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Camden and Suburban Railway

Camden Post Extra, November 10, 1897: "Shot Her Husband" headlines and the McCusker shooting story in a tall three-column newspaper scan
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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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Philadelphia Inquirer clipping, July 14, 1897: Knell of Doom for Cobbles in Camden, on asphalt paving.
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Knell of Doom for Cobbles in Camden

City Counsel Morgan found that a law allows Camden to issue $200,000 in bonds for repaving, and petitions circulated to lay sheet asphalt on Market, Federal, Kaighn, Broadway, Haddon and Cooper streets, with the Camden and Suburban Railway sharing the cost.

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