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Lange
A Philadelphia Inquirer death notice for George A. Lange, 52, husband of Elsie Lange, who died May 28, 1922 in Detroit; the funeral was held from his father's home at 10 South 32nd Street in Camden.
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Fire Bells Toll as Capt. Carrigan Is Laid to Rest
Hundreds lined the streets and firehouse bells tolled as the cortege of Captain Martin B. Carrigan passed through Camden to Arlington Cemetery, escorted by ninety-two firemen under Chief Peter B. Carter.
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Mrs. Eliza C. Jackson
Mrs. Eliza C. Jackson of 2206 Howell Street sued the American Telephone and Telegraph Company for $50,000, alleging permanent injuries from a charged wire while rescuing three children.
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East Camden Bank
Organizers Announce Sale of 600 Shares of Stock Prominent East Camden citizens are forming the East End Trust Company and at a meeting of the organization committee yesterday secretary Leon Todd presented a report showing that 600 shares of the 1000 shares of stock have been subscribed for.
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Building Permits
Permits for thirty-eight new brick dwellings on Leonard Street were issued by Building Inspector Day in March 1919, in a recently-developed section of East Camden.
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Caroline Laib
Funeral notice for Caroline Laib, widow of John Laib Sr., who died in her 68th year at 2401 Howell Street in March 1918.
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Here and There in Camden
Local briefs from Philadelphia Inquirer, February 11, 1917: Miss Eveline Pratley of 221 North 38th Street lost three fingers in a machine accident at 38th Street and Westfield Avenue. Also: a tugboat injury, a business incorporation, and a child's broken arm.
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Husband Lay Dead Beside Her
When Mrs. Charles W. Garrison awoke at 112 North 30th Street, East Camden, she found her 76-year-old husband had died in his sleep. Coroner Pratt attributed death to apoplexy, noting he had been dead several hours before she woke.
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Guardsman Skater Drowns; Narrow Escape For Four
Charles R. Evans, 19, of 139 South Thirty-second Street in East Camden, broke through the ice on the lake at Forest Hill Park and drowned while 300 fellow skaters looked on. Four would-be rescuers — Harry Haas, Graham Wishart, Wilbur Crane and Matthew Yingling — were dragged from the freezing water by a park guard and a policeman.
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Autopsy Today to Find Cause of Bride's Death
Camden police detained Herman Walters pending an autopsy after his 19-year-old bride, Florence Walters of 2010 Howell Street, died of gas inhalation following a quarrel in September 1916.
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Ashbridge Caught in Chester Hotel Along with Wife
Captured at the Keystone Hotel in Chester, Pennsylvania, fugitive murderer Wilson Ashbridge waives extradition and is driven back to Camden by Captain of Detectives William Schregler, his wife beside him.
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Brothers See Camden Girl Fatally Burned
Yuli Edelmeyer, 4, of 1222 North 18th Street, East Camden, died at Cooper Hospital after her dress caught fire while she played with her brothers at the open grate of a stove. Joseph Becker, an oil wagon driver, smothered the flames but the child's injuries proved fatal.
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Infant Smothers to Death
Mrs. Ambrose Faust of 138 North Twenty-second Street found her six-month-old son John had smothered to death after snuggling into the bedcovers.
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Police Blame Tramps for Fires in Houses
Camden police investigated two fires that threatened four vacant dwellings at 2611–2617 Howell Street — the former Enterprise Hall — believing tramps sheltering there had started them in October 1915.
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Woman Hits Husband Hurling Stone at Dog
Man Sent to Hospital, Wife to Jail, When Aim of Latter at Howling Animal Fails The bad aim of Mrs. Ella Taylor, aged 25 years, of 3010 Pleasant street , East Camden, resulted in lots of trouble and incidentally sent her husband, William, aged 49 years, to Cooper Hospital , with a severely cut head.
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Fugitive Leaps From Window
Edward Finn, 17, of 2617 Howell Street burglarized a home at 564 North 27th Street and leaped from a second-story window to escape before being arrested, in July 1915.
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East Side Notes
An East Side note recording the death of Frank W. May, the five-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William May of 2105 Berwick Street, with interment at New Camden Cemetery.
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Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective
Fred Coursey and Harry Duffield collapse in Police Court as Detective John Painter recounts the robbery killing of 18-year-old Karl Kellmann at Twenty-seventh and Sherman streets; Linnans Staley is committed as a principal.
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Police Court
William May pleaded guilty to threatening the life of Elsie Staley and was sentenced by Judge Joline to three months in the Camden County Jail.
