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400 Housing Units To Be Added Near Present Projects
Camden Courier-Post, February 6, 1950: Housing authority chairman Joseph J. McComb announces 400 low-rent dwellings will be built near the four existing projects.
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Man, 69, Is Killed, Another Injured by Hit-Runners
Joseph Wright, 69, of 1716 Ferry Avenue, was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver at Broadway and Van Hook Street, one of three hit-run accidents in Camden early that day that also injured a Philadelphian and damaged a parked car.
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Alfred Taylor and the Confidence Game
An old confidence game led to the arrest of Alfred Taylor, 51, of 1735 South Seventh street, on a charge of maintaining a disorderly house, after Dewey Sasnett was steered to the home and robbed of his billfold.
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Notice of Application — Knast's Cafe
Legal notice from Felix C. Knast applying for a plenary retail consumption license for Knast's Cafe at 671–673 Ferry Avenue.
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15 Dead, 2 Missing from South Jersey
The War Department's June 13, 1944 casualty list named fifteen South Jersey men killed and two missing, among them Corporal Stephen V. Koscianski of 966 Bulson Street, Camden — one of twelve on the list who had been lost with the troopship HMT Rohna in the Mediterranean seven months earlier.
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Nicholas Haday
Portrait of Nicholas Haday, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Haday of 675 Ferry Avenue, stationed at the Great Lakes Training station and a graduate of Camden County Vocational School, from the Camden Courier-Post, August 3, 1943.
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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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Housing Plans in East Camden Okayed by U.S.
The Camden Housing Authority announced U.S. Housing Authority approval of a $1,566,000 defense housing project of 306 units on the south side of East State Street between Cooper Creek and River Avenue. Camden Courier-Post, January 17, 1942.
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Erma Daisey
Upon petition of Clifford Shemeley, probation officer, bench warrants were issued for three men who failed to appear in court yesterday, among them Owen Daisey, who has failed to pay for support of his wife, Erma, 423 Bailey street, and one child.
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2 Bandits Get $20 From Gas Station
Two masked bandits, one armed, held up a gasoline station at Mt. Ephraim and Ferry Avenues and fled with $20. Attendant James Ritter, 21, of 531 Woodland Avenue, told police he was closing up when they appeared.
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Scarduzio Jailed by Orlando After Gun Play in Restaurant
Nick Scarduzio, 39, a former Summer policeman, was held without bail for grand jury action after a gun-play row in Mike Patsourakas' restaurant at 1806 Broadway, while Commissioner Mary W. Kobus promised to investigate the police failure to report the shooting.
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Ace Iron & Metal Company
Advertisement for Ace Iron & Metal Company at Ferry Avenue and Lansdowne Avenue, buying scrap iron, metals, and rags at highest prices.
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Mrs. Phoebe Shultz — Obituary
Obituary notice for Mrs. Phoebe Shultz of 1717 Ferry Avenue, widow of Theodore Shultz.
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Birthday Party Given for Mrs. Anna Olsen
The Eighth Ward Roosevelt Democratic Club auxiliary held a birthday party for Mrs. Anna Olsen at 521 Ferry Avenue.
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6 Persons Injured in Auto Accidents
Three women and two men injured in automobile accidents over the weekend. Walter H. Holler of 884 Beideman Avenue was involved in a collision near Haddon Avenue and Line Street; two others were hurt at Ferry Avenue and Charles Street.
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Hospital Cases
Hospital cases reported in Camden on February 14, 1938, including Ralph Williams of 413 North 29th Street treated at West Jersey Hospital for a laceration of the knee.
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Auto Painting and Body Repair Work
Camden Courier-Post advertisement, October 1, 1936, for Bilson Auto Body Co, Walter T. Bilson, Prop., at Ferry and Atlantic Avenues.
