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Hospital Cases
West Jersey and Cooper hospital admissions for August 1956, including John Coney, 5, of 2035 Kossuth Street.
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Merchants Laud Crackdown on Street Peddlers
Nuisance Eliminated, They Say, Praising Action by Police Camden City's police crackdown on the illegal operations of pretzel vendors and other type peddlers in the mid-city business area was hailed today by the merchants.
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Lamon (death notice)
Death notice for Charles B. Lamon of 1233 South 4th Street, Camden, husband of the late Anna Davis Lamon (nee Hagerty), who died February 1, 1954.
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City to Limit All-Night Parking In Move to Clean Main Streets
By Ronald G. Van Tine Restrictions on nightlong parking on principal streets in the business district will be tried out early next year as a major step in a campaign to make Camden a cleaner city in which to live and work.
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Three Men Held Without Bail in Tavern Holdup
Three men arrested in Atlantic City in the $2000 holdup of Lynch's Cafe at 3rd and Erie Streets were held without bail by Judge Dzick; the getaway car had been recovered on 7th Street between Liberty Street and Kaighn Avenue.
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Mayor, City Aides to Confer Monday on Weed Removal
Mayor Brunner called a July 1950 conference to coordinate city departments in clearing high grass and weeds from Camden — a campaign during which crews uncovered and destroyed more than 200 wild marijuana plants on a city lot at Chelton Avenue and Arlington Street.
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Foreman for 32 Years Dies at Spinning Mill
Robert Gess, 63, foreman at Howland Croft Sons & Co. for 32 years, died at the plant on Broadway and Jefferson Street in June 1950.
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Mrs. Emma G. Woods
Camden Courier-Post, June 5, 1948 — funeral notice for Mrs. Emma G. Woods of 618 South Fifth Street, a life-long Camden resident, with Requiem Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and burial in Calvary Cemetery.
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Injured as Fire Destroys Kresge Building
A three-alarm fire swept the S. S. Kresge building at 29-33 Broadway, threatening Camden's central business district; five firemen were burned, and a second blaze at the Camden Foundry Co., Front and Elm streets, called out the city's remaining fire companies.
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Lester Store Razed By $100,000 Fire
The clothing and jewelry store of S. Lester at 713 Broadway was destroyed by a two-alarm fire of undetermined origin following an explosion. Eight companies fought the fire for seven hours, and damage was estimated at $100,000.
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1000 Attend 'Night in Ireland' To Honor Patrolman McTaggart
More than 1000 persons attended a "Night in Ireland" party at Labor Temple, Broadway and Royden Street, in honor of Patrolman John McTaggart, "Broadway's Irish Cop," with former Governor Harold G. Hoffman and Acting Chief of Police Ralph Bakley among the guests.
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Campbell's Soup Wins Slugfest from 12th Ward, 12 to 8
A June 1939 Camden Courier-Post account of Kobus Twilight League baseball, in which St. Joseph's Polish routed the Polish American Citizens Club, 13 to 1, at Broadway and Everett Street, and Campbell's Soup beat the Twelfth Ward.
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Business Men to Hear Wider-Broadway Plan
S. Herbert Taylor, assistant county engineer, will explain his proposal to widen Broadway as a state highway project to property owners and Broadway business men.
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Albert Corito
Albert Corito, 48, a cement finisher of 1865 South Fourth Street, was killed when struck by an automobile on a Saturday night in February 1938.
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Hartmann Approves Plans for 2 Modern Stores at 213-215 Broadway
Camden Courier-Post - February 14, 1938 Plans for two modern stores on the site of 213-15 Broadway , have been approved by Commissioner Frank J. Hartmann .
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City Bureaus Keep Costs Within Budget for 1937
Brunner Lauds Rulers for $40,000 Saving by Co-operation in Offices $302,000 IS VOTED ON STREET BONDS All departments of the city government were operated within the budget appropriations during 1937 and the city's saving, as a result, was $40,000, Mayor George E. Brunner announced yesterday.
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Phone Wire Marksman Held for Grand Jury
William H. Filer, 19, of 500 Branch Street, held in $1,000 bail for Grand Jury action after firing a gun into a telephone trunk cable at Broadway and Lansdowne Avenue.
