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The Central Trust Company organized on April 9, 1891 at Read's Hall, a building which later housed the Camden Daily Courier newspaper. After receiving its charter on May 8, the Central Trust commenced business on May 11, 1891.
The Walt Whitman Hotel was a venture championed by the Greater Camden Movement, a coalition of business and civic leaders that began to coalesce shortly before and during World War I. They had proven highly effective in raising county-wide funds to support the American war effort.
Gives Up Charge of Export Department to Enter Insurance Firm IN EMPLOY OF COMPANY DURING PAST 21 YEARS No Successor is Named; Was One of Johnson's Aides in 1901 Formal announcement of the resignation of Walter J. Staats as vice president of the Victor Talking Machine Company , in charge of exports and foreign trade, was made today at the executive offices of the concern in Camden.
Of Camden, N.J. at the close of business March 7, 1916: Resources Bonds and Mortgage……………………………………… $233,615 00 Stocks and Bonds…………………………………………… 401,303 36 Time Loans on Collaterals………………………………. 7,750 00 Notes and Bills Purchased……………………………….
Officer and director roster of Central Trust Company (Fourth & Federal Streets, Camden), March-December 1916: Dr. H. H. Grace, president; Casper T. Sharpless, vice president; John B. Clement, second vice president and secretary-treasurer.
Death notice for Andrew J. Smith of Camden, aged 67, who died January 5, 1898; the funeral was held from Zion M. E. Church near Iona, New Jersey.
Night watchman Andrew J. Smith of the Camden Lighting and Heating Company died at Cooper Hospital from the injuries and exposure he suffered after falling twelve feet from a doorway at the company's plant on Cooper's Creek.
Andrew J. Smith, night watchman at the Camden Lighting and Heating Company's new power plant on Cooper's Creek, fell twelve feet from a doorway and lay exposed in an areaway overnight before being discovered and taken to Cooper Hospital in critical condition.