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Club Endorsement Denied in 8th Ward
Eighth Ward candidates Walter Sekula, William Tansky, Jr., and Mrs. Theresa Maloney Di Lello denied that their "Regular Republican" opponents had the endorsement of the Eighth Ward Republican Club, 1718 Broadway, and the William Jones Republican Club, 707 Ferry avenue.
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Two Get 30-Day Terms for Stealing Coal
William Antinuk, 13, of 682 Ferry Avenue, and two others were each sentenced to 30 days for stealing coal.
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Mrs. Isabella B. Farr
Funeral notice for Mrs. Isabella B. Farr, 47, of 1634 Ferry Avenue, wife of William E. Farr.
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Gloucester Man Held, Admits Taking Auto
Augustus Rollo, 19, of 507 Ferry Avenue admitted in Gloucester police court that he was the driver of an automobile that fled until fired upon by a policeman.
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Isaac Krichev Grocery
A woman casts a vote in the Courier-Post Popularity Election at the Isaac Krichev grocery, 884 Ferry Avenue, 1932.
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Another Baby Eats Pills — May Lose Life
Frank Narducci, 2, of 564 Ferry Avenue was hospitalized after swallowing tablets containing a powerful drug from his mother's garment while she slept.
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Janitor Is Stricken in Downtown Club
John McCue, 78, was found unconscious with a cerebral hemorrhage at a South Camden club on Ferry Avenue; he was discovered by barber Frank Marvin of 661 Ferry Avenue.
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7 Democrats Rallies in County Tonight
Democratic speakers, urging suffrage in the interest of A. Harry Moore, gubernatorial candidate, and the local Democratic ticket, will invade seven political clubs in the city and county tonight.
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Robbery Gang of 4 Given Long Terms
Two Figured in Wounding of Cop and Slaying of Pal Four members of the notorious North Cramer Hill gang, two of them participants in the robbery in which one bandit was killed after wounding a city detective, were sentenced to state prison terms by Judge Samuel M. Shay yesterday.
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Mrs. Louisa Barnes — Obituary
Funeral notice for Mrs. Louisa Barnes of 823 Ferry Avenue, widow of Allen Barnes, with services at Ferry Avenue M.E. Church and burial at Mt. Peace Cemetery.
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City Policeman Drowns in Lake at Blackwood
Camden motorcycle policeman Joseph G. Ward, 34, of 1572 Louis Street, drowned in Blackwood lake in May 1930 when his canoe overturned after a Moonlight Social Club outing; Gloucester Township police opened an investigation.
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3 Youths Held as Blaze Razes Grain Plant of Sitley and Son
Damage in Fire at Sixth and Bulson Streets Estimated at $45,000 Four Men Risk Lives to Save Two Horses Boys Believed by Police Probers to Have Been Smoking in Building Three boys are being held and two others are sought in the investigation of the $45.000 fire which today destroyed the warehouse of Sitley & Son , wholesale hardware, roofing material and grain dealers at Sixth and Bulson streets.
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Warrant Out for Slayer of Mose Flannery
Captain John Golden, head of the Camden city detective bureau, announced that detectives knew who killed Eighth Ward political leader "Mose" Flannery and held warrants for his arrest, as 2500 mourners turned out for the solemn high requiem mass at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church.
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Scene at 'Mose' Flannery's Funeral Today
A Camden Evening Courier photograph of part of the crowd around Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Broadway and Ferry avenue, as six "pals" bore the body of murdered Eighth Ward political worker Joseph "Mose" Flannery into the church for a solemn high requiem mass.
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Complainant in Theft Held on Rum Charge
Harry Benzuk, who reported a $15 theft to Camden police, found himself arrested on a liquor charge when a pint bottle was found on him.
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Promoted Firemen Take Posts Today
Camden Courier-Post, April 4, 1928. John H. Lennox was promoted to deputy chief and Rollo Jones to battalion chief of the Camden Fire Department, eight men were elevated to senior and junior captain, and eleven new firemen were appointed.
