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Policemen Retire on Pension Fund
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George B. Johnson

George B. Johnson served as a Camden policeman for more than twenty years, patrolling the North and South Rosedale sections without making a single arrest. Appointed in 1899, promoted to sergeant in 1914 and pensioned in 1920, he made his home at 220 North 37th Street from 1900 until at least 1940.

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Cooper B. Hatch
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Cooper B. Hatch

Cooper Browning Hatch was a prominent citizen of Camden in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born to Joseph and Mary Hatch in a farmhouse that now houses the Camden County Historical Society.

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1890 Historical and Industrial Review of Camden New Jersey
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1890 Review of Camden, New Jersey - Part 1

1890 Historical and Industrial Review of Camden, New Jersey - Intro The Historical and Industrial Review of Camden, New Jersey was commissioned and published by Camden's Board of Trade, a forerunner of the Chamber of Commerce.

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Joseph H. Forsyth, 1926
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Joseph H. Forsyth

Joseph H. Forsyth entered the world on May 30, 1879, in Burlington County, NJ, as the son of Joshua and Luisa Hatch Forsyth. His father, engaged in farming, had the family residing in Pemberton, NJ, as indicated by the 1880 census.

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804 Cooper Street - Baird Family Home - 1893
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Old Cooper Street

Reprinted from the series of stories of Camden's earlier days, under the title Sixty Years in Camden County - Gosh! by Will Paul, appearing in The Community news, of Merchantville, NJ.

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Camden Family Wash Laundry at 1037–1039 North 6th Street, Camden NJ
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6th Street

Sixth Street runs with few interruptions from the Delaware River to Morgan Street, virtually the length of the city, from North Camden south almost all the way to Gloucester City.

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Camden's Mayors

A chronological list of Camden's mayors from Samuel Lanning, elected in 1828, to Victor Carstarphen, in office since 2021, with each mayor's term and political party where recorded.

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Anthony Alfano
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Anthony Alfano

ANTHONY ALFANO taught at Camden High School and Cooper B. Hatch Junior High School for 34 years, from 1942 through 1976.

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Policemen Retire on Pension Fund
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Policemen Retire on Pension Fund

Sergeant Thomas S. Reed went on the Camden police pension list after 21 years' service, and Policeman George Johnson of the Third District was to be pensioned on May 15 — with the record of never having made an arrest in 20 years on his Rosedale beat.

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Want Stanley Retained

Business men of southern Camden move to block the removal of Police Captain Arthur Stanley; were he ousted, Sergeant Edward Hyde would fill the vacancy.

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More Policemen to Go in Camden

Philadelphia Inquirer, February 19, 1905 — More Policemen to Go in Camden Philadelphia Inquirer, February 19, 1905 Democratic Members of the Force Are Marked for Dismissal From the Department According to a statement made by a member of the Police Committee of Camden City Council to an Inquirer reporter yesterday, charges will be preferred against a number of Democratic policemen during the week and the resignations of the officers are likely to follow.

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Police Disperse Socialist Crowd newspaper clipping
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Police Disperse Socialist Crowd

An open-air meeting of the Camden branch of the Socialist party at Broadway, Newton Avenue and Mt. Vernon Street was stopped by order of Mayor Hatch. Chief Foster, Captain Stanley and twenty-five patrolmen dispersed the crowd.

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Camden's Pride Parades Before City's People

Camden's policemen and firemen make their first formal turnout in review, drilled to a military carriage; the Philadelphia Inquirer describes the procession, its officers, and the growth of the departments since 1862.

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Police Take a Hand at the Primaries newspaper clipping, page 1
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Police Take a Hand at the Primaries

Camden Republicans held their ward primary elections, and in the Ninth Ward Mayor Hatch's policemen — Chief of Police Foster, Captain Stanley and a squad of officers — forcibly ejected the primary board seated by City Committeeman Edwin Hillman.

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Evil Doers Quake

Mayor Cooper B. Hatch launches a campaign against Camden's speak-easies; the first raid, led by Captain Stanley and Sergeant Hyde, seizes a house full of liquor, while saloonkeepers are fined for operating gambling machines.

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Camden’s Trolley Fight newspaper clipping
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Camden's Trolley Fight

The Camden and Suburban Railway Company's ruse to lay double tracks on Haddon Avenue was foiled by Captains Boyle and Stanley, who kept a small squad on the alert; two workmen were arrested and Mayor Hatch ordered the street cleared.

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Police Win Again newspaper clipping, page 1
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Police Win Again

The Camden and Suburban Railway Company's ruse to slip a work gang onto Haddon Avenue failed when a watchful police line intercepted them. Captain Stanley — "the doughty little captain" — ordered the men to disperse, and Mayor Hatch had the street cleared.

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Bluecoats For East End

Camden Daily Courier - May 19, 1899 Eight of the New Guardians of the Peace Named Captain Albert will have charge of the new district - Former Chief Abbott among the Batch of new appointees.

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Bitter Primary Elections newspaper clipping
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Bitter Primary Elections

Camden's Republican primary elections of February 1899 turned violent in the Seventh Ward, where the Blowite and Hansonite factions fought at the polls. Mayor Hatch sent Captains Stanley and Boyle with seventeen policemen, but the rows continued and a patrolman was badly beaten.

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Over in Camden
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Over in Camden

Philadelphia Inquirer - December 22, 1898 Articles of incorporation were filed yesterday by the American Metal Edge Box Company. The police were notified yesterday that William Ilgenfritz, 14 years old, of 1121 Mickle street , was missing.

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Camden Daily Telegram clipping, May 12, 1898, Side-Splitting Farce Goes On - Police Committee hearings
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Side-Splitting Farce Goes On

The Camden Daily Telegram's account of the Police Committee's hearings on charges against city policemen, at which Dr. “Mark Hanna” Davis was noted as absent from the Reformers' deliberations.

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Serious Charges by Defeated Candidate
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Serious Charges by Defeated Candidate

Philadelphia Inquirer - June 12, 1897 Freedom C. Lippincott Claims That Philadelphia Repeaters Voted in Camden. BEGINS A NEW CONTEST Committee of One Hundred Starts on a New Tack in Its Efforts to Oust City Treasurer Felton - A Bond iFled [sic] .

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