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Thieves entered the American Pretzel Company bakery at 1358 Whitman Avenue through a skylight and stole 15 bags of flour; would-be intruders also tried the American Lunch House on Broadway. Camden Courier-Post, April 2, 1928.
Mrs. Anna McTaggart, wife of Camden policeman John McTaggart of 1710 Broadway, and Louis Lafferty were arrested together in a Philadelphia apartment and held in $500 bail each on charges of misconduct brought by the officer, who had already filed for divorce.
The funeral of Thomas J. Daley, Sr., father of Thomas J. Daley, city engineer of Camden, will be held from his late residence, 1471 Baird avenue, on Wednesday. Daley was known as one of the oldest blacksmiths and wheelwrights in the city.
City detectives questioned three youths believed responsible for a series of robberies; Francis Smith of 1120 Locust Street and Raymond Walker of 747 Woodland Avenue were arrested by Policeman James McTaggart at Broadway and Atlantic Avenue.
A February 1928 Camden Courier-Post advertisement for Howland Croft, Sons & Co., the Linden Worsted Mills, established 1880, manufacturers of fine worsted yarns with offices and mills at Broadway and Jefferson Avenue, Camden.
Head of Delicatessen Company Came to America From Germany in 1889 Camden Courier-Post - February 6, 1928 Less than two weeks after the death of his brother, Adam , with whom he had been closely associated for many years, Edward Schlorer , former Camden resident and business man, died yesterday at his home at Overbrook.
Commissioner Clay W. Reesman denied Harry P. Pelouze's charge that leftover lighting funds were shifted to another department, saying the city simply lacked money for the extra lights the Broadway Business Men's Association wanted.
Stanley Company of America theater advertisements from the Camden Courier-Post of January 24, 1928, for the Stanley at Broadway and Market, the Towers at Broadway and Pine, and the Grand at Broadway and Mickle.
Joseph Cimini, 31, declared by police to be a Philadelphia gangster, was killed in the Sixth Ward Republican Club, 908 Broadway; Joseph "Polack Joe" Deven, who fired the shot, was held on a murder charge, declaring he had fired in self-defense.
Thomas Atkins of Oaklyn, driver of the automobile that struck and killed Mrs. Emma Scholl, 67, of 694 Tulip Street at Ninth Street and Morgan Boulevard, was held for the grand jury on a technical charge of manslaughter by Judge Bertman in traffic court.
Three Camden men paid for their New Year's celebrating in 1928: one jailed for beating his wife, one fined after motorcycle officer George Frost arrested him outside the Stanley Theatre at Broadway and Market streets, and one jailed for tipping over chairs and tables in a restaurant.
Wright Cox, a Camden fireman and policeman for more than 40 years, died in Homeopathic Hospital in his 66th year. His funeral was set for the Schroeder Funeral Chapel at 538 Broadway, with interment in Bethel Cemetery.
A Philadelphia Inquirer report of April 28, 1922 on a fatal fire at 1009 Broadway, Camden, in which iron bars from the building's former use as a bank prevented the rescue of a sleeping boy. Six firemen, including Captain Charles Watkins of No. 7 Engine Company, were injured.
A Camden Daily Courier advertisement in which Bornstein Electric Co., formerly at 930 Broadway, announced its new location at the southeast corner of Fifth and Pine Streets with a full line of electrical goods, wholesale and retail.
Boleslaw Ziemba confessed to Captain of Detectives Schregler that he set fire to 1426 Broadway at the instigation of his employer John Makel, so Makel could recover $3,000 Ziemba had put into the business.
Members of the Sixth Ward Women's Republican Club, assembling at their club house at 908 Broadway, viewed the body of Mrs. Della Ward, wife of Policeman George Ward, at the family home at 610 Line Street. Her funeral was largely attended by South Camden policemen, with interment in Arlington cemetery.
Edmund J. Alff, real estate and insurance, announced the removal of his office from 502 Pine Street to 422 Broadway.
Fireman John S. McTaggart, of 1709 Broadway, renewed his $10,000 suit against coal dealer Richard McAllister for injuries received when a trolley car collided with one of McAllister's auto coal trucks on June 14, 1917. The case had been tried once before, and the plaintiff lost.
Captain of Detectives Schregler helps identify William Wentz and Camden clerk Edward Davenport, burned to death with a woman under a blazing automobile near Absecon.
Philadelphia Inquirer Camden briefs of March 23, 1918: shipyard worker William Briederback of 434 Viola Street burned about the eyes, William Rovner of 1117 Broadway overcome by gasoline fumes, and a man held on a lead-pipe theft charge.
Superintendent William L. Miles of the MacAndrews & Forbes Company hosted a banquet for Engine Company No. 3 at their headquarters at Broadway and Emerald Street; Engineer Daniel Smith was among the company.
Detective Brothers exonerated Undertaker Gordon C. Lindes, whose ambulance ran down James Moreland as he was crossing Broadway; Moreland, in the Homeopathic Hospital with a fractured skull and lacerations, was much better.
Former Councilman John A. Furey, 65, a fifty-year resident of Camden's Eighth ward, died at his home at Broadway and Vanhook street after a long illness. He had also served as a freeholder, Excise Commissioner, policeman and constable.
A pet fox terrier that refused to leave the patrol box at Broadway and Spruce streets after its owner, George "Gold Tooth" Wilson, was arrested for panhandling by Detective Brothers moved Recorder Stackhouse to discharge Wilson from custody.