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Man and Wife Saved by Passing Firemen
Trapped over a blazing butcher shop on Kaighn Avenue, a man and wife were carried down a ladder by Engine Company 9 firemen returning from one of four serious fires that called out every piece of apparatus in Camden.
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Thomas J. Daley, Sr.
The funeral of Thomas J. Daley, Sr., father of Thomas J. Daley, city engineer of Camden, will be held from his late residence, 1471 Baird avenue, on Wednesday. Daley was known as one of the oldest blacksmiths and wheelwrights in the city.
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The Groff Coal Company
Advertisement for the Groff Coal Company at Ferry and Jackson Streets, described as the most modern coal yard in the world.
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Box of Ashes Forces Firemen to Make Run
A box of hot ashes placed in a corner at the real estate office of E. J. Clarke at 827 Ferry Avenue caught fire, requiring the fire department.
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Concrete Block Falls Off Truck and Hits Man
Michael Koukolski, 45, of 624 Ferry Avenue suffered a possibly fractured leg when a concrete block fell from a passing truck and struck him.
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Man Blames Cop as Home Wrecker
Michael Brown, charged with assault and battery on two women, told police court he forced his way into a house believing his wife was there with a police officer; Judge Cleary held him in bail on each charge.
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Isadore Poplowski — Suicide Identified
The exhumed body of Isadore Poplowski, a suicide found hanging in Oaklyn, was identified as the man who stabbed Clayton Stormfeltz in a store at 623 Ferry Avenue.
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Boys Find Charred Body in Fire Ruins
A lamp explosion in a barn behind 751 Ferry Avenue killed Michael Errieski; Patrolman Karl Quinton saved a horse and a family from the spreading fire, which gutted Mrs. Jennie Stevenson's home at 1848 Kossuth Street.
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Marriage Licenses
Camden marriage license applications from November 1917, including Walter Edgerton of 318 Joint Alley and Minnie M. Smith of the same address.
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4 Held for Man's Death
Four men were held without bail on manslaughter charges following the death of John Mabelski after a brawl near Railroad and Ferry avenues.
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Camden News Notes — April 2, 1910
Philadelphia Inquirer — April 2, 1910 ** In memory of Policeman Casper Hart, who was fatally injured in a collision between a trolley car and the Second District patrol wagon at Broadway and Benson streets , flags at all the station houses were placed at half mast yesterday and the headquarters of the Second district police draped in mourning.
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Mrs. Annie Gotschalk Injured in Fall
Mrs. Annie Gotschalk, 32, of 642 Ferry Avenue fractured her collar bone in a fall downstairs and was taken to Cooper Hospital.
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Camden, Now Eighty Years Old, Is Proud of Its Wonderful Growth
City on Saint Valentine's Day, Will Observe the Anniversary of Its Incorporation—Some Facts and Figures Concerning "Slow Town" Across the River 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.
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Turtle Wins Fatal Fight
Peter Gondolff Witnesses Encounter in Which "Copper Head" Snake is Killed Presents the Victor To Charlie Rouh Eating lunch in a skirt of woods along the White Horse pike, yesterday, "Pete" Gondolff, a lineman, who lives in the Eight ward, had his attention drawn to a commotion in a small clump of bushes a few feet distant.
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Camden News Notes — March 11, 1907
Camden briefs for March 11, 1907, including Captain Stanley's raid on an alleged speak-easy kept by James La Moeno at 812 South Third Street, where beer, wine and whiskey were confiscated.
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Blood Poisoning at 1711 Ferry Avenue
Nicholas Blank of 1711 Ferry Avenue was taken to West Jersey Hospital suffering from blood poisoning, alongside Adam Gremmen Jr. of 1713 S. 4th Street.
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Wooden-Legged Intruder Found Asleep in Camden Home
Florence Clinton of 878 Ferry Avenue awoke to find a man with a wooden leg asleep on her floor; John Lavin was committed to county jail on a charge of breaking and entering.