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Driver in Fatality Is Held for Jury
A Bellmawr motorist pleaded not guilty to death by auto in the death of Miss Katharine O'Neill, 71, of 510 Penn street, and was held for grand jury action.
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Charles Foulon, Ex-Baker, Dies
Charles Foulon, 74, of 1453 Ormond Avenue, who operated the Foulon bakery in the 500 block of Federal Street for many years, died in West Jersey Hospital in January 1950. The business had been established by his father.
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Hospital Cases
A Camden Courier-Post hospital admissions list of November 20, 1949, recording injuries treated at Cooper and West Jersey hospitals, including Mary Dickinson, 74, of 57 North Twenty-second Street, with an injured hip.
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Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses published in the Camden Courier-Post, November 17, 1949, including Russell E. Mattson of 333 North 38th Street and Ruth M. MacDonald of 46 North 33rd Street.
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3 Hurt in Collision
Two women and a child were injured when two cars collided at Sixth and Pine Streets; one car was driven by Carl P. Deyhle Jr. of 1594 Collings Road. All were treated at Cooper Hospital.
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Bandit Gets $30 in Hyde’s Cafe
Joseph F. Hyde Jr., operator of Hyde's tavern at 1600 South Sixth Street, told Sgt. Earl Wright and Detectives Joseph Schultz and Clifford Del Rossi that an armed masked bandit robbed him of $30.
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Laxton Family — 1943 Camden City Directory
The Laxton family column from the 1943 Camden City Directory, listing nine entries — among them Eric R. (Blanche P.) Laxton, a driver for the American Oil Company, at 137 North 33rd Street.
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A Friend
Page 65 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: a "Best Wishes from A Friend" greeting and advertisements for John J. Conley plumbing at 3008 Alabama Road, Hathaway Lodge at 5 Points, Keating's at 20th St. and River Ave., realtor James J. Scarduzio at 1809 Broadway, Bobby's Auto Parts, realtor Edmund J. Lenny of Fairview, and the Camden Iron & Metal Co.
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T. L. Bear
Page 76 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for T. L. Bear, jeweler, at 204 Market St., M. J. Jubanyik, Inc. at 6th and Penn Sts., John W. Kile's Walt Whitman Flower Shop at 625 Cooper Street, Siris Abbatoirs at Broadway and Jackson St., roofer Max Reihmann, Jr., Y&B roofing and siding, Louis E. Schimpf, florist C. Jackel and the Belfi Insurance Agency, with the compliments of Chief of Police George W. Frost.
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Cartun
Page 68 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for Cartun wholesale wall paper, paint and hardware at 3507-09 Federal Street, H. Trautenberg's Federal Pharmacy at 35th and Federal Streets, Star Ice and Coal Service at 126 and 141 North 26th St., Barry's Clothes at 21st and Federal Sts., the Camden Welding Co. at 1301-1307 South Sixth St., funeral director Antonio Mecca at 819 South Fourth Street, the Federal Liquor Co. at 24th and Federal Streets, Parkview Stables on Route 40, Tiedeken Bros. at 429-31-33 Van Hook Street, and M. Barbell, P.T.
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Gustav Roedel & Son
Page 66 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for Gustav Roedel & Son funeral directors at 804-06 North 27th Street, Ernest Holcher's Crescent Bottling Co. at 25th St. and River Rd., The Farm Beer Garden near Haddonfield, Joe's Chateau, David V. Murray's Murray's Inn, Gus Saccomanno's Gus' Barber Shop at 26th Street and River Road, Kooker's at 2614 River Avenue, and Bantle's hardware at 513 N. 6th St. and 2318 River Ave.
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Lester Store Razed By $100,000 Fire
The clothing and jewelry store of S. Lester at 713 Broadway was destroyed by a two-alarm fire of undetermined origin following an explosion. Eight companies fought the fire for seven hours, and damage was estimated at $100,000.
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U.S.O. Drive Here Reports $17,423
The upward swing of contributions to the United Service Organizations continued yesterday, with Camden's total reaching $17,423.69 toward its $21,000 goal.
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Pennsauken Veteran Leads in Job Exam
John G. Maxwell of Pennsauken topped the State Civil Service promotion examination for property supervisor of the Camden County Welfare Board; Fred L. Strong of 133 North Thirty-second Street placed second.
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3 Bros. Markets
A July 1941 Camden Courier-Post advertisement for 3 Bros. Markets, listing four store locations — 7th & Vine and 3rd & Birch in North Camden, 9th & Pine and 6th & Walnut in South Camden — with weekend meat specials.
