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Page 69 of the St. Joseph's Golden Jubilee Year Book, 1943: ten Camden business ads including Walen's and Diamond Poultry Dealers.

Walen's

Page 69 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for Walen's at 2609 Westfield Ave., Diamond Poultry Dealers at 2221 Federal Street, M. Bloom & Co. at 215-217 Kaighn Avenue, F. W. Woolworth Co. at 26th and Federal Streets, the Sanitary Barber Shop at 2709 Westfield Ave., Victory Dental Laboratories at 2603 Westfield Ave., the Shirldine Dress Shop at 2629 Westfield Ave., Gaudio Brothers at Second St. and Kaighn Ave., Gustav Schwoeri at 7th and Chestnut Sts., and Bigler's East End Flower Shop at 2628 Federal Street.

January 1, 1943·1 min read

Page 74 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Golden Jubilee Year Book: ten Camden business advertisements in two columns.

Ray's Garage

Page 74 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for Ray's Garage at 24th and Marlton Pk., The Original Schwoeri at 705 Chestnut St., Mr. and Mrs. N. Lamaina, Roddy's Restaurant at 15th and Mickle Streets, B. F. Goodrich Silvertown Stores at 2041 Federal St., the General Plate Glass Co. at 613-15 Kaighn Ave., the Camden Glass & Mirror Co. at 2305 Federal Street, Joseph DiCianni's shoe repairing at 3720 Westfield Avenue, Walter's automobile body and metal work at 22nd and Federal Sts., and Kress' Food Store at 50 South Dudley.

January 1, 1943·1 min read

Newspaper clipping: Ewing, 3 Others File Committee Petitions, Camden Courier-Post, July 29, 1941

Ewing, 3 Others File Committee Petitions

George H. Ewing of 460 Liberty Street, president of the Sixth Ward Democratic Club, filed for re-election to the Democratic County Committee, while three others took out Republican nominating petitions.

July 29, 1941·1 min read

Billiard Room Owner Held in Gaming Raid — Camden Courier-Post, October 15, 1940

Billiard Room Owner Held in Gaming Raid

Frank Manfredi, proprietor of a billiard parlor at 1146 South Third Street and a former Camden prizefighter known as Freddie Mack, was fined $100 for operation of a gaming house after a dice-game raid.

October 15, 1940·1 min read

Newspaper clipping: "Marriage Licenses", Camden Courier-Post, February 19, 1938

Marriage Licenses

Camden marriage licenses, including Earl Matthews of 1007 Locust Street and Frances Martin of 1064 Ivins Street, and Thomas Bentley and Castina Braxton of 725 Chestnut Street.

February 19, 1938·1 min read

Lottery and Gambling - Stock Photo

11 Nabbed by Police in Gambling Raids

Camden Courier-Post - February 14, 1938 7 Arrested in Bingo Numbers Racket; 4 Seized in Betting Place Ten men and a woman were arrested in gambling raids over the weekend by Camden city and county authorities.

February 14, 1938·4 min read

Courier-Post clipping: 5 Men Seized in Raid Held for Grand Jury, January 30, 1938

5 Men Seized in Raid Held for Grand Jury

Five men arrested in a police raid on an alleged horse-race gambling establishment at 322 Kaighn Avenue were held in $1000 bail each for the grand jury after pleading not guilty and waiving police court hearings.

January 30, 1938·1 min read

Newspaper article 'Memorial to Honor Birthday of Branch', Camden Courier-Post, January 20, 1938

Memorial to Honor Birthday of Branch

Memorial exercises honoring the birthday of Dr. Clement T. Branch, Camden's Negro civic leader who died in 1933, were set for the Union American M. E. Church on Chestnut Street, sponsored by the Citizens' Civil Liberties League of Camden City.

January 20, 1938·1 min read

Front-page clipping: Klostermans Identified as Numbers Kings by 5 Witnesses, Camden Courier-Post, March 20, 1935.

Klostermans Identified as Numbers Kings by 5 Witnesses

At the second trial of Fred and Joseph Klosterman on 12 lottery counts, five witnesses testified they had worked for the brothers' numbers bank, while five convicted numbers writers, among them Walter Hart of 1245 Thurman Street, were returned from state prison to testify.

March 20, 1935·24 min read

Judge Pancoast Proves to 21 That Honesty Is Best Policy

Police Judge Garfield Pancoast sentenced Emil Hatter to 50 days and two men found in his speakeasy — including Edward Mackay of 531 Ray Street — to 60 days each after they denied buying drinks there.

June 3, 1933·2 min read

Courier-Post clipping, December 21, 1932: Recluse Kills Self After Worry Over Age and Infirmities

Recluse Kills Self After Worry Over Age and Infirmities

Edward Babnew, 73, who had lived alone for 35 years after his wife died, was found dead from gas inhalation in his home at 294 Chestnut Street. His daughter summoned Sergeant Frank Crawford and Detective Joseph Carpani.