Broadway Trust Company Broadway below Walnut St . Camden, N.J. J . J. BURLEIGH President ANTHONY KOBUS Vice President WM. J .
Company No. 3's auto fire engine skidded at Broadway and Kaighn Avenue and crashed into a store window at Broadway and Locust Street; Engineer Daniel Smith and Stoker Arthur Wingate jumped to safety while Driver Michael Brown stuck to his post.
Two 12-year-old boys, William Shafer and George Hickman, admitted to Detective Brothers that they rifled the mail box at Broadway and Pine Street, Camden, stealing two packages of jewelry worth $102 mailed by jeweler Lewis Nelson.
Camden Post-Telegram - October 1, 1915 Butchers Form Another Society from the Camden Post-Telegram - October 1, 1915 Transcription BUTCHERS FORM ANOTHER SOCIETY Beneficial Association Becomes a Yearly After a Quarter Century.
A sudden electrical storm on August 18, 1915 struck Camden hardest: lightning shocked three boys sheltering under an awning at Tenth and Penn streets, and set fires at the Parkside school, a Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, the Toone & Hollinshed department store at Broadway and Kaighn avenue, and the Camden Curtain Rod Factory at Broadway and Jackson streets.
Street Commissioner Sayers began work on improving nearly a score of Camden streets, starting with Spruce Street from Broadway to Sixth Street, with Trenton Avenue from Newton Avenue to Line Street to be repaved next. Philadelphia Inquirer, June 17, 1915.
Albert Swindell, 28, of 1002 Lawrence Street, was arrested on a malicious mischief charge after he was refused a drink at the Palace Hotel, Broadway and Chestnut Streets, and broke glasses and a $75 fancy window.
John Walk, 21, of Philadelphia, was sentenced by Judge Boyle to fifteen months to seven years in State Prison for stealing a valuable lens from the Pelouze & Campbell store on Broadway; Detective Brothers captured him in Philadelphia.
During a wind storm in Camden, Mary Dewalt was struck by a jitney at Broadway and Spruce Street and W. P. Miller was hit by an auto driven by Anthony Valentine at Broadway and Mickle Street; both chauffeurs were released after the accidents were found unavoidable.
Frank Hargraves, 28, of Los Angeles, was given six months in jail by Recorder Stackhouse in Camden for attempting to pass a worthless $13.50 check on Harry Galbraith, a liquor merchant of 817 Broadway. Detective Brothers and Policeman Reader made the arrest.
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.
Fire Chief John A. Stockton and his chauffeur Martin Carrigan jumped clear as the chief's car skidded into a beer truck at Broadway and Kaighn Avenue while responding to a fire at the General Gas Mantle Company plant.
Burglars entered two South Camden homes through second-story rear windows and ransacked the bedrooms while the families slept, taking only clothing. Detective Captain Schregler put his men on the case.
The Young Men's Hebrew Association of Camden planned to launch a campaign to fund a Hebrew communal building at a free public meeting in the Broadway Theatre, with speakers including Dr. Cyrus Adler, Isaac Hassler, Mayor Ellis and Sigmund Schoenagle.
Passing Turner Hall on Pine Street below Broadway, Policeman Kleaver found a bundle holding the body of a newborn male infant; Coroner Bentley sent the body to the Morgue and Detective Brothers investigated.
Camden will again be represented in the Eastern Basketball League, with a meeting of the Alpha team and managers set for the Alpha Club, 708 Broadway, and "Bill" Steele signed for the coming season.
About 2,000 costumed dancers attended the Camden Eagles' fourth annual grand mass ball at their aerie on Broadway, with music by Prof. Anthony J. Oberst's orchestra. Camden Daily Courier, November 1, 1912.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on February 23, 1912 that the Board of Playground Commissioners would give the first of a series of entertainments for working girls that night at the Carnegie Library, Broadway and Line streets.
Arrested by Detective Brothers on a charge made by 14-year-old Elmer Calloway, barber Alfor Printz broke away and fled until Reserve Policeman Brothers, the detective's brother, felled him with his club at Broadway and Kaighn avenue.
Seven Camden firemen, six of them from the Kaighn Avenue house, fought their way out back to back when flames surrounded them in a fire that gutted three stores at 1118-1122 Broadway; Mrs. Tillie Sackett saved two small girls whose clothing had caught fire.
Camden briefs for August 10, 1910, including the severe burning of Elmer Wright of 1639 Broadway in a vat of molten lead and nitric acid, and the theft of two silver cups from the Synagogue Sons of Israel at Eighth and Sycamore streets.
Philadelphia Inquirer, June 10, 1910: Many persons viewed the body of Assistant Tax Receiver J. Fred Newton at his home, 418 Broadway, where the Elks held services; the funeral was to take place that afternoon.
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.
The funeral of Mrs. Nellie Lippincott, wife of Dr. A. H. Lippincott, was held from her home at 21 Broadway, Camden, with Rev. Percy Perinchief, pastor of the Centenary M. E. Church, in charge of the services.
Camden briefs for February 14, 1910, including efforts to bring Dr. Nachman Heller of Harrisburg to a Camden synagogue as rabbi, a new padded cell in the city jail, and Mary Jones of 911 North Second Street bruised by a trolley car at Broadway and Newton Avenue.
Philadelphia Inquirer Camden briefs of August 7, 1909: Humphrey Lynch of 410 Viola Street treated for a Fourth of July cannon-cracker wound, a drowning in Cooper Creek, a car-barn injury, and the deaths of Benjamin Derndinger and George Westcoat.