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Morris Bass
Obituary for Morris Bass, 65, of 2630 Baird Boulevard, retired operator of the Bass Food Market on Cooper Street, Camden resident for 45 years and member of Ahev Zedak Synagogue.
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William Dickinson
William Dickinson, 68, of 931 Cooper Street, died at Cooper Hospital. A lifelong Camden resident, he had operated a garage and automobile repair business for 50 years. Services held at the Murray Funeral Home, 408 Cooper Street.
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Two Suspects Held in Bail of $25,000 Each
William J. Porter, 26, and Howard James, 25, linked by Camden police with 10 burglaries in six weeks, were held in $25,000 bail each by Municipal Judge Marino. Among the jobs James admitted was a break-in at a grocery at 635 Carman Street.
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Camden Fire Alarms
Camden fire alarms logged from midnight Wednesday to midnight Thursday, September 1957, including a fire at 35 Leonard Avenue and one at 215-21 Kaighn Avenue.
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Mrs. Anna Elbertson
A January 1957 death notice for Mrs. Anna E. Elbertson of 917 North 4th Street, a native of Blackwood and a member of the North Baptist Church.
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George B. Smith
George B. Smith, 81, of 515 Bailey Street, died January 31, 1956. He had lived 44 years in Camden and retired in 1945 as a maintenance foreman after 35 years with Warren Webster and Co., the Courier-Post reported on February 2, 1956.
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Andrew B. Jakway
Obituary for Andrew Blair Jakway, 60, of 172 Boyd Street, who died Thursday; services at the Murray Funeral Home with burial at Bethel Memorial Park, Pennsauken.
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Thomas P. Leach
Obituary of Thomas P. Leach of 1360 Park Boulevard, a Philadelphia-born Girard College graduate, 40-year Camden resident and former Naval Reserve quartermaster who died in West Jersey Hospital.
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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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Howard A. Groth
Howard A. Groth of 242 South 32nd Street, a Camden resident of 40 years and a member of Camden Lodge 15 F&AM, died in West Jersey Hospital in April 1953.
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Mrs. Clara Kennedy Is Dead Here at 76
Obituary of Mrs. Clara B. Kennedy, 76, who died at the home of her daughter, Miss Ethel C. Havens, 1482-B Kaighn Avenue. A former Coatesville, Pa., schoolteacher, she had lived in Camden since 1909.
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Clarinda Stuhlert
Death notice for Clarinda Stuhlert, 84, widow of John H. Stuhlert and formerly of 543 Grant Street, Camden.
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Death Notice of Arno R. Neuber, Sr.
Death notice for Arno R. Neuber, Sr., of 411 Penn St., Camden, who died May 13, 1952, aged 78.
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Mrs. Kate A. Thoms
Obituary for Mrs. Kate A. Thoms, 92, who died at her home at 408 Beideman Avenue, Camden. A native of Philadelphia and widow of George Thoms, she had resided in Camden for 28 years.
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Fred H. Hough Jr.
Obituary of Frederick H. Hough Jr., 49, of 312 Grant Street, assistant foreman of the Courier-Post composing room, who died in Cooper Hospital in August 1951.
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Authority Acquires 1st Parcel Toward Housing Project
The Camden Housing Authority acquired the first parcel of land for its 368-unit low-rent East Camden housing development, presenting a check to Mr. and Mrs. John Dyer for their home at 2120 Berwick Street.
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Fire at 1132 South Front Street
A Camden fire-alarm list recording two alarms for a fire that damaged the interior, exterior, and contents of 1132 South Front Street.
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Sleep Pills Overcome Woman Hotel Guest
Mrs. Eleanor Shaw, 28, a guest at the Hotel Plaza, Fifth and Cooper streets, was taken to Cooper Hospital after an overdose of sleeping tablets; Dr. Herbert Weinberg of 563 Benson Street was the hotel physician.
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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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Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses issued in Camden County, August 2, 1949, including Harry A. Alfinson and Elsie G. Foss, both of 213 Birch Street.
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John A. Bryson
Funeral notice for John A. Bryson of 922 North Front Street, a member of Camden Lodge 111, Loyal Order of Moose.
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Maurice Hertz Dies Here at 90
Maurice Hertz, 90, former Camden liquor dealer, founder of the Camden Bottling Co. and the Mt. Ephraim Sand Co., and oldest member of the Camden Lodge of Elks, died at his home at 1316 Park Boulevard.
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Miss Dickinson, Leighton Heller in Engagement
Mr. and Mrs. William Dickinson of 931 Cooper Street announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss M. Elizabeth Dickinson, to Leighton J. Heller, a Dickinson College Law graduate recently discharged from U.S. Army service in India.
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Mrs. Alice Putsey
Mrs. Alice Putsey, 58, of 903 Fairview Street, a Camden resident for 35 years and past commander of Linden Star Lodge No. 16, Shepherds of Bethlehem, died following an operation.
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Mrs. Roseanna Currie
Mrs. Roseanna Currie, 83, widow of Howard H. Currie, died of a heart attack at her home at 219 North Third Street. She was born in Camden and lived there all her life.
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T. L. Bear
Page 76 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for T. L. Bear, jeweler, at 204 Market St., M. J. Jubanyik, Inc. at 6th and Penn Sts., John W. Kile's Walt Whitman Flower Shop at 625 Cooper Street, Siris Abbatoirs at Broadway and Jackson St., roofer Max Reihmann, Jr., Y&B roofing and siding, Louis E. Schimpf, florist C. Jackel and the Belfi Insurance Agency, with the compliments of Chief of Police George W. Frost.
