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Wilson Adams Obituary

Camden Courier-Post - October 26, 2005 Age 69, of Camden. Died Friday, October 21, 2005, in Cooper Medical Center, Camden. ADAMS, WILSON EPHRAIM - Born in Camden, NJ, he has been a life long area resident.

October 26, 2005·2 min read

Historical Accounts

My Camden Heritage

By Dr. Samuel Zuckerman As published in the Jewish Community Voice , January 5, 2005. I am sitting in my den and close my eyes, I see the city as it was in my youth and recall the many people that crossed my path.

January 5, 2005·8 min read

Wite Cleaners - 2003-07-09

For Cleaners, 'Time Caught Up With Us'

Changes in clothing, economy lead brothers to close Camden business By JEANNE RIDGWAY, Courier-Post Staff CAMDEN — The dry cleaning business isn't what it used to be, and David White, 76, and his brother Benjamin, 75, are finally calling it quits.

July 9, 2003·4 min read

Camden honors heroics of firemen — Camden Courier-Post, October 13, 1979

Camden Honors Heroics of Firemen

Three Camden firefighters were cited for rescuing an 8-month-old girl from a burning bedroom at 1482 Kaighns Avenue; firefighter Michael Galasso revived the infant with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

October 13, 1979·1 min read

Kaighns Ave. Cafe Gets New Owners

Kaighns Ave. Cafe Gets New Owners

Rabon Mosley, his wife Willa Mae and their son Rabon Jr. of 638 South 4th Street bought the Green Goose Cafe at 251½ Kaighns Avenue and renamed it Ray's Green Goose.

August 3, 1960·1 min read

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Mad Hatter - Boston Corbett

Bulletin of the Camden County Historical Society - February 1960 The Man who Shot the Man who Shot Lincoln by Arthur D. Pierce and Howard R. Kemble The year was 1870. The address was 308 Mechanic Street , Camden, New Jersey.

February 1, 1960·9 min read

Camden Courier-Post, November 11, 1958 — Kaighns Ave. Shop Looted, 1504 Baird Avenue

Kaighns Ave. Shop Looted of Tools

Copper piping and tools were stolen from Dan's Metal Products at 318 Kaighns Avenue, reported by proprietor Daniel Greenstein of 1504 Baird Avenue — Camden Courier-Post, November 11, 1958.

November 10, 1958·1 min read

801 to 829 Kaighn Avenue flood, August 11, 1958

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Flood on Kaighn Avenue — August 11, 1958

On August 11, 1958, a heavy rainstorm coinciding with high tide flooded Kaighn Avenue through South Camden between 8th and 10th Streets and Mt. Ephraim Avenue. The scene was documented in a series of photographs by Bob Bartosz.

August 11, 1958·3 min read

2 Men Given 6 Months on Theft Counts - newspaper clipping

2 Men Given 6 Months on Theft Counts

Municipal Judge Marino gave six-month jail sentences to two men for theft of an auto battery and $5 of gasoline; Sgt. Earl Wright testified in the gasoline case.

December 18, 1957·2 min read

Two N. Camden Men Attacked by Thugs

Two N. Camden Men Attacked by Thugs

Two North Camden men, including Joseph Packer of 621 Grant Street, reported being attacked in separate street assaults in December 1957.

December 15, 1957·1 min read

Newspaper clipping: S. Camden Man Hurt By Hit-Run Driver

S. Camden Man Hurt By Hit-Run Driver

Herman O'Neal, 41, of 139 Spruce Street was seriously injured on Kaighns Avenue near Locust Street by a hit-and-run driver; Det. Sgt. Joseph Hooven of the accident division described the car sought.

December 14, 1957·1 min read

Camden fire alarms clipping, Camden Courier-Post, September 20, 1957

Camden Fire Alarms

Camden fire alarms logged from midnight Wednesday to midnight Thursday, September 1957, including a fire at 35 Leonard Avenue and one at 215-21 Kaighn Avenue.

September 19, 1957·1 min read

Hospital Cases roundup, Camden Courier-Post, February 3, 1956

Hospital Cases

Cooper and West Jersey hospital admissions reported in the Camden Courier-Post of February 3, 1956, including Rita Procacci of 1125 South 3rd Street, treated for burns of the right hand.