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Italian Is Held on Grave Charge
Nicholas Small was taken into custody by Special Officer Troncone on suspicion of maltreating Elsie Staley, the girl whose refusal had led William May to attempt suicide.
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Again Jail Indian on Girl's Charge
William May was locked up in the county jail on a charge of threatening the lives of Elsie Staley and William Rose after he found her in Rose's company.
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Death of Mrs. Frances M. Johnson
A death notice for Mrs. Frances M. Johnson, wife of Camden policeman George Johnson of 220 North Thirty-seventh Street, who died after a long illness. She was a member of the Frances Willard Women's Christian Temperance Union and was interred at Harleigh Cemetery.
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May Recover from Self-Inflicted Hurts
William May was discharged from Cooper Hospital days after slashing his breast over Elsie Staley's refusal to marry him; no charge of attempted suicide was brought against him.
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Love-Lorn Indian Attempts Suicide
William M. May, a young Indian living behind 1819 Federal Street, slashed his chest with a penknife after Elsie Staley, 14, refused his marriage proposal for a second time at Christmas.
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East Side Woman Hurt on Trolley
Mrs. Charles Conner of 2407 Howell Street was painfully injured tripping over a suitcase while alighting from a trolley at 24th and Federal streets in November 1910.
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East Side Woman Hurt on Trolley
Mrs. Charles Conner of 2407 Howell Street was injured while alighting from a trolley car at Twenty-fourth and Federal Streets, tripping over a suit case left standing in the aisle. Policemen Pedigree and Johnston carried her into a nearby restaurant.
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Alarm in Rubbish Fire
Smoke from the Connor house at 2407 Howell Street caused a rubbish fire alarm on August 7, 1909.
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Seriously Hurt at Ball Game
Charles Greening of 2407 Howell Street was badly injured at a ball game on July 30, 1908.
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Heroic Chum Near Dies As Boy Drowns
Russell Horner, 14, son of Camden police sergeant William Horner, drowned in the Delaware off the old Red Mill at Pea Shore. His body was recovered the following morning after an all-night search by police and friends of the family.
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Camden News Notes — June 18, 1908
Brief items from Camden: the Excise Board transferred two liquor licenses; suspicious men were chased from the Pavonia car yards; William Kniesle of 322 North Thirty-sixth Street broke his wrist while working on his naphtha launch.
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East Side Notes
Local notes from East Camden: Nicholas Donahue elected to Board of Trade; Harry Lake ill at home; Ezra Wallace of 38th Street and Westfield Avenue confined to home with sickness; James N. Lloyd of 2831 Concord Avenue seriously ill with pneumonia.
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Police Kill Mad Dogs
The heat caused two dogs to go mad in East Camden — one on Thirtieth Street, another on Twenty-second Street near River Road. Policeman Johnson killed one; Policeman Thomas killed the other.
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Police Seek Writer of Note Found on Suicide
William Cooper of 27 North Twenty-first Street died of laudanum poisoning at Cooper Hospital; police sought the writer of a mysterious note found in his pocket after he sat unnoticed for hours in a Federal Street saloon.
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Attacked by Fish Hawk
John Daltman and George Wells were attacked by a fish hawk while gunning along the North Cramer Hill shore in East Camden, and shot the bird after a desperate battle. Freeholder Funfer, William Pepeta Jr., Samuel Arnold and Louis Mote had similar experiences with hawks along Petty's Island within a few days.
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Craig—Fisher
Elsie M. Fisher and William B. Craig of East Camden were married in June 1904 at the bride's home, 3024 Federal Street, by the Rev. George T. Harris of the Asbury M. E. Church.
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Negro Brutally Beats East Camden Woman
Jennie A. Craig of 206 South Thirty-second Street was attacked on Federal Street in January 1904, knocked down a six-foot embankment and choked; her assailant fled when her screams continued, and her brother's search led police to a clue.
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Camden News Notes — June 21, 1903
A 1903 Philadelphia Inquirer news column noting incorporations, the probate of Assistant Tax Receiver Frank S. Jones's will, reopening services at Tabernacle Baptist Church, and contractor Aaron Ward's start of work on the approaches to the Baird Avenue bridge.
Buildings
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church (East Camden)
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, the first Catholic parish in East Camden, was founded in 1893 at 25th and Howell Street and celebrated its Golden Anniversary in 1943. A new church built in 1952 at 2907 Federal Street became St. Joseph's Pro-Cathedral.
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The Year 1849 - Camden, NJ
The West Jersey Hotel at Delaware Avenue and Market Street was built by the West Jersey Ferry Company in 1849. The name was changed to new Camden Hotel in 1909.