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B. C. Shroeder & Sons
Page 38 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for B. C. Shroeder & Sons funeral directors at 715 Cooper Street, The Paint Corner at 2600 Federal St., Dominic Guglielmi's U-Need-A-Cafe at 2224 Federal Street and Lang's Bakery, around an installment of the parish history telling of Father Anthony C. Shuvlin's pastorate and the 1915 fire at the old church at 25th and Howell Streets.
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Mrs. Levi String
Obituary for Mrs. Mary E. String, 76, of 1131 Baring Street, who died after weeks of illness; her husband summoned a police ambulance but she was dead on arrival at West Jersey Hospital.
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Camden Man Found Drowned at Albany
Daniel N. McLeod, 45, of 531 Grant Street, a barge captain, was found drowned in the Hudson River at Albany in July 1941.
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Mrs. Kobus to Ask More Cops, Firemen for City Next Year
Camden Public Safety Commissioner Mary W. Kobus announced in December 1940 that her appointment of 22 patrolmen and 10 firemen had restored the public safety department to 1938 strength, and said she would seek money for more officers because of defense needs; John Gryckiewicz of 810 North Front Street was among the fire appointees.
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William Seibert
Death notice for William Seibert, 56, of 653 Grant Street, a Railway Express Co. employee who died at West Jersey Hospital in May 1940.
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Harry F. Walton Dies from Wound
Former Tenth ward freeholder Harry F. Walton, 52, died at Cooper Hospital from a self-inflicted wound suffered at his 520 Bailey Street home; ill health was blamed.
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Mary A. Russell Obituary
Camden Courier-Post - July 15, 1938 The funeral of Mrs. Mary A. Russell, widow of William W. Russell , who died yesterday, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Charles H. Murray & Son funeral home at 408 Cooper street .
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M.F. Middleton Felled by Gas In House Here
Former Camden City Commissioner Melbourne F. Middleton, Jr., was found unconscious from gas in his former home at 538 Cooper Street; the Camden Fire Department First Aid Squad, including Russell Anderson, worked to revive him.
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Mrs. Phoebe Shultz — Obituary
Obituary notice for Mrs. Phoebe Shultz of 1717 Ferry Avenue, widow of Theodore Shultz.
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Vacuum Cleaner Sale Sends Seller to Cell
Accused of fraud in connection with the sale of a vacuum cleaner, Leonard Hauser, 39, of 218 North Eighth Street, yesterday was arrested and held on $1000 bail for a hearing Monday in Camden police court.
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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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William Amenda
Obituary of William Amenda, 72, who died at his home at 1234 Everett Street, survived by his wife Gottliebe, son Otto and daughter Mrs. Dale Hill. Camden Courier-Post, February 11, 1938.
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Willson Says Busiest Month Was in November 'Recession'
Harry A. Willson, retiring president of the Camden County Real Estate Board, said November 1937 was his best month despite talk of a business "recession," and credited the board with defeating a bill that would have restricted real estate transactions to lawyers.
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Samuel Saunders
The funeral of Samuel Saunders, 37, of 523 Grant Street, killed in a runaway accident, will be held Monday at the Joseph H. Murray and Son funeral home.
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Coroner's Quiz Ordered In Holdup Victim's Death
County Physician David S. Rhone ordered an autopsy and a coroner's inquest into the death of Angelos Malagas, a restaurant cook shot during the January 11 holdup of a Penn street card game. Luigi Tortu, one of three people arrested for questioning, was released.
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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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Von Nieda Opposes 'Parking Lot' Plan
Mayor Frederick von Nieda denied approving the Camden Housing Advisory Committee's recommendation to raze 20 blocks of houses for public parking in North and South Camden, and opposed razing the two veterans' homes at Broadway and Benson street.
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Elimination of 20 City Blocks Urged by Housing Committee
The Camden Housing Advisory Committee recommended that the city clear 20 blocks of sub-standard properties, 895 dwellings in two areas, to save on municipal service costs; Mayor Frederick von Nieda favored eliminating the areas but opposed spending city money without assurance of a return.
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Fine or Jail Term Ordered To Make Bootleg Buyer Talk
Unless they tell where they bought it, drinkers of bootleg liquor arrested by Camden police henceforth will receive the full penalty of $200 fine or 90 days in jail, Police Judge Lewis Liberman decided yesterday.
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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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Mrs. Rebbecca Leach Dies at Home Here
Mrs. Rebecca Leach, widow of former Fire Captain Daniel W. Leach, died at her home, 624 Bailey Street, less than two months after her husband.
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Own Life Taken by Music Teacher
Miss Elizabeth McCreight, 65, a North Camden music teacher, was found dead by gas in her home at 321 State Street; funeral services were set for the Holl Funeral Home, 1401 Princess Avenue. Camden Morning Post, October 20, 1933.
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Aitken Funeral to be on Wednesday
Camden Courier-Post - October 16, 1933 Retired Builder Dies at Penn Street Home; Resident Here for 50 Years The funeral of William C. Aitken , 87, retired builder, who died Saturday at his home at 421 Penn street , will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday.
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W.C. Aitken Dies at 87, One Time Builder
Camden Courier-Post - October 16, 1933 The funeral of William C. Aitken , 87, retired builder, who died Saturday at his home at 421 Penn street , will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Mr. Aitken was one of the best known builders of his day.