers, E., captain, 424 West ave.\\nSnow, Central ave., below Eighth st.\\nSmalley, C. F. Ninth st. and Boardwalk.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "66 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nSnyder, F., Asbury ave. above Eighth st.\\nSooy, R. R., Brighton, Seventh st. and Ocean ave.\\nSooy, N., West ave. below Fourth st.\\nSouder, L., 413 Fifth st.\\nStewart, W. C, 626 Central ave.\\nSteynmyer, J., 221 Asbury ave.\\nStokes, E. C, cor. Fifth st. and Central ave.\\nStroubel, J. C, Asbury ave. below Eleventh st.\\nStearn, C. B. Wesley ave. above Eleventh st.\\nSteelman, H., cor. Fourth st. and Asbury ave.\\nSteelman, H. G. Mayor, Central ave. above Eighth st.\\nSteelman, J. C, Councilman, 1259 Asbury ave.\\nSteelman, M., 911 Asbury ave.\\nStill, J., West ave. below Ninth st.\\nStill, L. West ave. above Fourth st.\\nStites, R. B., lumber, 759 Asbury ave.\\nStonehill, W., plasterer, 1159 Asbury ave.\\nSutton, H. C, Councilman, Central ave. below Eighth st.\\nTaggart, J., 12 12 Central ave.\\nTaylor, S. B., 1249 Asbury ave.\\nThatcher, J. W., M. D., 728 Ocean ave.\\nThatcher, J., cor. Thirteenth street and Asbury ave.\\nThegan, W., Central ave. above First st.\\nThomas, J., 1228 Asbury ave.\\nThomas, L. R. Prof., Wesley ave. above Eighth st.\\nThomas, A. B., cor. Fifteenth st. and Asbury ave.\\nThompson, R. M., Simpson ave. below First st.\\nThorn, R. H., store and res., cor. Eighth st. and Asbury ave.\\nThorn, T. J., Asbury ave. below Eighth st.\\nTilton, C. M., Bay ave. above Fourth st.\\nTownsend, A. C, Thirty-fourth st. and Wesley ave.\\nTweedale, S., Rev., Asbury ave. below Fourteenth st.\\nTurpin, J. B., Rev., Asbury ave. below Fourteenth st.\\nTuttle, C. P., D. D. S., Asbury ave. above First st.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 67\\nV\\nVangilder, H., 1419 Asbnry ave.\\nVoss, J., Central ate. below Seventh st.\\nWaggoner, J. S., M. D., store and res., 731 Asbnry ave.\\nWalton, B. F., West ave. below Fourteenth st,\\nWarner, F. B., carpenter, 1428 Asbnry ave.\\nWatson, C. H., engineer. West ave. above Eleventh st.\\nWallace, S., Central ave. below Eleventh st.\\nWarner, L. West ave. below Fourth st.\\nWert, C. M., store and res., 713 Asbnry ave.\\nWert, A., M. D., Ocean City, N. J.\\nWeston, E. C, D. D. S., Ocean City, N. J.\\nWhitaker, W. C, 1230 Asbnry ave.\\nWhitesides, F. R., 1236 Asbnry ave.\\nWick, C, 820 Wesley ave.\\nWinters, W. R., Ocean City, N. J.\\nWillets, J. S. captain, cor. Seventh st. and Central ave.\\nWillets, W. cor. Seventh st. and Ocean ave.\\nWillets, S., West ave. above Seventh street.\\nWilliams, T. P., Asbury ave. above F.\\nWilliams, C. J., 423 Asbury ave.\\nWilcox, J. N., 842 Central ave.\\nWilloughby, W. West ave. above First st.\\nWitson, W. D., Ocean City, N. J.\\nWimer, T. B. Ocean City, N. J.\\nWilson, W., Ocean ave. below Eighth st.\\nWood, H. M., cor. First st. and West av.\\nWoodward, O. H., Asbnry ave. above Fourth st.\\nWoodhull, S. C, Ocean City, N. J.\\nWolf, J., West ave. above Tenth st.\\nWoldford, J. Asbury ave. above Seventh st.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "68\\nOCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nWhite, J. M., cor. Eighth st. and Asbury ave.\\nWylie H., Central ave. below Thirteenth st.\\nZeigler, E., 717 Central ave.\\nZane, W. S. Rev., 1208 Asbury ave.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITV GUIDE BOOK. 69\\nDR. GEO. R. FORTINER,\\nHOLIDAY COTTAGE,\\nNo. 809 Wesley Avenue, Ocean City, N. J.\\nOFFICE HOURS :-Until lO A. M. 2 to 3 P. M. 6 to 8 P. M.\\nWesley House,\\nEstablished 1881\\nWITHIN A SQUARE OF THE BEACH.\\nThoroughly Benovated, under entirely new management.\\nOPE V A.L3L. the: YEAR.