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Here and There in Camden
Stephen Chancelly, three years old, of 631 South Fourth Street broke his shoulder in a fall from a chair and was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital.
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Here and There in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer Camden briefs of May 29, 1917: a woman jailed for breaking a bottle over another's head, a railroad engineer's funeral, a German-American flag raising at Fourth and Viola Streets with an address by William Sangtinette, and a patriotic meeting.
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Chared with Being the Assailant
Charged with being the assailant of Sergeant of Police George Anderson , who was knocked from at automobile by the chauffeur on March 2, when he attempted to make an arrest, Frank E Wade, 28 years old, of 415 North Fourth street was held in $500 bail by the Recorder yesterday.
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The fire house at Fifth and Arch is draped
The fire house at Fifth and Arch strets is draped in mourning because of the death of Lieutenant Harry Anderson , who died last night in Cooper Hospital , from injuries sustained in an accident at Fourth and Arch streets .
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3 Hurt When Fire Truck Hits Trolley
Two Camden Firemen Hurled From Machine—Motorman of Car Removed to Hospital Two firemen and a motorman were injured in a collision betwen No. 1 motor truck from fire department headquarters and a trolley car at Fourth and Arch streets, Camden, last night.
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Dies After Washing
Mrs. Theresa Mattix, 63, of 603 North Fourth Street, Camden, collapsed and died after doing a washing in July 1915; the coroner attributed her death to cerebral hemorrhage brought on by the heat.
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Woman Held as Scold
Mrs. Alice Snell, 40, of 535 South Fourth Street was committed to jail in default of $500 bail in June 1915 after neighbours testified she was a common scold and general nuisance.
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Celebrate Golden Wedding
Five hundred invited guests attended the golden wedding reception of Dr. and Mrs. William H. Izard at their home at 411 North Fourth Street, Camden, in April 1915.
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Fall Proves Fatal
Mrs. Kate Evans, 60, of 1743 South Fourth Street died in Cooper Hospital after breaking her hip in a fall downstairs.
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Camden Has Building Boom
Inspector Day issued permits for thirty-eight Camden dwellings, including eleven on Viola Street, eleven on South Fourth Street and eight on Winslow Street for the Guarantee Realty Company, plus homes on Thirty-second and Florence Streets.
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Held on Charge of Wife Beating
Sidney Walker of North Fourth Street was jailed in default of $300 bail on a charge of assault and battery after his wife Mabel alleged he attacked and beat her; a Philadelphia Inquirer follow-up ran the next day.
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Mother and Baby Called by Death
Mrs. Mamie Roselle, 37, of 722 South Fourth Street died in the Homeopathic Hospital following childbirth in January 1915; her baby daughter died moments later.
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100 Girls in Fire Scare; Chief's Auto Overturns
Fire Chief John A. Stockton and his chauffeur Martin Carrigan jumped clear as the chief's car skidded into a beer truck at Broadway and Kaighn Avenue while responding to a fire at the General Gas Mantle Company plant.
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Camden News in Brief
Camden briefs from the Philadelphia Inquirer of March 26, 1914, including the appointment of Charles Smith as a city fireman after the death of Edward Finley and building permits for twelve dwellings from 1137 to 1159 Sherman (Sheridan) Street.
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Camden at a Glance
A December 1913 Philadelphia Inquirer news column reporting that John Comato, 18, of 1875 South Fourth Street was badly bruised in a fall from a step and taken to the Homeopathic Hospital.
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Cases Treated at the Homeopathic
Wilson James of 912 South Third Street had badly lacerated lips dressed at West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital after being struck with brass knuckles, among the cases treated there over a weekend in July 1913.
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Arrest Follows Saloon Brawl
Bryan Lyanszky was sued for $2,000 by John T. Galligher over injuries received in a fight at Kelley's saloon at Fourth and Chestnut Streets.
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Breaks Her Leg in Tumble from Step
Mrs. Mary Moore, 37, of 911 South Fourth Street broke her leg falling from the back step of her home and was taken to Cooper Hospital.
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Was in Arrears
Fred Foy, 30, of 8 South Fourth Street was arraigned in February 1913 for failing to pay $28 owed under a former court order, and agreed to pay off the arrears at $3 a week.
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North Camden Hit by a Great Cyclone; Homes Wrecked
Hundreds of Houses Ruined by Violent Wind and Rain and two Persons May Die; Streets Strewn with Debris Two lives will probably be sacrificed, property valued at at least a hundred thousand dollars, was virtually destroyed and the northwest section of the city was laid in ruin when a storm of cyclonic intensity swept over Camden last night.
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Camden Masons’ Home
Camden Masons signed a contract with George Bachman to build their new Masonic Home on Fourth Street below Market, a building expected to cost about $100,000 and be finished by October.
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Cases Treated at Cooper Hospital
Cooper Hospital cases reported July 19, 1911, including William May, 21, of 1819 Federal Street, treated for an incised wound of the lips cut by a piece of bottle.
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Columbus Day in Camden
Columbus Day was observed in Camden with a parade and ball by the Italian Knights of Columbus at the First Italian Republican League, 913 South Fourth Street, and a banquet at Columbus Hall.
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New Jersey (printing trade notes)
A January 1911 New Jersey trade column in The Printing Trade News, noting that Charles A. Rose had started a new printing plant at Camden.
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Four Prostrations in Camden
Four Camden residents suffered heat prostration on June 23, 1910, including Anna Connor, 17, of 209 Byron Street, treated at Cooper Hospital.
