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Private Anthony J. Flemming (1913–1944) of Camden, NJ, served in Company E, 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, and was killed in action on November 25, 1944, during the assault on the Siegfried Line in Germany. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
aka Claudius W. Bradshaw School; aka Challenge Square Academy; aka Met East High School 1151 Kaighn Avenue Camden had become an industrial city by the 1880s, and although the country went into an economic slump in the early 1890s, generally referred to as "the panic of 1893," the city continued to grow and with it the need for new schools.
A small street running from 708 North 2nd Street east to North 8th Street, between State and Vine Streets, in Camden, New Jersey.
Camden has two separate 12th Streets: North Twelfth, which once ran from Federal Street to the Cooper River before being largely erased by highway construction, and South Twelfth, which runs from Fairview Street to Lakeshore Drive and is lined with post-World War II rowhouses.
Death notice for Paul M. (Beans) Frederick, husband of Mary (nee Murphy), of 2432 South 12th Street, Camden, who died June 17, 1959. (Camden Courier-Post, June 20, 1959.)
Mayor Brunner called a July 1950 conference to coordinate city departments in clearing high grass and weeds from Camden — a campaign during which crews uncovered and destroyed more than 200 wild marijuana plants on a city lot at Chelton Avenue and Arlington Street.
Brunner Lauds Rulers for $40,000 Saving by Co-operation in Offices $302,000 IS VOTED ON STREET BONDS All departments of the city government were operated within the budget appropriations during 1937 and the city's saving, as a result, was $40,000, Mayor George E. Brunner announced yesterday.
Camden Courier-Post - February 7, 1938 Theft at 418 Broadway Reported to Police; other Homes Robbed Two garages and several homes were entered over the weekend by thieves who escaped with cash, jewelry, and other articles.
Vice Chancellor Orders Transport Corporation to Pay Girl $10,000 Damages Agreeing with the contention that transfer of the Public Service Cab Company to Public Service Coordinated Transport was fraudulent, Vice Chancellor Francis B. Davis late yesterday ordered the latter to pay $10,000 in damages to Ralph M. Chorpenning for injuries suffered by his daughter, Ida M., when she was struck by a taxicab.
Former Maine Ringster Wins Four Rounds, Loses Three, Splits One in 8-Round Fuss A chorus of 1500 enraged voices, raised in a discordant unison, greeted the announcement of a draw decision handed down by Referee Ray Smith at the conclusion of eight rounds of legal assault between Roxie Allen and Emory Cabana at Twelfth and Federal streets last night.
Recorder Stackhouse heard a Decoration Day array of offenders in Camden Police Court — among them Elizabeth Evans, Michael Walsh, and a fracas between Andrew McCready and Harry Ivins of 210 North Twelfth Street. (Camden Post-Telegram, May 31, 1913.)
Two Camden teenagers suffered serious injuries in separate falls on October 16, 1912 — William McGinnis fell from a roof on 12th Street and William Cutdalis fell from a tree while gathering chestnuts at his home on 31st Street.
Louis Mayer, 19, of near Twelfth and Federal streets, was held without bail to await Pennsylvania extradition on a charge involving a 14-year-old girl, Katherine Corkhill of Alberta street — though Mayer told a different story. (Camden Daily Courier, August 22, 1910.)
A mixing-tank explosion touched off a disastrous fire that swept the N.Z. Graves Paint and Varnish Company plant on Twelfth Street, Camden, between Linden and Federal streets — destroying more than half a million dollars in property, injuring three, and driving families from their homes. (Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1908.)
Frank Ivins of 210 North Twelfth Street kept a male canary that hatched eighteen sets of birds in a single season while singing freely — a case fanciers called rare. (Philadelphia Inquirer, August 5, 1906.)
Philadelphia Inquirer - March 1, 1905 Attacked at Third and Mickle street s, Camden, late Monday night by a man, Mrs. Bessie O. Day, of Seventh and Clinton streets , had her clothing cut in strips.
The Fire Committee of Camden City Council appointed a slate of new firemen — among them Martin Carrigan — ahead of the completion of the new fire house at Twelfth and Federal streets.
The Crompton & Knowles Loom Works of Worcester, Mass., bought the loom business of the M.A. Furbush & Son Machine Company, whose plant at 324 North Twelfth Street had operated for about half a century. (Camden Post-Telegram, March 29, 1902.)
A June 17, 1890 Philadelphia Inquirer item reporting the drowning of John Young, a boy living on Larch Street, in Cooper Creek, and the death of ex-County Clerk Kirkbride.
The Camden Cemetery, known in modern times as Old Camden Cemetery, adjoining the Newton Friends' burying grounds, through an action of a town meeting of the Township of Camden, was founded on March 10, 1836.