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$100 in Gems Stolen from Apartment
Camden Courier-Post - February 7, 1938 Theft at 418 Broadway Reported to Police; other Homes Robbed Two garages and several homes were entered over the weekend by thieves who escaped with cash, jewelry, and other articles.
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Vacant Building Looted
Haig Kapigian of 1251 North 28th Street reported to police that eight steam radiators worth $25 had been stolen from a vacant building at 2210 Broadway since January 30.
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Carl Weiwadel
Obituary of Carl Weiwadel, 45, of 138 North Twenty-second Street, a Spanish-American and Philippine Wars veteran and member of VFW Post 980 who died at Cooper Hospital.
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V.F.W. Will Initiate Cootie Class Tomorrow
Chigger Pup Tent No. 7, the Camden branch of the Military Order of the Cootie, prepared to initiate a class of 18 V.F.W. candidates in January 1938; Howard Bean served as an officer of the branch.
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2 Girls, Youth Held in Probe of Fatal Card Game Holdup
Luigi Tortu, 21, of 426 Line Street, and two girls, Pearl Wills of Delair and Evelyn Buffa of 810 Florence Street, were held by Camden city and county police after Angelos Malagas, a restaurant cook shot in the January 11, 1938 holdup of a card game at 725 Penn Street, died in Cooper Hospital 13 days later.
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Man Shot in Holdup of Card Game Dies
Angelo Margolis, 38, of 1112 Langham Avenue, a chef and father of 13 who was shot when two bandits held up a card game at 725 Penn Street on January 11, 1938, died in Cooper Hospital, and a murder warrant was issued for his assailant.
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Funeral Service Held for Mrs. M'Taggart
Requiem mass was celebrated in Sacred Heart Church for Mrs. Ruth McTaggart, 46, of 915 Broadway, wife of Patrolman John McTaggart, with burial in Calvary cemetery. Camden policemen formed a guard of honor and served as pallbearers.
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‘Ireland Night’ Set by 6th Ward Club
The Sixth Ward Republican Association's third annual "Night in Ireland" honoring Patrolman John S. McTaggart will be held March 16 in the Eagle's Hall, 415 Broadway, with more than 3000 tickets sold.
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Veteran Fire Captain Honored At Retirement Ceremonies
Junior Fire Captain Eli Hunt of Engine Company No. 3, 1813 Broadway, retired March 1 for disability, took formal leave of his comrades as Battalion Chief Charles Erickson and Commissioner Mary W. Kobus praised his service since 1918.
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Two Tipsy Drivers Fined by Liberman
Two drunken drivers were given the alternative yesterday of Police Judge Lewis Liberman of paying fines of $200 or spending 90 days in jail.
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Mrs. Anna F. Schultz
Mrs. Anna F. Schultz, 56, wife of George R. Schultz of 523 Grant Street, died in 1936 and is survived by four sons and four daughters.
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Cops Score High on This Slot Machine
Camden police, including Patrolmen John Kaighn, Oliver Morgan, Earl Wright and John V. Wilkie, seized a pin-ball slot machine in a raid on a store at 1806 Broadway.
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18 Drivers Cleared Due to Icy Streets
Eighteen motorists arrested for minor traffic violations were shown clemency last night in traffic court by Judge Lewis Liberman because of the recent icy condition of the streets.
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Vets' Job Preference Victor Reviews Program of Contest In Address to Ex-Service Men
Test Case Decree Awaits Jurist's Signature Today On Federal Employment Camden Group Endorses Action of Philadelphia Martine The Philadelphia veteran of the World War who was responsible for obtaining a court ruling safeguarding veterans rights for preference on Federal employment projects, last night told his story to Camden ex-service men.
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Camden Catholic High to Give 'Desert Song'
Again choosing a Sigmund Romberg operetta for its annual musical production,the senior class of Camden Catholic High School will present The Desert Song tonight and tomorrow night in the high school lyceum, Broadway and Federal Streets .