February 3, 1956·1 min read

Headline: 5 Children Die in South Jersey Waters, Camden Courier-Post August 12, 1954

5 Children Die in South Jersey Waters

Three Drummond children of 912 Chestnut Street drowned in the Cooper River at Camden County Park while fishing; two more children died at Sea Isle City the same day. Camden firemen including Wesley Faust worked the recovery.

August 12, 1954·4 min read

City to Limit All Night Parking to Clean Streets

City to Limit All-Night Parking In Move to Clean Main Streets

By Ronald G. Van Tine Restrictions on nightlong parking on principal streets in the business district will be tried out early next year as a major step in a campaign to make Camden a cleaner city in which to live and work.

December 26, 1953·3 min read

Camden Courier-Post, November 23, 1953 — Five Fined in Raid at 703 Kaighns Ave.

Five Fined in Raid at 703 Kaighns Ave.

Five people, including Linwood Braxton of 2000 Kossuth Street, were fined after a police dice raid on a home at 703 Kaighns Avenue.

November 23, 1953·1 min read

Dominick Persiani Rites Arranged for Saturday - 1953-05-21

Dominick Persiani Rites Arranged for Saturday

Camden Courier-Post - May 21, 1953 High Mass for Dominick J. Persiani , 35, will be sung Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Sacred Heart R. C. Church . Relatives in the funeral home of Joseph A. Falco, 1020 S. 4th st. , where friends may call Friday night.

May 21, 1953·2 min read

Camden Courier-Post, July 24, 1941 — 7 Camden Women Pass State Tests

7 Camden Women Pass State Tests

Trenton, July 24.—Helen M. Redfield, 624 Royden street, Camden, scored first out of a list of seven women who passed the examination for information clerk in the Camden Welfare Department, the State C

July 24, 1941·1 min read

Camden Courier-Post clipping: Mute Saved from Jail for Refusal to Speak

Mute Saved from Jail for 'Refusal' to Speak

Alexander Purzycki of 1267 Kaighn Avenue, arrested in Johnson Park by Policeman Raymond Stark, would not answer questions at headquarters or in police court. City Jailer William Michalak told Judge Gene R. Mariano the man was a deaf mute, and the charge was dismissed.

June 4, 1939·1 min read

Camden Courier-Post, February 23, 1938 — Henry Szczesniewski, Dance Chairman

Dance Chairman

Henry Szczesniewski of 1855 South Tenth Street, chairman of the St. George's Holy Name Society pre-Lenten dance at New Hall on Tenth Street and Kaighn Avenue, raising funds for a church organ.

February 23, 1938·1 min read

Man Gets 4 Months for Saloon Entry

John H. Fagen was sentenced to four months for breaking into a South Second Street saloon "just to buy a drink." In the same court session Policeman Earl Wright testified against Earl Bundy in a liquor case.

February 2, 1938·2 min read

NATHAN KATZ FINED, ESCAPES PRISON

Judge Neutze Influenced by Restitution, Poor Health in Suspending, Sentence Nathan U. Katz, 44, former Kaighn Avenue real estate dealer, pleaded non vult yesterday before Judge Frank F. Neutze in Criminal Court to a charge of embezzling a total of $4586.27 from four building and loan associations he represented.

February 17, 1936·2 min read

Charity Donation - Stock Photo

Jews End Campaign to Raise Charity Funds

Camden Courier-Post - June 24, 1933 The Federation of Jewish Charities concluded its campaign for funds Thursday night with a banquet attended by workers and directors of the organization, at the Talmud Torah , 621 Kaighn Avenue .

June 24, 1933·1 min read

Thieves Take cigars in Sons of Italy Hall

Camden Courier-Post - June 23, 1933 A black leather pocketbook containing $5.50, papers and house keys, was stolen Wednesday night from the parked automobile of Violet Byers, 413 Broadway , on Park Boulevard near Kaighn Avenue .

June 23, 1933·1 min read

Three Men Arrested for Street Holdup

Three Camden residents were arrested after an Ardmore man was robbed of his watch and $25 near Second and Pine streets, including Viola Lewis of 315 Division Street.

June 12, 1933·1 min read

License of Driver Freed, Is Revoked

A South Camden man, convicted in police court of drunken driving, but acquitted on his appeal to Judge Samuel Shay, will seek reinstatement of his driver's license which was revoked officially today by Motor Vehicle Commissioner Harold G. Hoffman.