\\nFiiVEST A.c;coM:M:or j\u00c2\u00abLTio]VS.\\nMRS. V. S. ROBINSON,\\nCor. Eighth St. and Wesley Ave., Ocean City, N. J.\\n|lilaiiiii l!e!iiflo,9llisi.illieBoa[iiwalk\\nFIVE SHUFFLEBOARD TABLES.\\nCANDY KITCHEN, CAROUSELLE.\\n425 fiockiog Chairs and High Afm Chaifs on Raised Platfofm\\nFOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF GUESTS.\\nThoroughly ventilated and brilliantly illumi?iated.\\nSHELL STORE A.DJOI]SriNa.\\nTHE MOST POPULAR EESORT ALONG THE BOARDWALK.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "70 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nI NVARIABLY ^y^^ assortments of\\nSeasonable Dry Goods\\nTo be found on our many counters are\\nMore Extensive, More Varied,\\nMore Comprehensive, More Moderate (Priced,\\nThan those shown in any other single house in America.\\nSample! and**Prices. oIf3WDflflp UOIlllGri Illustrated Catalogue.\\nMarket St., Eighth St., Filbert St.,\\nB. R. SMITH SONS,\\nThe Pioneer Paper Hangers,\\nDecorators, Grainers and\\nSign Writers of Ocean City.\\nA large and varied stock of\\nWALL PAPER and DECORATIONS\\non hand at popular prices.\\nAll WoPk Afti^ticallij Done, and All W/oflc (guaranteed.\\nB. R. SMITH S. SONS,\\n1046 Asbiiry Aveni^e, Ocean City, N. J.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "OCKAX CITY GUIDE BOOK. 7I\\nRobert Fisher,\\nReal Estate and\\nTheT^IQ]]^^]!^ Insurance\\nAgent and Broker,\\nConvefancef, Cofimiissiooef of Deeds I Holaiy Public\\nCan supply imrchasers with desirable investments at all times.\\nOcean front Cottages and Hotel Sites a specialty. Parties seeking to\\nget hold of large plots for future development can be accommodated.\\nLots for sale on club or syndicate plan. Rents and Renting.\\nlife: and\\nFIRE\\nInsurance\\nGiven careful attention, and the utmost security guaranteed\\nin every department.\\non rsT:.?.^ \u00e2\u0080\u009ee. Seveill St.l m Ave., Ocean Citj", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "72\\nOCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nE. H0W4BB TEOII\\nD\\nDEALER IN\\nhmlm, Gai petg and Matting\\n5\\nHARDWARE AND CUTLERY,\\nSTOVES, HEATERS AND RANGES\\n...Crockery and Glassware...\\nIN FACT EVERYTHING NECESSARY TO THE FURNISHING\\nOF A HOUSE.\\nYou will find all goods\\nas represented,\\nAnd prices as low as any,\\nquality considered.\\ni*i^X0m05llSBURyAVEB\\nB.\\nGoods delivered free of charge.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "OCKAN CITY GUIDK 15COK. 73\\nCor. Eighth and Central Ave.\\nNEW HOUSE\\nNEW FURNITURE.\\nOPEN ALL THE YEAR. Special Rates for the Season.\\nDELIGHTFUL LOCATION.\\nTERMS: S1.50 and $Z per day. 58, 39 and S10 per week.\\nMISS MATTIE A. BOYLE, Proprietress.\\nW. STONEHILL. G. O. ADAMS,\\nPlasterers and Bricklayers.\\nSXONEHILU ADAMS,\\nPlastering, Range Setting, Bricklaying, etc.\\n^11 ^ork in ^aAon ^inc promptly ^ttcndcd to.\\nOCEAN CITY, N. J.\\nS. W. SHARP,\\nIn rear of Water Works Building,\\nWEST AVENUE BELOW TENTH STREET,\\nOCEZJ^ror city, PflTE^AT JERSEY.\\n-ALSO\\nC3-. I=. JsA 00:Eij E2,\\nArcMtect and Buildei\\nBest Roofing Slate Constantly on Hand.\\nSS5 Asb-axy A-o-e., Ocean City, IT. J.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "74 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nREADING RAILROAD\\nThe Royal Route to the Sea.\\nrrr PHIUBELPHIUNO ATLANTIC Cin,\\nThe Famous Fast Flyers always on Time.\\nCarry their Passengers Safely and Surely between\\nPHILADELPHIA,\\nCHESTNUT ST. WHARF\\nIj OR SOUTH ST. WHARF.\\nAND THE DEPOT\\nTHE VERY CENTRE\\nSf i\\\\TLAWTid City\\nA FEiTiRE OF TBIS LINE IS IIS HURD-CML MMOTIKES.\\nIsTO SIsdlOICIE! I\\nISTO SOOT! SPEED.\\nONLY DOUBLE-TRACK LINE.\\nSAFETY.\\nTwo Stat ons Philadelphia. Six Stations in Atlantic City.