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FRANK MESTER, IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALER 4th AND ARCH STREETS . This is one of the most widely known houses in the town, it having had an established reputation for the sale of unadulterated wines and liquors.
Reprinted from the series of stories of Camden's earlier days, under the title Sixty Years in Camden County - Gosh! by Will Paul, appearing in The Community news, of Merchantville, NJ.
Fourth Street, one of Camden's original streets, ran with few interruptions from Chelton Avenue in South Camden north to Pyne Point in North Camden. City-directory records, photographs, advertisements and newspaper clippings for every block from the 2000 block of South 4th Street to the 1000 block of North 4th Street.
Ben Courter's January 18, 1932 Camden Courier-Post column recalls D. Cooper Carman, Camden city clerk from 1884 until his death in 1889, and the "young syndicate" of Republicans that sent Maurice A. Rogers to the State Senate and beat back "Billy" Thompson's race-track faction.
Real estate transfers recorded in the Register of Deeds' office, including F. Joseph Rouh's purchase of the northeast corner of Broadway and Ferry Avenue from Wilhelmina Countiss for $7,250.
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.
The Camden Water Works Company was incorporated by an act of the Legislature approved April 2, 1845 and authorized "to supply the city of Camden with pure water under such terms, regulations and conditions as city council shall by ordinance ordain and establish." The principals in the company were Isaac Cole, Benjamin W. Cooper, Charles Kaighn, Henry Allen, William Folwell, Nathan Davis, Benjamin T. Davis, John W. Mickle, and James Elwell.