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Michel Confirmed as Prosecutor Here
Camden Courier-Post - July 1, 1941 Senate Finally Approves Choice Announced by Edison 2 Months Ago Trenton, June 30.
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Murder and Kidnaping In '75 Bared by Man Here
John Roskze, a peanut peddler living at 295 Kaighn avenue and known in Camden as John Welch, told the Courier-Post of the 1875 murder of his mother and his own kidnaping on an Illinois farm, a secret he says he kept for 63 years.
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Feitz First Cop Slain Here; 6 Others Survived Wounds
The murder of Detective William Feitz by bandits marked the first slaying of a policeman in the history of the Camden department; police records showed three other members had been shot, two stabbed and a sixth beaten with an iron pipe, but all survived.
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Dismissed as Tipsy, Fireman Is Heard in Civil Service Plea
At the first Camden Civil Service hearing in two years, fellow firemen testified that dismissed fireman George W. Garner was found in a saloon at Sixth and Kaighn and was too drunk to be roused from a fire truck; the commissioner reserved decision.
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2 Runaway Horses Imperil Children
Scores of children on their way to school were endangered when two horses hitched to a bakery wagon ran away in South Camden streets, ignoring red traffic lights and shouts of pedestrians and motorists.
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Dozen Battles Draw 1000 as Victory March Pays Serenade
A victory parade after a bitter Eighth Ward Republican primary set off a street riot at Sixth and Viola Streets in front of William Tansky Jr.'s saloon; a boy was hit by a ricocheting bullet and detectives questioned the rival faction leaders.
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Club Endorsement Denied in 8th Ward
Eighth Ward candidates Walter Sekula, William Tansky, Jr., and Mrs. Theresa Maloney Di Lello denied that their "Regular Republican" opponents had the endorsement of the Eighth Ward Republican Club, 1718 Broadway, and the William Jones Republican Club, 707 Ferry avenue.
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Banquet to Honor John S. M'Taggart
A testimonial dinner will be tendered Patrolman John S. McTaggart, well known member of the Camden police force, at the Sixth Ward Republican Club. He is particularly popular in the Sixth ward, where he distributes food and clothing to the poor.
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Cooper Hospital Cases
Cooper Hospital cases reported in the Camden Courier-Post of October 14, 1933, including Alexander Ellis, 27, of 715 South Eighth Street, stabbed in the chest with an ice-pick.
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Thieves Foiled in Attempt to Rob Sears, Roebuck Store
Two youths caught trying to force a window of the Sears-Roebuck store at Bridge boulevard and Federal street escaped amid gunfire from watchman Humphrey Toomey and gas station attendant Frank McClernan, and were lost in the swamp along the Cooper river.
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J. C. Penney Chain Leases Store Here
The J. C. Penney Company took a 20-year lease on the old Munger & Long department store property at Broadway and Federal Street, until recently occupied by Stecker & Sons, with the new store, the chain's 146th, to open about August 1.
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Reckless Driver Held After Punching Cop
A Philadelphia motorist who forced off-duty Policeman Earl Wright's car onto the sidewalk and punched him was chased to the bridge and arrested on reckless driving and assault charges.
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Games Wanted
Courier-Post sports listing of Camden-area amateur baseball clubs seeking games, among them the Sterling A. C., which gave its contact as Albert Flacco of 332 Viola Street.
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Two Men Arrested After Auto Crash
After a March 1932 collision near Leonard Avenue and Federal Street, Basil P. Cook of 449 North Fifth Street and James Fenton of 834 North Sixth Street were arrested on charges including assault, threat to kill, and reckless driving, on complaint of C. N. Morrow of 7 North Twenty-eighth Street.
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Cooper Hospital Cases
Emergency room cases at Cooper Hospital on December 28, 1931, including William May, 48, of 2118 Berwick Street, treated for bruises of chest and ribs after falling down stairs.
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Charity Solicitor Gets 50-Day Term
William W. Jones, arrested by Motorcycle Policeman Earl Wright for soliciting "charity" funds on a Philadelphia permit, was sentenced to 50 days in jail by Police Judge Pancoast.
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Robbery Gang of 4 Given Long Terms
Two Figured in Wounding of Cop and Slaying of Pal Four members of the notorious North Cramer Hill gang, two of them participants in the robbery in which one bandit was killed after wounding a city detective, were sentenced to state prison terms by Judge Samuel M. Shay yesterday.