\\nThe Coaches composing the FLYERS are new and of the latest and most\\nelegant designs. The Pullman Drawing-room and Buffet\\nParlor Cars are models of palatial luxury.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nJ. T. NABB SON,\\n75\\nc^f^ l^teum Suhon..\\n756 Asbury Ave.\\nNear the Depot.\\nTropical Fruits, Pure, Fresh Confectionery.\\nCoach and Express Office Calls answered\\nwith promptness day and night.\\nBaggage delivered to any part of the City.\\nA COMPLETE LINE OF....\\nFine Stationery.\\nTl3 2\\n4tlar)tic }s/ior)t\\\\}\\\\j\\nIs generally recognized as second to no Literary Magazine in America. It has\\nSerial and Short Stories by Kate Douglass Wiggin, .Sarah Orne Jewett, Mrs.\\nCatherwood, Miss Murfree, Mrs. Deland; Essays by Prof. Shaler, Agnes\\nRepplier, Colonel Higginson, and others of the best American writers.\\nTERMS:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 $4.00 a Year, in advance. Postage Free.\\nHoughton, Mifflin Co., Boston.\\n11 EAST 17th STREET, NEW YORK.\\n^XX ESTABLISHED X 1881 xx^\\nF. E. CHAMPION,\\nDEALER IN\\nICE, *i COAL, ii WOOD,\\nPure Spring Water Ice. Best Grades, All Sizes. All Lengths Cut to Order.\\nOFFICE AND RESIDENCE:\\n636 ASBURY AVENUE,\\nOcean City, New Jersey.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "76 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nF. PONTIERE,\\nSHOE SHOP,\\nAsbury Ave. below 9th St., Ocean City.\\n...SUMMER WORK A SRECIALTY...\\nOak Sole Leather, and only the best of other materials used in making or\\nmending Shoes.\\nThe best and finest work at the lowest prices.\\nMRS. A. B. RANGK. MISS IDA TAYLOR.\\nFashionable Df^bssmai^ing.\\nCHILDREN S CLOTHES A SPECIALTY.\\n:^^^La.test Patterns Always on Hand\\nAsbury Avenue below Seventh Street, l\u00c2\u00b0Zr^^ r^oom.\\nF. S. OA-TITER CO.,\\nPLASTERING AND RANGE SETTING.\\nR esidence; 833 Asbupy AvG., Ocean City, N. J.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 77\\nmm (^WMAM MAmm Q m wwmmmm^.\\ncoj^I. S. CHAMPION,\\n(Successor to F. E. CHAMPION.)\\nFOR\\nMILK, ICE CREAM AND SOFT DRINKS,\\nHIE LEiDING illK MUBRS IN OCEAN CITY.\\nAll kinds of Soft Drinks and Confectionery-\\nESTABLISHED 1881. Cor. Seventti and Asbury.\\nBELLEVUE BATH HOUSES,.\\nBOARDWALK ABOVE EIGHTH ST.\\nFINE RESTAURANT ADJOINING.\\nConfectionery and Soft Drinks,\\nS. SCHURCH, Proprietor.\\nEstimates Cheerfully Given.\\nJobbing a Specialty.\\nJ. JOHINSOrV,\\nSanitary PlumTjing and Gas Fitting\\nOCEAN CITY W. J.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "78 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nCARLOS S. CORSON,\\nQmm City Miit liiM.\\n^tedh and Suit JllmU almatfA on hand.\\nt:: ^tzT Poiltry, Bnlter ami Im a Sjecialtj.\\n(ilAGOB SCHUriP,\\nS. W. Cor. Seventh Street and Asbury Avenue.\\nFresh Bread, Pies and Calces Daily.\\nNo Cottonseed Oil or Lard Compound, Butterine or Oleomargarine.\\nNo Chrome Yellow or Alum used. Only the best materials.\\nPARTIES AND WEDDINGS SUPPLIED.\\nGOODS DELIVERED FREE OF CHARGE.\\nNOTHING DELIVERED ON SUNDAY.\\nIH lie\\nTwelfth St. and Asbury Ave., Ocean City, N. J.,\\nMeats, Flour, Provisions, Fancy Groceiies,\\n]3b a.i^b;r in\\nAND FINE IMPORTED TABLE SPECIALTIES.\\nAlso a full line of high grade Teas, Coffees and Pure Spices constantly on hand.\\nPin Cwars and Tobacco,\\nFULL LINE OP PIPES AND SMOKING TOBACCO.\\nLadies Hair Cxitting and Shampooing specialty.\\n711 .A.SBUI^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:Z\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 .A-VEIsTTJE.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 7 9\\nF. P. CANFIELD,\\nl?eal V state Ag^^^t\\nHouses aod lots for sale in all pads of the Citf on easy tefms,\\nThere never will be a time when lots will be cheaper, with\\nso many attractions as Ocean City offers, than now.