Monday, June 9, 2008

Father Connell Seriously Ill

New York, 1895

The Rev. E. J. Connell, pastor of St. Rose of Lima church at Rockaway Beach, is seriously ill at St. Mary's hospital. The Rev. Thomas Horan has been placed in temporary charge of the church.


Gambling Houses for the Young

Whitestone has now work for its crusading ministers. Two Chinese laundry gambling dens have sprung up in the heart of the village, half a block from the jail. They are chiefly patronized by minors.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, March 15, 1895, p. 8.

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