Historical Accounts
Old Cooper Street
Reprinted from the series of stories of Camden's earlier days, under the title Sixty Years in Camden County - Gosh! by Will Paul, appearing in The Community news, of Merchantville, NJ.
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Edward A. Y. Schellenger Sr.
Historical Accounts
The Cooper Hospital (via Camden County Medical Society)
Note: This content comes from the book Camden County Medical Society, 1846-1956 The founding of a hospital for the care of the sick and injured in the Camden area had long been a project in the mind of Dr. Richard M. Cooper, who practiced medicine in this vicinity for over thirty years.
News Articles
14 Camden Firemen Overcome by Smoke
Fourteen firemen were overcome by smoke and roughly $20,000 in damage was done during a twelve-hour fire at the Frank G. Hitchner Wall Paper Manufacturing Company at Fifth and Mickle streets; water from the plant flooded nearby cellars, including John Orr's home at 441 Judson Street.
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Forger Thompson Still at Liberty
No Trace Yet Found of the Ashbridges Pal in Sensational and Tragic Escape From the County Prison on Monday Night FOOD SHUNNED BY YOUNG MURDERER Evidently in hiding, George E. Thompson, who escaped from prison with Wilson Ashbridge on Monday night after Murdering one jailor and wounding another, is still at liberty.
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Boy's Brutal Murderer Collapses at Hearing
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.