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Committees Named for Tenth Ward Ball
The Tenth Ward Republican Organization Club named committees for its tenth annual ball, held February 28 at Eagle's auditorium on Broadway. Earl Wright served on the program committee.
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Swung at Sgt. Smith, Sentence Suspended
A man who allegedly aimed a blow at Sgt. Ray Smith, ex-heavyweight champion of the A.E.F. Tuesday night received a 30-day suspended sentence in police court yesterday.
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Vet Sought by Cops; Found by Wilkie
A former U. S. marine who spent a week in the basement of city hall helping veterans make out their bonus applications while police searched throughout the city for him, was arrested by Acting Detective John V. Wilkie Saturday night.
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Meal Causes Arrest of ‘Tommy’ Moreland
Arrested early yesterday when he refused to pay a 50-cent check in a restaurant on Kaighn Avenue near Broadway, “Tommy” Moreland, of 1616 Broadway, was arraigned in police court and released with a suspended sentence.
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1000 Attend Ball Given by Zuni A.A.
Outgoing Officers Honored at 5th Annual Event in Eagles Hall ---- More than 1000 persons last night attended the fifth annual hall of the Zuni Athletic Association in honor of their outgoing officers at the Eagles Hall, 415 Broadway .
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Mrs. Heisler Buried at Simple Rites
Two days after Detective William Feitz was buried, Emma Heisler, whose suicide came as a tragic sequel to his death, was laid to rest in New Camden Cemetery after a funeral from Frank J. Leonard's establishment at Broadway and Lansdowne Avenue.
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12 Questioned, 2 Men Held in Murder Probe
Camden police under Chief Arthur Colsey opened a city-wide hunt for the bandits who shot Detective William T. Feitz four times in the back when he surprised a holdup of 20 persons in a house at 243 Sycamore Street.
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Feitz First Cop Slain Here; 6 Others Survived Wounds
The murder of Detective William Feitz by bandits marked the first slaying of a policeman in the history of the Camden department; police records showed three other members had been shot, two stabbed and a sixth beaten with an iron pipe, but all survived.
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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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Richards Opens Camden Quarters
State Senator Emerson L. Richards opened his Camden campaign headquarters for the Republican nomination for governor in the Hotel Walt Whitman building, with Jack Weinberg supervising the campaign and naming a committee of 50 business and professional men.
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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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'Patsy' Mozier Freed
Aloysius "Patsy" Mozier , 30, of 3006 Hartford road , a former boxer, who was arrested Monday night after he is said to have threatened a man, was released In his own recognizance by Police Judge Pancoast yesterday.
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Cop on Ledge Thrills Hundreds Drawn by False Burglar Alarm
Patrolman John V. Wilkie climbed over the roof and across a narrow ledge to an open second story window at King jewelry store, 4 Broadway, to investigate a false burglar alarm that drew several hundred spectators.
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'Patsy' Mozier Accused of Threat to Kill Man
Charged with threatening to kill a North Camden man, Aloysious 'Patsy' Mozier , former boxer, of 3006 Hartford Road , was arrested last night, held in default of $1500 bail for a hearing in police court this morning.
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N.R.A. Drive Here Opens Tomorrow; Committee Named
168 Shoemakers in Three Counties Form Code; Big Firms Sign Pacts Honor Roll Lists 1749 The personnel of the National Recovery Act campaign committee for Camden city and county was announced yesterday by Chairman Clinton L. Bardo .
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Bardo to Appoint N.R.A. Committees
Drive in Camden County Forges Ahead as More Firms Sign Camden Courier-Post - August 8, 1933 The N.R.A. recovery drive in the Camden area forged ahead on three fronts yesterday.
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Thieves Take cigars in Sons of Italy Hall
Camden Courier-Post - June 23, 1933 A black leather pocketbook containing $5.50, papers and house keys, was stolen Wednesday night from the parked automobile of Violet Byers, 413 Broadway , on Park Boulevard near Kaighn Avenue .
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John Rittenhouse Dies; Cooper Point Merchant
Camden Courier-Post - February 4, 1933 John F. Rittenhouse , 53, store proprietor, of 941 Point Street , who died Thursday, will be buried Monday.