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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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East Camden
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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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Police Captain Visited by "Devil"
The Camden Daily Courier of January 21, 1909 reports "Jersey Devil" tracks in the snow in the back yards of many East Side homes, including Police Captain William Alberts on Westfield avenue near Twenty-ninth street.
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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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East Camden Youth Missing
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob O. Grear of Thirty-third and Federal streets, East Camden, reported their 19-year-old son Howard missing for ten days, fearing he had met with an accident.
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East Camden Boy Again Disappears
East Camden police were notified that Frank Handwerker, 10, of 2738 Polk Avenue, North Cramer Hill, had been missing for nearly three weeks, having disappeared in a similar manner several months before.
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Camden Youngster Missing
The Camden police were asked to locate Frank Handmerker, aged 10, of 2738 Polk Avenue, East Camden, who had been missing since August 1, 1905.
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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.