Streets
Burns Street
Burns Street was in Camden's Poet's Row neighborhood, named for Robert Burns. Three blocks of row homes built in the 1890s, all destroyed in the catastrophic Poet's Row fire of August 1972.
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John L. Westcott
Streets
Atlantic Avenue
Atlantic Avenue lies three blocks south of Kaighn Avenue and runs from Front Street east to Haddon Avenue. East of 7th Street it was and remains a mix of homes and commercial properties; between 7th and 9th Streets, I-676 and the elevated rail line cross the street, and east of 9th Street it is primarily residential.
People
John L. Westcott
John Leighton Westcott, notable for his tenure as Mayor of Camden from 1892 to 1898, should not be mistaken for John W. Wescott , who served as a judge in Camden for many years starting in 1885.
People
David Baird Sr.
David Baird Sr. was one of Camden's leading citizens for well over 50 years. Born in Ireland in on April 7th of 1839, he came to America in 1858 after the death of his father, and settled in Camden the following year.
Streets
3rd Street
Third Street runs north and south, parallel to the Delaware River, through North and South Camden, featuring notable corner buildings like the Security Trust Building at 301 Market Street and the Mickle Tower Apartment House at 200 Mickle Boulevard.
News Articles
News of a Day in the City of Camden
A Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden news for January 17, 1906, including the burial of former Mayor J. Leighton Westcott from his home at 221 North Third Street, and a girl's hand crushed in factory machinery at Ninth and Market Streets.
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First Ward Club Had a Jolly Time
Annual Election and Feast of Fun Held Last Night Camden Courier-Post - January 12, 1904 Hospitality was rampant at the First Ward Young Republican Club last night. The occasion was the annual meeting.
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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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Death of John H. Dialogue
The Camden Shipbuilder Succumbs to Heart Disease Stretch of a Long and Busy Life Closely Allied With the Interests of the City John H. Dialogue the ship builder of worldwide renown, whose serious illness was first made known by the Courier last Tuesday, died yesterday afternoon at his residence, northeast corner of Broadway and Pine Street .
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Shot Her Husband
Michael McCusker, superintendent of the Union News Company at the Federal street station, was shot in the abdomen at his home, 206 Benson street, and died at Cooper Hospital; his wife Florence McCusker was charged with his murder.
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Taylor Shot to Kill Him
Robert Taylor shoots Sumner Derrickson in a gambling dispute on Baxter Street; Derrickson taken to Cooper Hospital, Taylor arrested at the Federal Street ferry.
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Camden's Tragedy Still A Mystery
Philadelphia Inquirer - October 14, 1897 Two Men Arrested in Stockton, But They Easily Prove an Alibi. Police Are Puzzled Officials Believe the House Was Entered By a Burglar.
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Licenses Transferred
A January 1897 Philadelphia Inquirer report of liquor license transfers granted by the Camden board, including Caroline Hoelzle's to John S. Smith, and Commissioner Cooper's complaint about Xavier Schnurr's fine before Mayor Westcott.
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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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South Camden Siftings
South Camden news items from October 14, 1895: the Camden Horse Railroad Company took the summer cars off the Broadway line, R. H. Comey took out a permit for an addition to the dye works on Jefferson street, and Mayor Westcott gave two men five days for congregating at Eighth street and Kaighn avenue.
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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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Coal Wagon Runs Over Child
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.
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Charles Berry's Funeral
Camden Daily Courier, March 24, 1893: the funeral of fireman Charles G. Berry from his residence at 226 Point Street, with the mourners, floral tributes and pall bearers.