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Frank Sheridan

Historical Accounts

City Farm Gardens

Another weapon to defeat the enemy was the establishment of City Farm Gardens in the country. They were urged by the Government and not only provided food for city residents, but abolished unsightly vacant lots.

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Perry Street - Sanborn Map - 1906
Streets

Perry Street

Perry Street was a small street running south from 1044 Line Street for one block to Pine Street. By the 1960s it was razed along with Line Street east of St. Mihiel Street, including Jane and Ringold Streets.

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St. Joseph's Church Keeps in Touch with Men and Women in Armed Forces; Four Sons Killed and Two Missing — Camden Courier-Post, 1944
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St. Joseph's Church Keeps in Touch with Men and Women in Armed Forces

A 1944 Camden Courier-Post feature by Frank Sheridan on St. Joseph's Church (the Polish parish at Tenth and Mechanic Streets), whose 1,154 mothers gave sons and daughters to the war — four killed, two missing, one a prisoner — among them Joseph Piotrowski, lost when the cruiser Helena was sunk at Kula Gulf.

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Frank T. Lloyd seated at a desk, writing, 1938
News Articles

Back to Practice After 30 Years

Resuming law practice after 30 years on the bench, former Supreme Court Justice Frank T. Lloyd yesterday revealed that Governor Moore offered to reappoint him for another term but he declined.

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Newspaper article on the first city fire house at 5th and Arch, Camden Courier-Post, October 10, 1936
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First City Fire House Located at 5th and Arch

Fourth installment of Frank Sheridan's history of fire fighting in Camden, covering the Hook and Ladder and Steam Fire Engine companies organized in 1869, their equipment, 1886 rosters and pay, and the early chiefs of the paid department.

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News Articles

Committees Named for Tenth Ward Ball

The Tenth Ward Republican Organization Club named committees for its tenth annual ball, held February 28 at Eagle's auditorium on Broadway. Earl Wright served on the program committee.

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Newspaper item headed "Mother of Ten Is Accused," Philadelphia Inquirer, March 17, 1917
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Mother of Ten Is Accused

Frank Dungan and Mrs. Katie C. Beach, arrested together at 128 Federal Street by State Detective Frank Miller, were held in $300 bail each by Justice of the Peace Frank Sheridan on a charge preferred by her husband, George Beach.

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