\\nIf you want a cottage or home by the sea, on one of the highest beaches on the\\nNew Jersey coast, with Great Egg Harbor Bay and Inlet on one side and the Atlantic\\nOcean on the other, where the liquor traffic is prohibited in every deed, where the\\nSabbath is observed, where the grass and flowers grow with rare beauty, where the\\nsailing is the finest and the boating safe as on an inland lake, where the bathing is as\\ngood at one hour of the day as another, and no life lines are needed, where there is\\none of the best boardwalks on the New Jersey coast along the strand, where there has\\nnot been a case of drowning in seven years, where but two persons have been arrested\\nfor disorderly conduct in eight years, where there is absolutely no malaria, where living\\nexpenses are as cheap as anywhere, where there is no healthier climate in America,\\nthen buy one or more lots at Ocean City, while they will cost but a fraction of what\\nthey are worth at other seaside resorts.\\n$100 to $1000 each.\\n1 HAVE LOTS ON THE MAIN AVENUES\\nFOR SALE AT FR(JM\\nI am thoroughly conversant with all facts connected with property on the beach.\\nThose desiring any information in regard to Ocean City, or about property, should call\\nor correspond with me.\\nCor. Sixth Street and Asbury Avenue,\\nOCEAN CITY, N. J.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "8o\\nOCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nJ. C. V/AHL,\\nOF EVERY DESCRIPTION.\\nJ X A T T T Pennsylvania and Atlantic Ave s,\\nW. VV/\\\\I~11-, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.\\nJ. C. STEELMAN.\\nF. B. ENGLISH-\\nSteelman English,\\n\u00c2\u00a3M\u00c2\u00ae!ffi2UfS\u00c2\u00a9\\n9\\nCarpenters, Contractors and. Builders,\\nPlans. Specifications and Build-\\ning Contracts carefully drawn.\\nPerspective views furnished.\\nEgtiraatBg (JheBfalliJ ({iVen.\\nJOBBING A SPECIALTY. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.\\nOffice:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 811 ASBURY AVENUK.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 8 1\\nFor the finest\\nFRESH FISH\\nGo to\\nBRECKLE! JEFFRIES,\\nSetwcen 7th S^- tincl 8lh ^t., ^sbup\\\\) oc.\\nIf you want the best prepared Salt Fish for Winter use,\\nput up in larjj;e or small quantities, we can fill the bill.\\nFRESH CLAMS AND HARD AND SOFT SHELL CRABS.\\nGive us a Trial Order. Goods Delivered.\\nJ. B. MORRIS,\\nFirst Fish Market in Ocean City,\\nESTABLISHED IN 1883 REAR OF 730 ASBWRY AUE\\nFresh Fish constantly on hand.\\nDelivered at Shortest Notice.\\nATLANTIC COAST\\nSteamboat Company\\nLiRGB THOaOUGULT EilPPED PLEASORE STEiMERS.\\nGreat Egg Harbor Bay is unsurpassed for sailing or fishing\\nby any sheet of water on the coast. Take the steamer at the\\npier at the foot of Second street, (reached from any point in\\nthe city by trolley cars,) for Somers Point and Longport direct,\\nor for Atlantic City by way of Longport. Excursions to Sea\\nfrom the Inlet at Atlantic Citv.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "82\\nGO\\nTO\\nTHE\\nOCGAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nm DRY GOODS 1 NOTION STORE\\nJust opened at\\n818 ASBURY AVENUE.\\nA complete line of Gent s Furnishing Goods.\\nRUSSET SHOES, LADIES AND GENTS SLIPPERS,\\nAND FINE FOOT WEAR OF EVERY DESCRIPTION\\nA. C. KNORR.\\nT D UAATn \u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae^tr\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00aet\u00c2\u00a9^\\nJ, r. nAINR ^^^r r\\nEstimates Furnished on all kinds of Work.\\nPROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO BOTH CONTRACT\\nWORK AND JOBBING.