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Camden Official Dangerously Ill
The Philadelphia Inquirer of December 26, 1902 reported that Frank S. Jones, Assistant Receiver of Taxes of Camden, was in critical condition at his home at 434 South Sixth Street.
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Boys Playing With Matches Started a Big Fire
Boys playing with matches behind the Market House on Federal Street started the biggest fire in Camden's history on May 13, 1900, destroying nearly half a hundred buildings along Federal Street and Taylor Avenue before four Philadelphia engine companies helped master it.
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Over in Camden
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Camden roundup of November 17, 1899: the police superintendent's move to 640 Berkley Street, commissions for Sheriff Sell and the coroners, a liquor-law fine, a trolley accident, and two boys held on a stable break-in charge.
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For Rent
Real Estate Investment Co. advertises 124 Clay Street for rent — 4 rooms at $6.00 per month — along with other Camden properties. Camden Daily Telegram, March 11, 1897.
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New Jersey Real Estate
July 1896 Philadelphia Inquirer real-estate advertisement from Chas. S. Newkirk & Co., 615 Broadway, offering houses at 531 Berkeley Street, 539-41 Roberts Street and 1138 Marion Street.
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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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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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Epidemic of Crime
Philadelphia Inquirer, June 6, 1887: a cutting affray at 434 Berkley Street in Camden leaves Theodore Johnson gravely wounded and Samuel Kessler, alias "Rebel Sam," in custody.