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Dog Bite Victims
Two dog-bite victims, three-year-old William Willoughby of Sherman Avenue and 29-year-old Edward Nelson of Benson Street, were treated at Cooper Hospital, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported on August 1, 1915.
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Portrait of Lieutenant Cason
A portrait of Lieutenant Cason, printed in the Camden Post-Telegram on July 31, 1915.
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Arrested for Desertion
William Burns, 33, of Philadelphia, was arrested at 308 Benson Street, Camden, by Detectives Moffett and Murray on a charge of desertion and held by Recorder Stackhouse pending requisition papers.
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Mrs. Eliza Sharp
Mrs. Eliza Sharp, 78, widow of Isaac Sharp and mother of Board of Education vice president Harry C. Sharp, died at her son's home at 616 Benson Street after more than 40 years in Camden.
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Jail Entry Succeeds
John Carney of 211 Benson Street tried to take the keys of the Camden jail from the watchman and was caught by Detective Stanley; Recorder Stackhouse gave him four months in another jail.
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Boys Confess Theft of Bike
Joseph Evans, 14, of 225 Benson Street, and David Plummer, 12, were held by Recorder Stackhouse in September 1914 after confessing to stealing a bicycle from the home of Fireman William McCauley, 453 Liberty Street. The boys were also accused of breaking into the Asbell Brothers store at 911 Broadway.
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Burglar Escapes After Stanley's Pursuit
Policeman Stanley found a burglar in the act of breaking into the home of H. O. Cliver at 447 Benson Street; after leaping several fences the prowler escaped.
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Camden News Notes — April 2, 1910
Philadelphia Inquirer — April 2, 1910 ** In memory of Policeman Casper Hart, who was fatally injured in a collision between a trolley car and the Second District patrol wagon at Broadway and Benson streets , flags at all the station houses were placed at half mast yesterday and the headquarters of the Second district police draped in mourning.
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William Smith Stricken on the Street
William Smith, 23, of 419 Clinton Street, fell on the sidewalk at Seventh and Benson Streets from an attack of heart disease and was taken to Cooper Hospital.
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Camden News Notes — July 15, 1907
Camden briefs for July 15, 1907, opening with Captain Stanley's early-morning raid on 139 Chestnut Street and the arrest of alleged proprietresses Bessie Heisler and Emma Carll.
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Wedding in Baptist Church
Camden Daily Courier, April 25, 1905: Miss Florence Clapton Toone, daughter of Isaac Clapton Toone, married Harry Raymond Staley at the First Baptist Church, with a reception at 554 Benson street.
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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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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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Shot Her Husband
Michael McCusker, superintendent of the Union News Company at the Federal street station, was shot in the abdomen at his home, 206 Benson street, and died at Cooper Hospital; his wife Florence McCusker was charged with his murder.
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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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Accidents of the Day
The Philadelphia Inquirer of July 5, 1889 lists five Fourth of July firearm and firework victims admitted to Cooper Hospital in Camden, including Edward Weston of 747 Berkley Street, who suffered a lacerated hand from a cannon shot.
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For Sale — New 7-Room Houses
An 1888 Camden Post advertisement in which builder Wilson Ernst offers new 7-room and 4-room houses for sale near the South Street and Kaighn Avenue ferries.
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Building Boom in Camden
James Cox has begun six two-story brick houses on Cox Street, below Second, as part of a broader construction boom across Camden. Philadelphia Inquirer, June 7, 1888.
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The Logue Assault
The Quarter Sessions Court trial of John F. Stratton and Henry Mellon, charged with the May 6, 1888 knife and blackjack attack on Joseph Logue near Starr's crossing, Tenth and Line streets, with testimony from Logue, Miss Sarah Lewine, Christopher Smith, Dr. Henry Jarrett, Charles R. Locke and Knight Haines.
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Eight Persons Killed
A collision on the Camden and Atlantic Road at Pike's Peak between a Sunday-school excursion train of the Second Presbyterian Church of Camden and the Atlantic City accommodation train killed seven men and a 10-year-old boy, Willie Caskey, and injured many others, among them Cora May Lippincott of 804 Broadway.