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Personal Ads from the New Jersey Courier in 1923

 Personal Ads, 1923 NEW JERSEY COURIER 26 OCT 1923 LOST AND FOUND Lost -Oct 15, in front of Ford agency, Toms River, police dog with short brown hair, studded collar, without inscription; answers to name of Brownie and will shake hands when asked to do so. Reward $5.00. Notify RICHARD BLOOM, Lavallette, NJ. REAL ESTATE For Sale-Five-room summer cottage, furnished: lot 80x225; near river; bargain. P.L. GROVER, Toms River. For Sale-Handsome residence on Main Street, lot 150x625, easy terms. Your inspection invited. H.J.FABY. Phone 171 Toms River, NJ. For Sale-Modern year round bungalow and garage in Beachwood, $3500. Apply Bargain, Courier office. FOR SALE For Sale Cheap-Hand drawn hook and ladder truck; A1 condition. Apply Chief BUCKWALTER, Toms River, N.J. For Sale-Cabbage, potatoes, rutabaga turnips, cow beets. John A. MAGUIE, Bay-Lee Farm, Freehold Road, Town. Laundry stove, with 60 gallon hot water tank, complete for sale. Apply Dr. GEORGE T. CROOK, Town. For Sale-Oak and pine fire

Charity Ball at Bamber, 1932

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 Trenton Times 17 Apr 1932

Summer sports program at Bamber, 1932

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 Trenton Times 11 Aug 1932

The Swaim's entertain at Bamber, 1939

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 Trenton Times 6 Jul 1939     

Ocean County news items

If you enjoy the posts here, you may enjoy the searchable news story database I'm building for Ocean County news:  http://oceancounty.rf.gd/

Laura Swain dies, 1967

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 Trenton Times 2 Nov 1967

Louisa Crego dies, 1879

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 New Jersey Courier 6 Feb 1879

Charles McClees makes a narrow escape, 1879

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 New Jersey Courier 6 Feb 1879

Amanda Blodgett dies, 1879

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 New Jersey Courier 6 Feb 1879 For more Ocean County newspaper clippings, visit  OC newspapers

Marriages from 1879

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 New Jersey Courier 6 Feb 1879

The wreck of the "Maggie and Lucy", 1877

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 New Jersey Courier 8 Mar 1877

Minstrel show at Allentown, 1877

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 New Jersey Courier 8 Mar 1877

Ad for children's clothing, 1922

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 Ocean County Review 22 Dec 1922

Gertrude Johnson teaches at Wheatland, 1891

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 New Jersey Courier 30 Jul 1891

Runaway horses, 1891

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 New Jersey Courier 30 Jul 1891

Ocean County newspaper clippings

  Ocean County newspaper clippings an ongoing project of searchable news items, predominantly obituaries and marriages.  About 2,000 records so far, and I'm adding more weekly.   A lot of from Jackson newspapers, but it has data from all over Ocean County from the 1850s up through the early 2000s so far.