Donna, Thanks for sharing this most unusual story with us! It could have been any one of us! No family is immune from being labeled "Dysfunctional!" Lois K. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna VanZandt" <donavan@netins.net> To: <BP2000-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 12:05 PM Subject: [BP2000] NJ Newspapers > Trenton Evening Times Oct. 14, 1898 (Trenton, Mercer co., NJ) > > ROMANCE'S DOUBLE DIVORCE > > A Dentist Who Pulled Teeth and Made Love > > > > Mrs. Asher Beatty, of Newark, N. J., wants divorce from her husband, and > Thomas Price, of Jersey City, wants divorce from his wife. Mrs. Beatty's > husband, Dr. Asher Beatty, disappeared in 1896, at the same time that Mrs. > Price disappeared. > > Dr. Beatty is a dentist. Among his patients was Mrs. Price. Mrs. Price's > husband was employed as a salesman by the Bethlehem Iron Works in Bethlehem, > Pa., and was away six months in the year. > > Mrs. Beatty lived in Newark with her 14 year old daughter. > > During the summer of 1896, Dr. Beatty and his family were at Ocean Grove. > They had a number of friends stop with them. Among the boarders at their > cottage was Mrs. Price. On returning from Ocean Grove Mrs. Beatty went to > Philadelphia on a visit to her parents. When she returned home she found > that her husband had gone away. So had Mrs. Price. > > > > Trenton Evening Times May 22, 1916 (Trenton, Mercer co., NJ) > > STEWART BEATTY > > The Rev. Charles H. Elder, pastor of Trinity M.E. Church, officiated at the > funeral services for Stewart Beatty conducted privately Saturday at the > undertaking parlors of Thatcher, 960 South Broad Street. Interment was in > Riverview Cemetery under direction of Thatcher. > > > > The Trenton Times (Trenton, NJ) April 26, 1906 > > SARAH BEATTY > > Sarah Beatty died yesterday at the home of Elizabeth Pippen of 131 Kossuth > Street. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from > the Pippen home. Interment will be in Mercer Cemetery under the direction > of E. R. Taylor. > > > > Donna L-3 > > > > ==== BP2000 Mailing List ==== > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > The Threaded Mail List Archiver at RootsWeb > A powerful search engine.... Try it! >