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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.
Camden's Fourth of July in 1904 passed without serious accidents; eight people were admitted to Cooper Hospital, and flag raising and Pyne Point Park exercises were held.
Dr. Francis J. Bickers, of 1701 Fillmore Street, saw an elderly man fall from a stroke of apoplexy on Broadway near Vanhook Street; the man was recognized as Arthur M. Sitley, of 506 Broadway, founder of Sitley & Son's grain elevator at Sixth and Chelten Avenue, and his condition was critical.
Philadelphia Inquirer - June 21, 1899 ABELS - At Interlaken, NJ on June 17, 1899, William Abels .
Camden police arrested Joseph Dole, Joseph Hyde, Adam T. Davis and A. B. C. Smith on the charge of having slot gambling machines in their business places; the machines were confiscated and the four were to have a hearing before Recorder Nowrey.
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.
Camden's mummers turned out in greater force than ever on New Year's Day 1897, as the George S. Dilmore, Fireside and J. H. Trainer New Year's associations paraded and crossed to Philadelphia to compete for prizes, while the Y.M.C.A. on Federal street kept open house and "Long John" Gallagher fed the poor of South Camden.
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 .
The Camden City Excise Board resolved to revoke all licenses left unpaid on Monday, granted retail and wholesale licenses, reconsidered and granted the applications of John Ross and Herman Meier of 825 Market Street, and transferred William Brown's license at 400 Jasper Street to James P. Croker.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cholera appeared in Camden. This was said to be the first appearance here of the disease in epidemic form.