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Camden News Notes — February 14, 1910
Camden briefs for February 14, 1910, including efforts to bring Dr. Nachman Heller of Harrisburg to a Camden synagogue as rabbi, a new padded cell in the city jail, and Mary Jones of 911 North Second Street bruised by a trolley car at Broadway and Newton Avenue.
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Camden Justly Proud of Splendid Fire Department
A Philadelphia Inquirer feature of November 7, 1909 recounts Camden's fire companies from the volunteer Perseverance Fire Company of 1810 to the paid department of 1869, and describes its chiefs, equipment and houses.
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Nothing to Hold Suspected Boys
Three boys arrested on suspicion of robbing the home of Esther Mills at 1220 South Fourth Street were discharged from custody when no evidence was produced against them.
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Burglar Hunt at Early Hour
Camden policemen George Horner and Lyons and Special officer Robert Miller searched the premises around Fourth and Cooper streets after 1 o'clock in the morning for a suspicious character, who had earlier been seen near Broadway and Carman street, but he had disappeared.
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Many Caught in Raid
Captain Stanley and Sergeant Reader descended on two alleged disorderly houses in Camden's "Little Italy," arresting thirty-eight inmates and filling the city jail; crowds followed the patrol wagons to police headquarters.
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Deneen (death notice)
A Philadelphia Inquirer death notice for Jeremiah Deneen of 708 North 4th Street, Camden, who died December 25, 1906, aged 56.
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Camden News Notes — December 14, 1906
A December 1906 Philadelphia Inquirer news column from Camden, opening with the location in Brooklyn of William Lynch of 433 South Fourth Street, who had been missing from his home.
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Pedestrians Held Up
Thomas G. Fogarty of 2224 South Tenth Street fights off would-be robbers near Seventh and Bulson Streets; Miss Anne Larsen of 2222 South Fourth Street escapes a similar attack.
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Camden Police Made Two Raids
Camden police raided two alleged disorderly houses in August 1906, one on Pine Street above Second and one kept by Rose Cox on South Fourth Street.
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Camden News Notes
A Camden News Notes column: a new policeman appointed, a permit for ten dwellings at Fourth and York streets, a liquor license transfer, a G. A. R. reunion invitation, county bridge plans, and a 13-year-old boy of 810 Locust Street struck on the head with a brick.
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Camden Police Make Raids
Acting on Mayor Ellis's recent order, police under Captain Stanley raided four Camden places and seized slot machines; the proprietors were to be heard before Recorder Stackhouse.
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Horse Stepped on Fireman
Thomas H. Nichols of 703 South Fourth Street, a fireman at No. 3 engine house, was badly hurt when a fire horse stepped on his chest after he slipped from the sliding pole.
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Human Bones Found on Camden Meadows
Human bones found on the meadows near Fourth Street and Atlantic Avenue were traced by Detective Hart and Captain of Police Stanley to a medical student who had left them in a building.
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Dawson (death notice)
A Philadelphia Inquirer death notice for William J. Dawson of 46 North Fourth Street, Camden, who died June 16, 1902, aged 29.
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United Fortunes in a Synagogue
Miss Annie Pauline Alberts, daughter of Isaac Alberts of 705 Kaighn Avenue, was married to Philip Sihisky in the synagogue of the Sons of Israel, Fourth and Liberty streets, Camden, with Rabbi David Shane officiating.
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Genther—Jaeckel
Miss Florence M. Jaeckel of Camden and Frederick Genther of Philadelphia were married in a Camden parlor at 136 York Street, the residence of the bride's parents.
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Bad Gas and Ugly Poles Stir Camden Citizens
Camden householders and businessmen complained of poor gas and electric service at high prices, and of the Eastern Telephone and Telegraph Company's pole-raising. Philip Burch drove off a pole gang with hot and cold water, and property owners prepared to demand revocation of the company's franchise before City Council.
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Want Liquor Men Put on the Rack
The Camden County Law and Order League renewed its complaints against forty-eight liquor sellers who escaped indictment, hinting that political pull had saved them, and gave the grand jury a list of accused saloonkeepers including several on Kaighn avenue.
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In Police Dragnet
Successful Raid on an Alleged Pool Room in Camden Seven Men Captured Keefer, Who Says He Spent His Employers' Money in the Place, Identifies the Prisoners The Camden police yesterday raided the alleged poolroom at 25 South Third street, where Walter H. Keefer, former manager of the Merchantville Light and Power Company, claims he lost $254, belonging to his employers.
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Farra (death notice)
A Philadelphia Inquirer death notice for Harriet M. Farra, 27, wife of S. Louis Farra, who died the evening of March 17, 1899; the funeral was held at 314 South Fourth Street, Camden.
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Bread for the Needy
The Sixth Ward Republican Club will give out 400 loaves of bread from its headquarters at 908 Broadway, and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union will distribute 200 loaves in the afternoon at the W. C. T. U. Hall on Benson street above Fourth.
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Malt License
An 1897 Camden Post-Telegram report of the malt-drink licenses granted and refused by the Court of Common Pleas, including Henry Garren at 27 South 4th Street.
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Drink-Sellers Arraigned
Camden saloon keepers charged with Sunday liquor selling, among them James Croker of Fourth and Jasper streets and John Murschell of Broadway and Jefferson street, pleaded not guilty before Mayor Westcott; Chief of Police Dodd was the complainant in all the cases.
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Over In Camden
A Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden news: barking dogs frightened burglars from James Croker's saloon at Fourth and Jasper Streets, and John L. Lattimore of 1120 Locust Street broke his leg jumping from a car in the Bulson Street yard.
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Royal (death notice)
A Philadelphia Inquirer death notice for Ethel May Royal, aged 4, only daughter of A. S. and Marie H. Royal of 1113 South Fourth Street, Camden.