May 11, 1933·1 min read

Man Hurt in Car-Bus Crash — George W. Garner

Man Hurt in Car-Bus Crash

A December 1932 Camden Courier-Post report on a head-on collision between a bus and an automobile at Eighth Street and Kaighn Avenue; city fireman George W. Garner suffered a fractured arm, and the bus was driven by J. S. Harrison of 311 North 38th Street.

December 11, 1932·1 min read

Camden Courier-Post, June 8, 1932 — Bad Luck Story Fails as Court Fines Man

Bad Luck Story Fails as Court Fines Man

Restaurant proprietor Gus Seletos of 1221 South Tenth Street was fined $100 by Judge Swackhamer for passing worthless checks, despite pleading a broken leg and seven children to support.

June 8, 1932·1 min read

Camden Courier-Post, June 6, 1932 — Three Youths Arrested in Stolen Automobile

Three Youths Arrested in Stolen Automobile

Charles Di Ciano of 1909 Kossuth Street and two companions were arrested by Haddon Township police in an automobile reported stolen from Broadway.

June 6, 1932·1 min read

635 and 601-605 South 3rd Street: Wiley Will Open More Rooms for Homeless Men, Camden Courier-Post, June 6, 1932

Wiley Will Open More Rooms for Homeless Men

Wiley M. E. Church opened another ten-cent rooming house at 741 Kaighn Avenue in June 1932, with 25 beds, alongside the 65 at its Wiley Haven for Homeless Men at 601-605 South Third Street.

June 6, 1932·1 min read

2 Men Pay Fines for Interference

Two men were fined $25 each for interfering with Motorcycle Policeman Earl Wright's investigation of a 2:20 a.m. auto accident at Ninth Street and Kaighn Avenue.

March 19, 1932·2 min read

Cooper Hospital Cases — Camden Courier-Post, December 28, 1931

Cooper Hospital Cases

Emergency room cases at Cooper Hospital on December 28, 1931, including William May, 48, of 2118 Berwick Street, treated for bruises of chest and ribs after falling down stairs.

December 28, 1931·1 min read

Democrats to Hold Meetings Tonight

Candidacy of Moore to be Expounded at Meetings in City and Suburbs The campaign foe A. Harry Moore, gubernatorial candidate, and local Democratic candidates, will be carried into six wards of the city and in seven communities or the county tonight.

October 29, 1931·2 min read

Four Prominent Physicians

Ben Courter's 1931 Camden Courier-Post reminiscence of four leading South Jersey physicians — Drs. Godfrey, Iszard, Davis and Gross — recalling how Dr. H. H. Davis transformed health care for Camden's schoolchildren.

October 26, 1931·5 min read

Charity Solicitor Gets 50-Day Term

William W. Jones, arrested by Motorcycle Policeman Earl Wright for soliciting "charity" funds on a Philadelphia permit, was sentenced to 50 days in jail by Police Judge Pancoast.

October 26, 1931·2 min read

Players Lined up, Relieved of $200

Roxie Allen Held as One of Gang in Dice Game Holdup

Pugilist and Pal Identified as 2 of 4 bandits in Landisville Robbery Players Lined Up, Relieved of $200 Robbers Flee in Stolen Car With Crippled Man at Wheel Roxie Allen , Camden's famed welterweight boxer, and one of his pals were arrested last night and Identified, according to police, as two of four men who held up a craps game early yesterday at Landisville.

December 8, 1930·3 min read

Bail is Denied Roxie Allen

Bail Is Denied Roxie Allen in Robbery of 15 in Craps Game

Three Pals of Camden Boxer Also Jailed at Shore for Grand Jury Quartet Identified by Poolroom Owner Limp Betrays Fighter at Landisville - Says He Did Not Aid Holdup Identified as four of the five bandits who held up and robbed 15 men at a craps game in a Landisville poolroom yesterday, Roxie Allen , well-known South Jersey boxer, and three other South Camden youths are under arrest today.

December 8, 1930·4 min read

Two Alleged Gangsters Trapped by Cops in Harleigh Cemetery — Camden Courier-Post, December 1, 1930

Two Alleged Gangsters Trapped by Cops in Harleigh Cemetery

A weekend crime sweep in Camden: two alleged Philadelphia gangsters were trapped in Harleigh Cemetery by Patrolman Howard Bean and others, while a South Camden grocer routed two holdup men — four suspects held for the Grand Jury.

