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George G. Felton

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Central Trust Company

The Central Trust Company organized on April 9, 1891 at Read's Hall, a building which later housed the Camden Daily Courier newspaper. After receiving its charter on May 8, the Central Trust commenced business on May 11, 1891.

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Camden Daily Courier front page, July 7, 1902: Col. Felton Committed Suicide in His Office
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Col. Felton Committed Suicide in His Office

Col. George G. Felton, real estate dealer and former City Treasurer, was found dead of gas in his office in the Felton building at Second and Federal streets. The same Camden Daily Courier column reported the sudden death of Walter C. Fish, florist of Broadway and Spruce streets.

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Serious Charges by Defeated Candidate
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Serious Charges by Defeated Candidate

Philadelphia Inquirer - June 12, 1897 Freedom C. Lippincott Claims That Philadelphia Repeaters Voted in Camden. BEGINS A NEW CONTEST Committee of One Hundred Starts on a New Tack in Its Efforts to Oust City Treasurer Felton - A Bond iFled [sic] .

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Philadelphia Inquirer article Politicians' Day at Mt. Holly about Big Thursday at the Burlington County Fair, with two illustrations
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Politicians' Day at Mt. Holly

The Mount Holly Fair, like all the other Jersey fairs, has its "Big Thursday." That is the day the politicians get together to shake hands, swop stories and look after the political machine generally.

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