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Albert Ebener
Death notice for Albert Ebener, 71, husband of Anna T. Ebener and a member of Mozart Lodge No. 121, of 952 North Front Street, Camden.
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Camden News Notes — February 1, 1903
Camden briefs for February 1, 1903, including Captain Stanley's raid on William W. Woomer's barber shop at 264 Kaighn Avenue on a warrant sworn out by Mrs. Edna M. Laird.
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Fire Engine Wrecked; Four Firemen Hurt
Four Camden firemen were injured when Chemical Engine No. 2 overturned after its front wheels caught in a trolley switch at Second Street while it was answering an alarm at Front Street and Kaighn Avenue.
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Want Liquor Men Put on the Rack
The Camden County Law and Order League renewed its complaints against forty-eight liquor sellers who escaped indictment, hinting that political pull had saved them, and gave the grand jury a list of accused saloonkeepers including several on Kaighn avenue.
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Charles Bush
Death notice for Charles Bush, 65, husband of Annie T. Bush, of 514 North Front Street, with interment at Harleigh Cemetery.
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Two Charged With Policy Writing
Captain Stanley arrested storekeeper Charles H. Green at Tenth and Kaighn Avenue and Albert Matchett at Front and Kaighn Avenue on charges of violating the policy laws; policy slips and drawings were found on Green.
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Chimney Sparks Start a Fire
Sparks from a neighboring factory chimney burned the shingle roof of L. Carter's residence at 630 North Front Street before the fire department extinguished the blaze.
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Over in Camden
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Camden roundup of December 22, 1898: an incorporation, a missing boy, a burglary, a man charged with stealing overcoats and captured at the Federal Street Ferry, and city officials and policemen down with the grip.
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Cooper Mansion Bought for Public Park
Camden City Council adopted an ordinance to buy the block bounded by Cooper, Penn, Front, and Second Streets — the Cooper Mansion grounds — for $75,000 as the city's first public park.
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John Galvin Held for House Breaking
John Galvin was committed for trial on a charge of prying open a shutter of the widow-occupied house at 508 North Front Street.
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Knell of Doom for Cobbles in Camden
City Counsel Morgan found that a law allows Camden to issue $200,000 in bonds for repaving, and petitions circulated to lay sheet asphalt on Market, Federal, Kaighn, Broadway, Haddon and Cooper streets, with the Camden and Suburban Railway sharing the cost.
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Two Nearly Suffocate
Saloonkeeper George Block of Front and Birch Streets and his wife narrowly escaped suffocation in a rear-room fire that badly damaged their house.
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How the Y. M. C. A. Benefits Camden
The Philadelphia Inquirer profiles the Camden Y. M. C. A. in 1896: its history since organizing at a house at Front and Cooper streets, its new gymnasium and swimming pool at Broadway and Federal streets, physical instructor A. G. Villee's methods, and the association's officers.
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Drink-Sellers Arraigned
Camden saloon keepers charged with Sunday liquor selling, among them James Croker of Fourth and Jasper streets and John Murschell of Broadway and Jefferson street, pleaded not guilty before Mayor Westcott; Chief of Police Dodd was the complainant in all the cases.
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Dirt Wanted at Camden Base Ball Grounds
A classified advertisement seeking dirt for the Camden Base Ball Grounds, placed by Garrett C. Cowls of 335 North Front Street.
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Mrs. Anetta Timerline Buried
A news-condensed item noting the burial of Mrs. Anetta Timerline of 1068 South Front Street, who was murdered by William A. Thein.
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Over in Camden
A column of Camden news briefs from the Philadelphia Inquirer, March 18, 1895 — including fires at the homes of Albert Fleet and Samuel Harring, and the arrest of sneak thief Samuel Harmon, who tried to strip a clothes line in Policeman Schregler's own back yard.
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Lim Sing Released on Bail
Lim Sing, a laundryman of 106½ North Front Street sentenced for an attempted assault, was released on $300 bail pending appeal.
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Juror and Witness
John Neice served as both a juror and a prosecution witness in the Camden Criminal Court case of policy-slip selling over Thomas McKenna's saloon at 33 North Front Street.
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Patrick McNally Confesses to Robbery
Patrick McNally confessed to Mayor Pratt that he had robbed Mrs. Augusta Kohlinberg's house at 514 North Front Street and was committed for trial.
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Laying a Corner-Stone of St. James' Chapel
Announcement that the corner-stone of the new St. James' Chapel at Front and North Streets would be laid by the Rev. Dr. Tidball.
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Northrop Manufacturing Company Fire
A slight fire at the Northrop Manufacturing Company, Front and Cooper Streets, brought out the fire department; damage was slight.
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Minor Rogers Missing
A brief item reporting Minor Rogers of 335 North Front Street missing, his wife believing he had eloped with an actress.
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Drowned While Bathing
Thomas McIntire, 14, of 331 North Front Street drowned while bathing at the foot of Penn Street; his dog stayed by the water until the body was recovered.
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News in Camden County
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Camden County roundup of April 2, 1889: Mrs. Rebecca Wright, mother-in-law of City Recorder Braker, dies at 255 Kaighn avenue aged 85, and Walter Kelly is committed as the burglar who stole $339 and a gold watch from John Dugan of Front and Pearl streets.
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Building Boom in Camden
James Cox has begun six two-story brick houses on Cox Street, below Second, as part of a broader construction boom across Camden. Philadelphia Inquirer, June 7, 1888.
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Thomas McKenna Convicted of Selling Liquor
Thomas McKenna, a saloonkeeper on Front Street below Market, was convicted before Mayor Pratt of selling liquor without a license and paid a $37.50 fine.
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Fire at 903 North Front Street
A slight fire at 903 North Front Street, occupied by Charles Stellman as a shoe shop, was extinguished without calling out the fire department.
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A Blaze in Camden
A fire that started in a stable behind the West Jersey Hotel on George Street, below Front, spread to the Taylor Bros. warehouse, causing $22,300 in losses; three firemen were injured when the walls were pulled down on Chief Carter's order.
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New Jersey: Jottings From the State Across the Delaware
A Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden-area briefs from September 23, 1884, including a watch-theft charge involving Edward S. Andrews and the arrest of two street preachers at Front and Birch streets.
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Fire at Henry B. Wilson's Coal and Ice Works
A fire at Henry B. Wilson's kindling-wood works on South Front Street above Kaighn Avenue spread to neighboring homes and businesses, causing about $14,000 in losses.
Historical Accounts
The Year 1832 - Camden, NJ
Cholera appeared in Camden. This was said to be the first appearance here of the disease in epidemic form.