People
John Anthony Smith
John Anthony Smith worked part-time at Mister Meat, a butcher shop at Federal Street and Route 130 , for many years. Known locally as a kind man with a serious drinking problem, he had no permanent address.
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Crescent Boulevard
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Haddon Avenue
Haddon Avenue is one of Camden's oldest roads, dating to at least 1792 as a bridle path and incorporated as the Haddonfield & Camden Turnpike in 1839. It runs southeast from Federal Street to the city limits toward Collingswood, Haddon Township, and Haddonfield.
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Crescent Boulevard
Crescent Boulevard is the street name assigned to US Route 130, which passes through Camden at four points: in East Camden, just south of the Cooper River, from south of the railroad tracks toward Haddon Township, and from Mount Ephraim Avenue to Newton Creek at Camden's extreme southern end.
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From the Rule Book
A page from the Spring 1977 Fire Watch Magazine reprinting excerpts of Camden Fire Department General Order #76-1 on fire radio communications procedures, with an "Our Patrons" advertisement grid including Euler's Floor Coverings at 1801 Haddon Avenue.
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N. Y. Fur Factory
Page 64 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for the N. Y. Fur Factory at 719 Broadway, Marchisello Bros. scrap iron at 319-325 Pine Street, Louis DiNunzio's Broadway Beer Garden at Broadway and Liberty, the Ferry Ave. Liquor Store, John's Diner in Fairview, and Betty's Cafe on Mt. Ephraim Avenue.
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No. Camden Woman Injured in Collision
Mrs. Jennie E. Middleton, 62, of 315 North Fourth Street was hurt when the car driven by her husband, Timothy A. Middleton, collided with a trailer truck at Marlton Pike and Crescent Boulevard, Pennsauken.
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Ex-Convict Nabbed After Gunplay
Stanley Geda, 25, of 1273 Whitman Avenue, a suspected would-be hijacker of a numbers lottery banker, is escorted out of the Detective Bureau by Detective Joseph Mardino after a chase along Crescent Boulevard. Camden Courier-Post, October 31, 1940.
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Checked and Double-Checked
Jiminy's "Checked and Double-Checked" column in the Camden Courier-Post of February 4, 1939: Commissioner Frank J. Hartmann's uncertain place in the coming city commission campaign and his budget clash with Mayor George Brunner, followed by personal notes, including Dr. Richard Cranmer of 3416 Federal Street arranging a Cranmer School reunion.
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R. M. Hollingshead, Jr., Pays Fine as Speeder
R. M. Hollingshead Jr. was fined $15 for driving 75 miles per hour on the Burlington Pike. Gordon Snyder, 23, of 709 North 28th Street, was fined $5 for having no driver's license.
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9 Nabbed in Check on Reckless Driving
A three-hour drive conducted by State motor vehicle inspectors against reckless driving on Crescent Boulevard between West Collingswood and Brooklawn early yesterday netted nine arrests.
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Arrest of Six Links Numbers And Fake Cash
Men Nabbed Here Believed to Be Members of Ring A tie-up between a huge counterfeiting ring and a gambling syndicate backing the "numbers" was believed unearthed by Camden police and Federal authorities following the arrest here yesterday of six colored men on charges of attempting to pass bogus money.