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that time someone smashed the toilets at Winding River with a sledgehammer

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 Asbury Park Press 10 Jul 1996

News from Pleasant Plains, 1886

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 New Jersey Courier 1 Sep 1886     

County Line Road, 1918

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 New Jersey Courier 26 April 1918

Pine Barrens Fire, 1936

  Pine Barrens Fire of 1936 As reported in the pages of the  New Jersey Mirror , 27 May 1936 Five Killed, Many Injured in Greatest Forest Fires in the History of Two Counties / More Than 20,000 Acres Involved in Four-Day Conflagration in the Area from Chatsworth to Tuckerton and Manahawkin--2,000 Men Fought Fire / Men Were Trapped While Fighting In one of the worst forest fires in the history of Burlington and Ocean counties, the past four days, burning over more than 20,000 acres, five men lost their lives and many others were injured. The area involved includes the section from Chatsworth to Tuckerton. There also were fires east of Brown's Mills. Colonel Leonidas J. Coyle, state fire warden, reported last night that the fire was under control and practically extinguished, when a change of wind turned the flames back over the area already burned over. The dead are: Edward F. Sullivan, 19, of New Brunswick. Kingsley White, 38, of Whitesville. Stanley Carr, 23, of Farmingdale. John

One day in Asbury Park news, 1941

  Individuals Appearing in the  Asbury Park Evening Press  on 2 Sep 1941 Surname Given name Residence Notes Abrams Maurice Ocean Twp, Monmouth Co charged with non payment of wages for one month to Julia Bosley Adams John 214 Union Ave, Newark age 9; he and Patricia Compton were attacked by older kids with razors Betesch David 415 Second Ave, Bradley Beach He nad Ralph Tamil were on a bike struck by Melvin Etten's car; both were unhurt Bosley Julia* Munroe Ave, Asbury Park charged Maurice Abrams with nonpayment of her wages for one month Branner Stella Cranbury Injured knee on Ocean Grove beach, had to go to hospital Brevaid Dorothy* 1315 Springwood Ave, Asbury Park Injured shoulder in a fall, went to hospital Bruno Carlo Paterson Car accidentally struck pedestrian Marie Stout of Barnegat Clans Agnes Colonia Age 69; back injured in an auto accident Clark Walter* Neptune Age 9 -cut himself on glass and had to go to hospital Compton Patricia --- age 7; she and John Adams were attacked

The Swaim's entertain at Bamber, 1939

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 Trenton Times 6 Jul 1939     

News From Ellisdale, 1916

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 New Egypt Press 28 April 1916

Dr. Morin loses a lot of money, 1923

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 New Egypt Press 6 Sep 1923

News from Leesville, 1923

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New Egypt Press 15 Nov 1923

Davisville news, 1923

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New Egypt Press 15 Nov 1923

News from Eddytsone, 1916

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New Jersey Courier 15 Sep 1916

No Lakewood sewage at Osbornville--1901

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New Jersey Courier 7 Feb 1901

News from Osbornville, 1901

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New Jersey Courier 25 Jul 1901

News from Osbornville, 1900

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New Jersey Courier 12 Apr 1900

School opens at Osbornville, 1900

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New Jersey Courier 6 Sep 1900

A.W. Clayton buys stolen boots, 1899

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New Jersey Courier 2 Nov 1899

Thomas Hazelton finds false teeth, 1879

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New Jersey Courier 13 Feb 1879

news from Osbornville, 1899

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New Jersey Courier 14 Sep 1899

Schooner Lydia B. Cowperthwaite runs aground at Absecon, 1857

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Ocean Emblem 7 Jan 1857

Terrible accident at the Lamson home, 1856

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Ocean Emblem 5 Nov 1856