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Camden Courier-Post clipping, May 8, 1934: "Club Endorsement Denied in 8th Ward"
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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, Camden Courier-Post, March 10, 1934, with a portrait of the patrolman
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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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Reckless Driver Held After Punching Cop - newspaper clipping
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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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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 — Camden Courier-Post, December 28, 1931
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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 - AI Stock Photo
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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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2 Men Denied Bail in Ward Shooting, Camden Courier, June 12, 1925
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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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Philadelphia Inquirer article "Camden Jews Open Drive" on the opening of the Federation of Jewish Charities drive at the Towers Theatre
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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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Philadelphia Inquirer, January 6, 1918 — Nelson Hardy Jailed
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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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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
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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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Halseys Committed for Disorderly House newspaper clipping
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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 newspaper clipping
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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.

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News of a Day in the City of Camden
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News of a Day in the City of Camden

Considerable surprise was manifested in Camden yesterday when it was announced that Anna Turner, the sixteen-year-old daughter of Frank Turner, a prominent builder and contractor, has been marred since January 21 to Louis Voegtlin, formerly of Camden, but now of Trenton.

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A dog, supposed to be mad, was shot by Policeman Anderson at Sixth and Mickle streets yesterday, after the animal had terrorized the neighborhood.
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A Dog Was Shot

Philadelphia Inquirer - February 18, 1897 A dog, supposed to be mad, was shot by Policeman Anderson at Sixth and Mickle streets yesterday, after the animal had terrorized the neighborhood.

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William Ferguson Obituary - 1894-10-23
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Passed to Eternity's Shores

Camden Courier-Post - October 23, 1894 Age and Youth Falls Before the Grim Reaper's Sickle The funeral of John Haas , aged 55 years, the proprietor of the Junction Hotel, takes place this afternoon from his late residence, Sixth and Bridge avenue .

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Grade Crossing Victims — George S. Jordon, 1051 Diamond Street — Philadelphia Inquirer, October 24, 1891
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Grade Crossing Victims

Albert Beck and George S. Jordon of 1051 Diamond Street were struck and killed by the West Jersey Railroad's Bridgeton accommodation train at the Van Hook Street grade crossing in Camden.

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New Buildings Going Up
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New Buildings Going Up

Camden Daily Courier - November 15, 1890 Many Houses Now Being Erected Camden builders do not seem to be deterred by the fear of financial panic or an idea that the McKinley bill presages disaster in business.

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Philadelphia Inquirer, April 14, 1887 — A Night Alarm, page 1: Camden & Philadelphia Soap Works fire
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A Night Alarm

A fire at a Sixth and Mill Street stable spread to the Philadelphia and Camden Soap Works at 511–513 Main Street and damaged dwellings on Branch Street, causing $16,000 in losses on the night of April 13, 1887.

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Petition

Residents and property owners of Camden's Fourth and Sixth wards petition City Council for an under-drainage culvert running from the Line Street culvert at Broadway out to Sixth Street and north to Sixth and Royden. Arthur Stanley, then of 929 Newton Avenue, signed among the petitioners.

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