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Dorothea Flint's cow

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 Lakewood Daily Times 7 Jul 1926

Dale Watson charged with drunk driving, 1997

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  Asbury Park Press 30 Dec 1997

Cattle poisoning in New Egypt, 1915

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 Ocean County Review 17 Dec 1915

Elizabeth Kellog loses jewels, 1926

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 Lakewood Daily Times 7 Jul 1926

Frogs overrun Point Pleasant, 1926

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 Lakewood Daily Citizen 7 Jul 1926

Lost police dog, 1926

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 Lakewood Daily Times 7 Jul 1926

John Brooks drunk and disorderly, 1902

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Lakewood Citizen 3 Oct 1902

Miss Garrahan serenaded, 1915

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 Ocean County Review 23 Jan 1915

Black Friday crowds, 2009

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 Best Buy in Manalapan Asbury Park Press 28 Nov 2009

Otis Tilton honored, 1915

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 Ocean County Review Jan 15 , 1915

Benjamin Reynolds, John Mullen have accidents in Whiting, 1871

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 New Jersey Courier 31 May 1871

Susan E. Hankins obituary 1941

 Lakewood Citizen, Friday February 7,1941: "Mrs Susan E Hankins, eighty four, mother of former Mayor George W Hankins of Point Pleasant, died at the Beach Boros Hospital, Point Pleasant last Saturday after several weeks' illness. Mrs Hankins, who made her home on Arnold Avenue, was a pioneer resident of Point Pleasant Beach, and one of its best known citizens. She was a member of the Harvey Methodist Church for sixty years and a charter member of Rheanita Council, Order of Pocahontas. She was also a charter member of Molly Pitcher Council 65, Daughters of Liberty, Manasquan. Mrs. Hankins was the daughter of the late John H and Ann Applegate and was born in Ocean County, the youngest of five children. She was the widow of George C Hankins, and is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Alfred Holman of Point Pleasant; and two sons, Arthur C Hankins of Brielle and George W Hankins of Point Pleasant. Funeral service was held Tuesday afternoon at the late home with the Rev Neal VanLoon, past...

George Holland, delinquent husband 1916

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 New Jersey Courier 12 Feb 1916

Alfred Southard's narrow escape, 1914

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 New Egypt Press 8 May 1914

Mrs. Dunkel has an operation, 1914

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 New Egypt Press 13 Feb 1914

Levi Fox commits suicide, 1914

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 New Egypt Press 13 Feb 1914

Curley Patterson's body found, 1914

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 New Egypt Press 13 Feb 1914

Ada Leming missing

The New Jersey Courier of 27 Feb 1908 reported  that "a report was circulated about the county last week that Mrs. Ada Leming of Leesville, Jackson Township, was lost in the woods two weeks before and had not since been seen. She has however now been located with some relatives in Brick Township. Mrs. Leming was recently a patient in the State Hospital for the Insane at Trenton and when she disappeared from her home it was feared she had a return of her old malady and wandered into the woods, and perished from the cold" And yet, the next day, the  Lakewood Citizen 28 Feb 1908  reported "Mrs. Ada Leming of Leesville, who was recently brought home from the asylum, has been missing from her home for two weeks. Search has been made daily, but at this writing, no trace of her has been found."

Toms River teacher Ethleen Longstreet

 Here is a summary of every mention I found of Ethleen in the Courier. She taught in Toms River schools beginning in the 1880s at least, and was still teaching as of 1930. Ethleen Longstreet was teaching intermediate school in Toms River at least by 1886 (New Jersey Courier 6/23/1886).  In 1891, she was still teaching intermediate school when she assited Professor Clute with a difficult instrumental duet at the graduation exercises (New Jersey Courier 6/25/1891). She spent Thanksgiving 1891 at Keyport (New Jersey Courier 12/3/1891) In the summer of 1892, she visited East Bridgeton (New Jersey Courier 25 Aug 1892).   In spring of 1893, she succeeded Anna Stephenson as the organist at the Methodist Episcopal church. (New Jersey Courier 30 Mar 1893) In 1894, she visited a new utopian community in Concord, MA. (New Jersey Courier 16 Aug 1894) In 1898, she visited her brother, Alvah, in Norwalk, CT (New Jersey Courier 4 Aug 1898). In December 1899, she visited her sister,...