In my haste to leave on vacation, I filed the last in this series early. Here is the missinginstallment; I’m sorry for any confusion.
With the approach of Labor Day, the summer of 1916 was drawing to a close. That year businesses on the Jersey Shore had suffered as newspapers were consumed with two stories: shark attacks and an epidemic of infantile paralysis. On Aug. 18, the New Jersey Courier was able to report from Beach Haven, the site of the first reported shark fatality.
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