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Robert Gess (1887-1950) was born in Pennsylvania and worked for many years at the Howland Croft Sons & Co. textile mill at Broadway and Jefferson Street in Camden, becoming a foreman there about 1918. He suffered a fatal heart attack at the plant on June 28, 1950.
Jefferson Avenue, also called Jefferson Street, runs from the Delaware River east to South 10th Street in Camden, one block north of Chelton Avenue; construction of I-676 severed the street, wiping out all structures east of the railroad tracks to Master Street.
Obituary of Thomas E. Oxley, 65, formerly of Jefferson Street and Dudley Street, Camden, who died January 23, 1972.
Obituary of Martha Bostic, 89, of 950 Jefferson Avenue, a 46-year member of Bethel AME Church and widow of Camden policeman Thomas H. Bostic, who died November 27, 1971.
Robert Gess, 63, foreman at Howland Croft Sons & Co. for 32 years, died at the plant on Broadway and Jefferson Street in June 1950.
Man and Woman Struck by Lightning; Mercury Tumbles A violent electric storm, which paralyzed a South Camden woman, accompanied by a driving rain tumbled the mercury last night and ended, temporarily, the six-day heat wave.
Edward Saunders, 28, of 520 Jefferson Street, a Public Service station-master, was struck by lightning at a telephone switchboard and treated at Cooper Hospital.
Charles Kabanski, 39, of 885 Jefferson Street, was accused of firing a revolver at children and at Policeman Johnson during his arrest, and sentenced to three months in jail.
Peter Bolione, 36, of 915 Jefferson Street, suffered a compound arm fracture when a pneumatic drill kicked at the New York Shipbuilding plant.
City Solicitor E.G.C. Bleakly moved to acquire Delaware River street ends for Camden, filing Supreme Court suits over the ends of Jackson, Vanhook, Jasper, Emerald, Viola, and Winslow streets near Jefferson Street.
A Camden Post-Telegram death notice column listing recent funerals, including Mary A. Mowery, 58, of 360 Jefferson Avenue.
The Howland Croft & Sons Company erected a 235-foot chimney at Broadway and Jefferson Avenue — the tallest stack in Camden.
Howard Johnson of 934 Jefferson Street, driver of a coal wagon that ran over 3-year-old Hugh Birchall, was held by Mayor Westcott pending the child's recovery.
Theodore Lambert, held in the murder of baker William G. Kairer, was charged with two robberies including the theft of a watch and purse from Mrs. Frances Hutt of 908 Jefferson Avenue.
Camden Daily Courier - November 15, 1890 Many Houses Now Being Erected Camden builders do not seem to be deterred by the fear of financial panic or an idea that the McKinley bill presages disaster in business.