December 21, 1932·2 min read

Newspaper clipping: Youths Dazed by Rum; Police Probe Ordered, Camden Courier-Post, June 9, 1932.

Youths Dazed by Rum; Police Probe Ordered

Two youths found in a stupor from drinking liquor, George Burrell of 1208 Thurman Street and Dominick Ravieri of 325 Division Street, were held in $500 bail each while Judge Garfield Pancoast ordered police to find the speakeasy that sold it.

June 9, 1932·1 min read

Cafe and Club Robbed

Cafe and Club Robbed

Burglars took $200 in loot in two early-morning robberies — jewelry and a revolver from Frank Manfrieda's soft drink parlor at 301 Chestnut Street, and cigars and cigarettes from the Sons of Italy Hall at 905 South Fourth Street.

June 4, 1932·1 min read

Auto Gunmen Lose Street Battle Here

Three gunmen in a speeding automobile fired five shotgun blasts near Eighth and Chestnut Streets in Camden on the night of October 30, 1931, narrowly missing pedestrians before escaping; no arrests were made.

October 31, 1931·1 min read

2 Wives Give Same Block Duplicate Murder Scares

Within two hours, two wives in the 200 block of Chestnut Street ran into the street crying "murder"; Motorcycle Patrolman Earl Wright subdued both knife-wielding husbands.

October 27, 1931·1 min read

Courier-Post front page and jump, August 14, 1931: Mayor Orders Cops to Drive All Gangsters From Camden

Mayor Orders Cops to Drive All Gangsters From Camden

After a gang shooting at Ninth and Chestnut streets nearly struck an 8-year-old girl, Mayor Roy R. Stewart ordered police to stop and question suspicious characters and drive gangsters from Camden.

August 14, 1931·4 min read

Camden Morning Post headline: 6 Men Are Nabbed as Number Writers, December 12, 1930

6 Men Are Nabbed as Number Writers

Six alleged number writers were arrested by Camden's traffic squad on downtown street corners, spreading the belief that Atlantic City racketeers had set up "branch offices" in Camden; two were jailed for 60 days by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast.

December 12, 1930·3 min read

Camden Courier-Post feature on William L. Hurley, Camden furniture merchant, April 23, 1928

Hurley Based Success in Life and in Business on Square Deal to All

Camden Courier-Post, April 23, 1928: Ben Courter's profile of William L. Hurley, who built a small store at Fifth and Pine streets into the Gately & Hurley store at Broadway and Pine streets on a policy of square dealing, and who championed the Camden bridge and the extension of Broadway.

April 23, 1928·16 min read

Cops Unable to Find Razor Fight Motive

Detectives remained unable to establish the cause of a razor battle at 343 Pine Street in which Palmier Delaiso was severely cut. Patrolman Raymond Stark, answering an anonymous call, found Delaiso unconscious and arrested Angelo Sobi as he tried to flee.

February 10, 1928·1 min read

Newspaper clipping: Wright Cox Dies in His 66th Year, Camden Courier-Post, November 15, 1926

Wright Cox Dies in His 66th Year

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.

November 15, 1926·3 min read

Camden at a Glance column item on Albert Swindell's Palace Hotel rampage, Philadelphia Inquirer, June 7, 1915

Camden at a Glance

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.

June 7, 1915·1 min read

Camden at a Glance newspaper clipping

Camden at a Glance

Twenty-one men were captured in Police Captain Stanley's raid on a house at 1173 Chestnut Street where a crap game was alleged to be in progress; Charles Myers was held in $500 bail for court.

April 28, 1915·1 min read

Newspaper clipping headed "Two Attacked by Dogs" from the Philadelphia Inquirer, March 21, 1915

Two Attacked by Dogs

Dogs sent two men to the Homeopathic Hospital in Camden: James Reese of 724 Chestnut Street and Samuel Hartman of Haddon Heights, attacked on Haddon Avenue.

March 21, 1915·1 min read

Arrest Follows Saloon Brawl

Arrest Follows Saloon Brawl

Bryan Lyanszky was sued for $2,000 by John T. Galligher over injuries received in a fight at Kelley's saloon at Fourth and Chestnut Streets.

July 28, 1913·1 min read

Camden News Notes newspaper clipping

Camden News Notes — November 19, 1912

Camden briefs for November 19, 1912, including Police Captain Stanley's discovery of ten cases of beer in an unoccupied house on Chestnut Street near Second.

November 19, 1912·1 min read

Newspaper clipping "Firemen Trapped in Burning Store," Camden Post-Telegram, Dec. 27, 1910.

Firemen Trapped in Burning Store

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.

December 27, 1910·6 min read

Camden News Notes newspaper clipping

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.

July 15, 1907·1 min read

Newspaper clipping: Plenty of Mix Ups Caused by Blaze, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 17, 1906

Plenty of Mix Ups Caused by Blaze

A slight fire at the Dunn Oil Cloth Works in South Camden badly burned Charles Hampton, and Fire Chief Elfreth's runaway carriage horse wrecked the Story Furniture Company awning and ran over Harry Haines, a blind fife player, in August 1906.

