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Philadelphia Inquirer clipping, "New Year's Day Over in Camden," on the 1897 mummers' parades and New Year's charity
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New Year's Day Over in Camden

Camden's mummers turned out in greater force than ever on New Year's Day 1897, as the George S. Dilmore, Fireside and J. H. Trainer New Year's associations paraded and crossed to Philadelphia to compete for prizes, while the Y.M.C.A. on Federal street kept open house and "Long John" Gallagher fed the poor of South Camden.

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