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Three East Camden youths were arrested on suspicion in the early morning hours of March 21, 1932 after police said they failed to explain why they were near Twenty-fourth and Howell Streets at 1:30 a.m.
Marriage license issued to Victor C. Jones, 27, of 18 North Twenty-third Street, and Evelyn Christensen, 18, of 24 North Twenty-fourth Street, Camden.
Six-year-old Benamin Baldyga of 100 South 24th Street died after dropping from a wagon at Baird Boulevard and Marlton Avenue in September 1929 and being struck by a following automobile; driver Charles Daily was held for court.
A nephew, John Donahue, contested the will of Nicholas Joseph Donahue, a former East Camden restaurant proprietor who had kept a restaurant on Federal Street near Twenty-fourth, before Judge Samuel M. Shay in the Camden County Orphans Court in September 1928, with executor Raymond Donges defending the will.
Portrait and wedding anniversary feature on Burkhardt Leo Buenzle and his wife, longtime residents of 1144 North 24th Street, Camden, published in the Camden Courier-Post in February 1928.
James Elberson, a former lieutenant in the Camden Fire Department, died suddenly of heart disease at his home at 1016 North 24th Street. He had joined Engine Company No. 4 in 1893 and retired on pension in 1915.
Herman Miller of 59 South 24th Street was charged with abusing his wife and sentenced to thirty days; he blamed her suffragist activities, but the Recorder found him at fault.
Answering an alarm for a fire at Allan Palmer's home at 2205 Sewell Avenue, the East Side truck company collided with a team at Twenty-fourth and Federal Streets.
Peter Pfeffer, 20, of 628 North 24th Street, East Camden, was killed and Richard Dunn of 2818 Saunders Street seriously injured when a Pennsylvania Railroad train struck them while walking the tracks near Fish House in December 1912.
Mrs. Charles Conner of 2407 Howell Street was injured while alighting from a trolley car at Twenty-fourth and Federal Streets, tripping over a suit case left standing in the aisle. Policemen Pedigree and Johnston carried her into a nearby restaurant.
Brick manufacturer Hugh Hatch and his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Haley, were thrown out and severely injured when a trolley car struck their wagon at Twenty-fourth Street and River Road, Camden. Philadelphia Inquirer, December 15, 1906.
Local notes from East Camden: Nicholas Donahue elected to Board of Trade; Harry Lake ill at home; Ezra Wallace of 38th Street and Westfield Avenue confined to home with sickness; James N. Lloyd of 2831 Concord Avenue seriously ill with pneumonia.
Death notice from Alpha Camp No. 11891, Modern Woodmen of America, for J. E. Coulborn of 110 North 24th Street, Camden, who died July 9, 1906 at White Haven, Pa.; funeral from his late residence July 13.
William Cooper of 27 North Twenty-first Street died of laudanum poisoning at Cooper Hospital; police sought the writer of a mysterious note found in his pocket after he sat unnoticed for hours in a Federal Street saloon.
Marriage announcement for Miss Jennie Zane and John Morris, whose wedding was solemnized at the bride's home at 23 North 24th Street, East Camden, on April 30, 1903 by Rev. W. J. Beavon of Grace Baptist Church.
Howard Stone of 130 North 24th Street narrowly escaped losing his arm when it was caught in a belt at the lead works in East Camden in April 1903; fellow workmen threw the belt off in time.
Death notice for Susanna Schneider, nee Braun, beloved wife of Joseph Schneider, of 711 Union Street (North 24th Street), Pavonia, who died March 17, 1899, aged 39. Funeral was held at St. Joseph's Church, Pavonia.
Death notice for Thomas H. Morgan, 16, only son of Lewis H. and Della V. Morgan of 124 North 24th Street, Cramer Hill, who died January 5, 1899; requiem mass at St. Joseph's R.C. Church with interment at St. Patrick's Cemetery.
Charles W. Clark of 124 North 24th Street in Cramer Hill had spent five years experimenting with flying machines and was preparing to construct a large apparatus for practical testing, with support from his employer the Tygert Fertilizing Company.