Tag: Elisha A. Gravenor
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John Foster
Foster’s influence extended beyond his role in law enforcement. In 1895, he assumed the position of the first Exalted Ruler of Camden Lodge 293 of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.
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CAMDEN HAILS HER SONS, CONQUERORS, AT VICTORY JUBILEE
The Peace with victory which Camden’s sons along with millions of other soldiers of all the Allied countries helped to bring home was celebrated by a jubilee in Camden yesterday which eclipsed anything that the city across the Delaware has ever attempted in her history.
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Revolver, Smuggling It in Covered By Fruit, Murderer’s Wife Supplied It
Police and county detectives are looking for George E. Thompson, who escaped from the County Jail after murdering one keeper and wounding another.
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Thousands View Chief’s Remains
Not since the memorable funeral ten years ago, has there been such a tribute paid an official of Camden. It is estimated that at least 10,000 persons were there.
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Boy’s Brutal Murderer Collapses At Hearing
Two men were charged with killing an 18-year-old. The victim volunteered to escort two young ladies home and was shot by the two men when he was returning. The murder was brutal and, initially, the police had no clue where to start the investigation.
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North Camden Hit by a Great Cyclone; Homes Wrecked
Two lives will probably be sacrificed, property valued at at least a hundred thousand dollars, was virtually destroyed and the northwest section of the city was laid in ruin when a storm of cyclonic intensity swept over Camden last night. It continued hardly fifteen minutes, but, in that time more havoc was wrought than by…
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Camden, Now Eighty Years Old, Is Proud of Its Wonderful Growth
Eighty years will have passed on Friday, February 14, since Camden became an incorporated city, and just now the citizens are looking back over those years and recalling with a pardonable pride the epochs that have made it a community of homes, of splendid industries and of clean, progressive government.