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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.
Daniel N. McLeod, 45, of 531 Grant Street, a barge captain, was found drowned in the Hudson River at Albany in July 1941.
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.
Death notice for William Seibert, 56, of 653 Grant Street, a Railway Express Co. employee who died at West Jersey Hospital in May 1940.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
John H. Evans, 64, of 2117 Sherman Avenue was sentenced to three months in jail for stealing a watch from painter Albert L. Hawkins at 805 Cooper Street, judged by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast.
Arthur Benjamin, 28, of 430 Liberty Street, was held for a police court hearing after his car struck and overturned C.R. Finney's machine at Twenty-third and High Streets. Finney, of 201 Cooper Street, was treated by Dr. A. Lincoln Sherk.
Dr. and Mrs. Max Ruttenberg of 303 Cooper Street announce the engagement of Mrs. Ruttenberg's sister, Miss Harriet Blieden of Philadelphia, to Max Kahener of Philadelphia.
Social column noting summer returns and graduations in the Cooper Street neighborhood, including Miss Betty Dickinson of 931 Cooper Street returning from Syracuse University, and the Wilfred W. Fry children graduating in New York and Massachusetts.
Uniformed Veterans to Join Lodge Members in Colorful Ceremonies Arrangements are completed for the Flag Day celebration to be held tonight by the Camden Elks Lodge Lodge at Seventh and Cooper Street s. The program will open at 7.30 p.m. Doors of the lodge room will be opened to the public at 7:15 p. m. The program will be broadcast over WCAM .
Social notice: Mrs. Thomas P. McConaghy of Tenth and Cooper Streets is registered at Chalfonte-Haddon Hall, Atlantic City.
Leading real estate brokers and notables in other callings paid high tribute last night to Edward J. Borden in honor of his election as president of the New Jersey Real Estate Commission.
Camden Courier-Post - June 8, 1933 Elaborate Ceremonies Monday Night Will Be Open to Public An elaborate Flag Day celebration to be open to the public and broadcast over the radio is planned by Camden Elks for Monday night.
Newly Elected President of Commission Will Be Honored at Dinner Edward J. Borden will be guest of honor tonight of the Camden County Real Estate Board at a banquet in honor of his election as president of the New Jersey Real Estate Commission.
Classified advertisement: attractive furnished room for a gentleman at 319 Cooper Street, with modern conveniences and an ideal location. Camden Courier-Post, June 7, 1933.
Funeral notice for Harry A. Wille, 55, of 933 Cooper Street, who died after a short illness. He was employed in the upholstery department of the J. B. Van Sciver Co. and is survived by his widow Ida and son Henry C. Wille, 3rd.
Clinton Gilchrist, 25, of 1153 Cooper Street, was held in $100 bail on suspicion of operating a numbers lottery. He was arrested at 11th and Cooper Streets with numbers slips and loose coins in his possession.
Funeral notice for Michael Benson, 52, of 939 Cooper Street. Mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception; burial in Calvary Cemetery. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Sidell, and a brother.
A Camden Courier-Post advertisement of June 18, 1932 listing the directors and officers of the First Camden National Bank & Trust Co., with F. Morse Archer as president, and its offices at Broadway & Sycamore, Broadway & Cooper, and 223 Market Street in Philadelphia.
Emergency room cases at Cooper Hospital on December 28, 1931, including William May, 48, of 2118 Berwick Street, treated for bruises of chest and ribs after falling down stairs.
Ben Courter's 1931 Camden Courier-Post reminiscence of four leading South Jersey physicians — Drs. Godfrey, Iszard, Davis and Gross — recalling how Dr. H. H. Davis transformed health care for Camden's schoolchildren.
Two Figured in Wounding of Cop and Slaying of Pal Four members of the notorious North Cramer Hill gang, two of them participants in the robbery in which one bandit was killed after wounding a city detective, were sentenced to state prison terms by Judge Samuel M. Shay yesterday.
Advertisement for Jos. H. Murray and Son funeral home at 408 Cooper Street, Camden, and 114 White Horse Pike, Haddon Heights. Camden Courier-Post, October 15, 1931.
The American Jewish Yearbook, 1931–1932, published by the Jewish Publication Society of America, lists 40 Camden annual members with their addresses, including Lewis Liberman, 307 Market Street.
With two Assemblymen taking the highest stations, Camden Lodge of Elks will tonight install recently elected officers at the home, Seventh and Cooper streets. The ceremony will be presided over by Past Exalted Ruler James H. Long.
Opening advertisement for the Bloom Apartments at 311 Cooper Street, developed by Segwyn Realty, Inc. — 34 units, rentals $40 to $75 per month, open for inspection February 5, 1928.
Baird Boulevard property owners protested being taxed for tree planting and traffic island grading while Cooper Street property owners challenged road-widening assessments before city commissioners.
Two youths were arrested after a running gun battle on Cooper Street. Merritt Hall, 17, of 514 Ray Street, and Philip Schatz, 19, of 214 Arch Street, were charged with attempted larceny of an automobile; Schatz faced an additional charge of carrying a concealed deadly weapon.
David Baird, State Assessor and Republican leader of South Jersey, following his annual custom, held a Christmas reception Christmas morning at his handsome home in Cooper Street, Camden. Prominent politicians, citizens and persons in all walks of life to the number of 500 greeted Mr. Baird.
Philadelphia Inquirer - March 31, 1904 After several weeks' illness from progressive paralysis, Charles Watson , one of Camden's best-known citizens, died at his home at 223 Cooper street , shortly after 9 o'clock last night.
Camden News column from the Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1894. Notes residents at 429 Cooper Street in 1894: Joseph J. Read and family.
Camden Daily Courier - November 15, 1890 Many Houses Now Being Erected Camden builders do not seem to be deterred by the fear of financial panic or an idea that the McKinley bill presages disaster in business.
A June 1880 Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden news: the Decoration Day procession of G.A.R. Posts 5 and 37, the death of Lewis Werts, a runaway horse stopped on Federal Street near Broadway, and other local items.
Camden Courier-Post - September 27th, 1879 Tape Worm Removed Alive, Head and All with two doses of Mrs. Dr. Fearn's Herb Medicine.
During the Civil War, Camden purchased its first steam fire apparatus on June 4, 1864 the Independence Fire Company No. 3 purchased an Amoskeag steamer for $3250. This apparatus was a third class, single pump style with serial #92.
Benjamin Dugdale, son-in-law of James Kaighn, established a tannery on Cooper Street below Front, on the site of what became the Esterbrook Pen Company. In 1845 the place was used as a livery stable by Joseph Myers.