\\nRESIDEJfCE:\\nCor. West Avenue and I2th Street.\\nIcing s ^mef^igan Lcaundi^y^\\nAsbury Ave. below 4th St., Ocean City, N. J.\\nShirts,\\nCollars,\\nCuffs,\\nWhite Vests,\\nGents Underwear, per piece,\\nGents Hose, per pair,\\nOrders by maif promptly attended to, and work done in first-class style.\\nGOODS CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED FREE OF CHARGE.\\nMRS. ANNA KING, Proprietress,\\n.lO\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a203\\n.04\\n.25\\n.08\\n.05\\nFlannels, per suit,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a250\\nLadies White Dresses,\\nI. GO\\nLadies Gingham Dresses,\\n.50\\nLadies Wrappers,\\n25\\nWhite Shirts,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a225\\nWashing, per dozen,\\nI.OO", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "El\\nOcean City,\\nNew Jersey.\\nR. CURTIS ROBINSON, Editor and Prop r.\\nA spicy seven-column weekly paper, with a very large circulation. Published on\\nthe border and circulates in three adjoining counties, as well as nearly every State of\\nthe Union. Advertisers will be wise in giving the SENTINEL a trial order, as our\\ncity IS visited by thousands from a distance.\\nRates Reasonable\\nTtl? Ocean City... ^ILL be issued every aftemoon (Sun-\\ndays excepted) during July and\\n...Daily Reporter August.\\n75 CIS. FOR THE SEASON. TWO CENTS PER COPY.\\nR. curtis^obinsonT\\n1\\\\ ea I J* state\\nand\\n^jT..\\nJ\\nCOTTAGES FOR SALE, RENT OR EXCHANGE.\\nDESIRABLE BUILDING LOTS AT BARGAINS.\\nINSURANCE PLACED IN RELIABLE COMPANIES.\\n744-46 Asbury Ave., Ocean City, N. J.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "The Ocean City\\nAssociation.\\nREV. S. WESLEY LAKE, President, BRIDGETON, N. J.\\nREV. E. B. LAKE, Superintendent and Secretary, OCEAN CITY, N. J.\\nDR. G. E. PALEN, Treasurer, 1529 ARCH ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA.\\nThe Model Christian Seaside Resort,\\nOCEAN CITY\\nOffers the finest facilities for rest, liealth and recreation.\\nThree hundred acres, comprising- the entire city, under\\ndeeds forever prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicat-\\ning drinks.\\nExcellent fishing, boating and gunning.\\nThe beach is one of the best and safest on the Atlantic\\ncoast.\\nArtesian wells furnish an abundant supply of pure water\\nthrough the New City Water Works.\\nElectric street railways and electric lighting and a good\\nsewerage system.\\nNumerous trains daily afford excellent means of trans-\\nportation.\\nThe above association has lots for sale at various prices\\nand in all parts of the city.\\nApply to the Superintendent, Rev. Er B. Lake, or to any\\nother officer of the association.\\nOGEAM GITY, NEW JERSEY.", "height": "3135", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "OCEAN CITY GUIDK BOOK. 83\\nP L ECTRI C RAJLWAY\\nTake the cars at the pier of the Atlantic Coast Steamboat\\nCompany, at the foot of Second Street, on Great Egg Harbor\\nBay. This road runs north for a short distance, over the\\nwaters at high tide, thence in a direct line across the city in\\nfull view of Great Egg Harbor Inlet till it reaches the Ocean\\nstrand, which it follows the remainder of the route.\\nThat this is a delightful ride need scarcely be added.\\nAlready patronized by thousands, its popularity has but\\nbegun and the Electric Railway forms the chief attraction of\\nthe city.", "height": "3175", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "oceancitynjguide00rushma_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "84 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK.\\nPRESS OF\\nOCEAN CITY SENTINEL,\\nOCEAN CITY, N. J.,\\nR. 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