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3 Youths Held as Blaze Razes Grain Plant of Sitley and Son
Damage in Fire at Sixth and Bulson Streets Estimated at $45,000 Four Men Risk Lives to Save Two Horses Boys Believed by Police Probers to Have Been Smoking in Building Three boys are being held and two others are sought in the investigation of the $45.000 fire which today destroyed the warehouse of Sitley & Son , wholesale hardware, roofing material and grain dealers at Sixth and Bulson streets.
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Along Memory Lane
Ben Courter recalls the old one-horse dinkey of the Camden Horse Railroad Company on South Second street, and the night in the '90s when driver "Joe" Hackney and his horse carried a posse of armed Kaighn Point citizens up and down Second street chasing a runaway steer.
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Death Car Driver Held in $1000 Bail
Thomas Atkins of Oaklyn, driver of the automobile that struck and killed Mrs. Emma Scholl, 67, of 694 Tulip Street at Ninth Street and Morgan Boulevard, was held for the grand jury on a technical charge of manslaughter by Judge Bertman in traffic court.
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2 Men Denied Bail in Ward Shooting
Edward C. Dillon and Edward Brennan were held without bail by Recorder Cleary on charges of atrocious assault with intent to kill, after Policeman Robert Ward was shot investigating suspicious men near Sixth and Everett streets.
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Ward Shooting Thwarted Bank Theft, Cops Say
Police said the shooting of Policeman Robert Ward on Sixth Street near Everett Street frustrated a planned robbery of the new bank at Westville; Edward Dillon and Edward Brannin were held while five bandits escaped in Fred Klosterman's car. Camden Courier, June 8, 1925.
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2 Men Caught But 5 Escape After Shooting
Policeman Robert Ward lay dying after a gang of seven Philadelphia bandits shot him on Sixth Street; two were captured, and five forced autoist Fred Klosterman of 1123 Whitman Avenue to drive them to Gloucester. Camden Courier, June 6, 1925.
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Personal Notices
Three August 1921 personal notices from the Camden Post-Telegram: a firefighter's family, Fireman Benny Waters of No. 1 engine house at Fourth and Pine streets, and two No. 8 Engine Company men vacationing.
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Arrest Committee Aiding Prisoners
Fourteen Camden Poles who came to police headquarters to protest the arrest of brothers Joseph and Michael Sukufonitz, charged with inciting to riot at a Bolshevik street meeting at Sixth and Viola Streets, were themselves arrested.
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Camden Jews Open Drive
Camden Jews opened the great drive of the Federation of Jewish Charities, of Camden, with a mass meeting at the Towers Theatre last night.
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Shipyard Wages Lure to Firemen
Fire Chief Peter B. Carter reported six resignations, two deaths and one vacancy from the draft as the shipyards drew men from Camden's Fire Department; Lieutenant Walter Mertz was made captain and the Fire Committee appointed seven new firemen.
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Nelson Hardy Jailed
Nelson Hardy was committed to the county jail in default of $2000 bail for attacking Mary Boullion of 1911 Kossuth Street.
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Street Improvements Started
Street Commissioner Sayers began work on improving nearly a score of Camden streets, starting with Spruce Street from Broadway to Sixth Street, with Trenton Avenue from Newton Avenue to Line Street to be repaved next. Philadelphia Inquirer, June 17, 1915.
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Smoke Overcomes Two Firemen
Two Camden firemen, James McDade and William Simpson, were overcome by smoke at a $4000 fire at the West Jersey Carriage Works, 15 to 21 Market Street, in April 1913.
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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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Poths Buy Camden Brewery
In March 1910 J. C. B. Morley sold the Camden City Brewery at Sixth and Fillmore Streets to the F. A. Poth & Sons Brewing Co. of Philadelphia for about $500,000.
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Camden, Now Eighty Years Old, Is Proud of Its Wonderful Growth
City on Saint Valentine's Day, Will Observe the Anniversary of Its Incorporation—Some Facts and Figures Concerning "Slow Town" Across the River Eighty years will have passed on Friday, February 14, since Camden became an incorporated city, and just now the citizens are looking back over those years and recalling with a pardonable pride the epochs that have made it a community of homes, of splendid industries and of clean, progressive government.
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Halseys Committed for Disorderly House
Harry Halsey and his wife, of Sixth Street and Kaighn Avenue, were committed to the county jail on a charge of keeping a disorderly house after a raid by Captain Stanley and squad.
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Camden News Notes — May 27, 1906
Camden briefs for May 27, 1906, including Captain of Police Stanley's investigation into a ring of Yale lock keys found on the roof of a house near Sixth and Chestnut Streets.