December 1, 1930·5 min read

3 Youths Held as Blaze Razes Grain Plant of Sitley and Son

Damage in Fire at Sixth and Bulson Streets Estimated at $45,000 Four Men Risk Lives to Save Two Horses Boys Believed by Police Probers to Have Been Smoking in Building Three boys are being held and two others are sought in the investigation of the $45.000 fire which today destroyed the warehouse of Sitley & Son , wholesale hardware, roofing material and grain dealers at Sixth and Bulson streets.

April 18, 1930·5 min read

Joseph Sparks obituary — Camden Courier-Post, May 21, 1928

Joseph Sparks

Policeman Joseph Sparks, a city employee for 17 years, died at West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital from spinal meningitis. He lived at 20 North Twenty-eighth Street and had served as a patrolman since 1918, after seven years as a junior captain in Fire Company No. 7.

May 21, 1928·1 min read

Camden Courier-Post, April 2, 1928 - Man and Wife Saved by Passing Firemen

Man and Wife Saved by Passing Firemen

Trapped over a blazing butcher shop on Kaighn Avenue, a man and wife were carried down a ladder by Engine Company 9 firemen returning from one of four serious fires that called out every piece of apparatus in Camden.

April 2, 1928·4 min read

Voodoo Is Held for Murder, headline banner, Camden Courier, April 9, 1925

'Voodoo' Is Held for Murder

Police held "Doctor" H. H. Hyghcock without bail after discovering a maze of tunnels, "witch caves," and gruesome remains beneath 413 and 415 Liberty Street; Police Judge Cleary first held him on lesser charges.

April 9, 1925·9 min read

907 Kaighn Avenue, 1923 — George W. Benson funeral parlor

Frank Holmes Dies

Frank H. Holmes, 65, of 1751 Miller Street, died at his home after months of illness; funeral services were held at the parlors of undertaker George W. Benson, Jr., 907 Kaighn Avenue.

September 17, 1923·1 min read

City Is Mourning Carrigan's Death

Camden's municipal buildings, police stations and firehouses were draped in mourning for Captain Martin Carrigan, who died of injuries received fighting the Kaighn Avenue fire; city council voted to pay the expense of his funeral.

January 21, 1922·2 min read

Captain Carrigan Dies of Hurts in Kaighn Ave. Fire

Captain Martin B. Carrigan of Engine Company No. 2 died at Cooper Hospital of a fractured skull and severe burns received while leading his men at the Economy Store fire on Kaighn Avenue.

January 19, 1922·4 min read

Hold Woman's Assailant

Hold Woman's Assailant

Jacob Ballerstein, 47, of 1149 Baring Street, held in $200 bail for assault and battery on Mrs. Rebecca Hoffman after striking her with a broom near a saloon on Second Street and Kaighn Avenue.

September 11, 1918·1 min read

Hit by Thrown Brick - 1916-08-09 - Philadelhpia Inquirer

Hit by Thrown Brick, Camden Youth May Die

Meyer Pinsky, 16, of 1415 Kaighn Avenue, was struck on the head by a brick thrown in a street fight at Ann (now Maurice) and Sycamore streets and taken to Cooper Hospital in critical condition.

August 9, 1916·1 min read

Auto Fire Engine Skids Into Window - Philadelphia Inquirer clipping

Auto Fire Engine Skids Into Window

Company No. 3's auto fire engine skidded at Broadway and Kaighn Avenue and crashed into a store window at Broadway and Locust Street; Engineer Daniel Smith and Stoker Arthur Wingate jumped to safety while Driver Michael Brown stuck to his post.

November 13, 1915·1 min read

Twenty Glass Workers Strike, Philadelphia Inquirer, June 17, 1915

Twenty Glass Workers Strike

Twenty men struck the American Art Glass Company at Front and Kaighn Avenue over contract prices; police were called to head off trouble with strikebreakers.

June 17, 1915·1 min read

Philadelphia Inquirer, October 22, 1914 — Camden at a Glance, trolley accident

Camden at a Glance

A runaway Haddonfield trolley struck William Clark and Joseph Johnson of 1140 South Tenth Street at Newton Street and Haddon Avenue; both men were treated at Cooper Hospital.

October 21, 1914·1 min read