August 17, 1906·1 min read

Doings In Camden

Doings in Camden

Philadelphia Inquirer - August 13, 1906 ** The flag poles on all the fire houses need painting. ** City Hall . Cooper. Pyne Point and Forest Kill parks were thronged yesterday. ** Open-air services were held by several of the churches yesterday.

August 13, 1906·3 min read

News of a Day in the City of Camden — Philadelphia Inquirer, July 27, 1906

News of a Day in the City of Camden

A full day's Camden news for July 27, 1906, including Police Captain Stanley's capture of George Willingmire, wanted for a stabbing at Ninth and Chestnut Streets, after a desperate struggle on the way to jail.

July 27, 1906·4 min read

Camden News Notes newspaper clipping

Camden News Notes — May 27, 1906

Camden briefs for May 27, 1906, including Captain of Police Stanley's investigation into a ring of Yale lock keys found on the roof of a house near Sixth and Chestnut Streets.

May 27, 1906·1 min read

Camden’s Sunday Crusade Revived newspaper clipping

Camden's Sunday Crusade Revived

Captain Stanley began a crusade against Camden shopkeepers selling candy and cigars on Sunday; eight dealers were brought before Recorder Stackhouse and two pleaded guilty and were fined $10 each.

April 1, 1906·1 min read

Newspaper clipping: "Camden News Notes", Philadelphia Inquirer, February 19, 1906

Camden News Notes

Camden briefs for February 19, 1906, including Captain Stanley's raid on Fannie Clark's house at 847 Locust Street, where the officers expected a wagon load of prisoners but found only the proprietress.

February 19, 1906·2 min read

Newspaper clipping: Auto Struck Policeman, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 1, 1905

Auto Struck Policeman

Policeman Albert Keaser was severely injured when an automobile ran him down at Broadway and Chestnut streets, Camden; Policeman John Brothers arrested the occupants, Alexander and Leon Rudolph, who were discharged after the affair was shown to be accidental.

August 1, 1905·1 min read

Newspaper clipping, Many Persons Hurt While Celebrating, Philadelphia Inquirer, July 5, 1903

Many Persons Hurt While Celebrating

Rain stopped the morning exercises at the Pyne Point Park Fourth of July celebration in Camden in 1903, while the East Side's leading fireworks display was at the fire house at Twenty-seventh and Federal streets under Captain Amadee Middleton. Blank cartridges and toy cannon caused a string of injuries treated at Cooper Hospital and Homeopathic Hospital.

July 5, 1903·3 min read

Camden News Notes newspaper clipping

Camden News Notes — February 1, 1903

Camden briefs for February 1, 1903, including Captain Stanley's raid on William W. Woomer's barber shop at 264 Kaighn Avenue on a warrant sworn out by Mrs. Edna M. Laird.

February 1, 1903·2 min read

Father Shoots His Son Then Suicides newspaper clipping, page 1

Father Shoots His Son Then Suicides

Joseph Caskey, a 60-year-old teamster of 820 Mount Vernon Street, shot and killed his son Joseph in a stable yard behind William Sultzbach's saloon at Ninth and Walnut, then turned the revolver on himself. Captain Stanley and Sergeant Reeder took charge of the bodies.

January 11, 1902·2 min read

Camden News Notes newspaper clipping

Camden News Notes — August 11, 1901

A column of Camden briefs for August 11, 1901, including a report that Police Captain Stanley was in a head-on trolley collision at Brigantine Beach and escaped with a bad shaking up.

August 11, 1901·1 min read

Chase for Crap-Shooters newspaper clipping

Chase for Crap-Shooters

A squad of policemen under Captain Stanley raided crap shooters along Camden's river front, capturing thirteen prisoners at the Arch Street lumber yards and Second and Clinton Streets before an accidental revolver shot let the rest escape.

August 8, 1898·1 min read

Newspaper clipping "License Changes In Camden," Philadelphia Inquirer, July 14, 1894

License Changes In Camden.

The Camden City Excise Board resolved to revoke all licenses left unpaid on Monday, granted retail and wholesale licenses, reconsidered and granted the applications of John Ross and Herman Meier of 825 Market Street, and transferred William Brown's license at 400 Jasper Street to James P. Croker.

July 14, 1894·1 min read

Building Boom in Camden — Philadelphia Inquirer, June 7, 1888

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.

June 7, 1888·1 min read

Philadelphia Inquirer clipping, July 21, 1885, Dr. Henry H. Davis coroner items

Infant's Body Found on Broadway

Coroner Davis took charge of the body of an infant found on Broadway near Branch Street, and of the recovered body of William Knowells, drowned off the Chestnut Street wharf.

July 21, 1885·1 min read

Newspaper clipping: Eight Persons Killed, a railway collision on the Camden and Atlantic Road at Pike's Peak, The New York Times, June 15, 1884

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.

June 15, 1884·7 min read