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Sneak Thief Robs House
A sneak thief entered the home of Mrs. Erdbrink at 1209 Kaighn Avenue, Camden, and carried away $19; City Detective Charles Whaland investigated.
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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.
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Funeral of Dr. P. N. Litchfield
The funeral of Dr. Paul N. Litchfield, Assemblyman from Camden County, was held from his late home at 1100 Kaighn Avenue, with Speaker Charles A. Wolverton heading a large delegation of legislators; interment was made at Harleigh.
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William M'Cauley Expires Suddenly
A Camden Post-Telegram report of January 3, 1917 on sudden deaths: William McCauley of 464 Liberty Street, three-year-old Mary Wopsuke of 1132 Kaighn Avenue, and John Prettyman, 25, of 811 Howard Street, found dead in his father's stable.
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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 and Sycamore streets and taken to Cooper Hospital in critical condition.
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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.
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Lightning Starts Fires, Hits Trees, Stuns Three Boys
A sudden electrical storm on August 18, 1915 struck Camden hardest: lightning shocked three boys sheltering under an awning at Tenth and Penn streets, and set fires at the Parkside school, a Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, the Toone & Hollinshed department store at Broadway and Kaighn avenue, and the Camden Curtain Rod Factory at Broadway and Jackson streets.
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Firemen of Long Service Receive Good Promotion
Fire Chief John A. Stockton resigned after thirty-one years of service and City Council chose Deputy Chief Peter B. Carter as his successor, setting off a general move up in the Camden Fire Department.
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Negro Beat Him Up, He Says
John Trail, 35, of 1160 Thurman Street was taken to Cooper Hospital with head wounds after he told police he was struck with a club and robbed of $1.70 on Kaighn Avenue near Eighth Street.
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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.
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Railroad Victim Identified
The man killed by a West Jersey and Seashore Railroad electric train at Seventh Street and Kaighn Avenue was identified as Stanislaus Schmick, 42, of 1046 Everett Street. Philadelphia Inquirer, June 12, 1915.
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Heavy Bail Demanded; Man Later Released
After being arrested on a capias and held in $30,000 bail, Hallock A. Penrose, of the Penrose Motor Company, of Virginia, was released on his own recognizance by Circuit Court Judge Lloyd in Camden yesterday.
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To Help Those in Need
The Camden Rescue Society, organized to look after the "down and out class" of men, women and children, elected John A. Rogers president; the society has its headquarters at 231 Kaighn Avenue.
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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.
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100 Girls in Fire Scare; Chief's Auto Overturns
Fire Chief John A. Stockton and his chauffeur Martin Carrigan jumped clear as the chief's car skidded into a beer truck at Broadway and Kaighn Avenue while responding to a fire at the General Gas Mantle Company plant.
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Two Firemen Hurt in Crash With Car
The chemical engine of No. 7 Company, answering a fire alarm on Sycamore Street, sideswiped a Kaighn Avenue trolley and threw firemen Horace Cairns and George Boone to the street.
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Angry Suitor Shoots Woman, Kills Self
Joseph Broadway, 53, shot Mrs. Lydia Harris at her furnished room house at 512 Kaighn Avenue, Camden, after she rejected his advances, then turned the revolver on himself; he died at Cooper Hospital, where she was expected to recover.
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Celebrations by 3 Fire Companies
New Year's banquets were held by Engine Company No. 7, the firemen at Headquarters, and Hook and Ladder Truck No. 1; Daniel Smith was among the diners at Headquarters.
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Camden News Notes — November 19, 1912
Camden briefs for November 19, 1912, including Police Captain Stanley's discovery of ten cases of beer in an unoccupied house on Chestnut Street near Second.
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Negro Murdered by White Woman
Elizabeth Green stabs John Gideon in front of 731 Baxter Street; Gideon dies at Cooper Hospital fifteen minutes later.
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Camden News Notes — May 6, 1911
A May 1911 Philadelphia Inquirer item reporting the arrest of Alexander Jasienski, a leader among Camden's Polish residents, over a St. Joseph's Society celebration of the anniversary of Poland's constitution held at his Kaighn Avenue hall.
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Barber Breaks Away from Detective
Arrested by Detective Brothers on a charge made by 14-year-old Elmer Calloway, barber Alfor Printz broke away and fled until Reserve Policeman Brothers, the detective's brother, felled him with his club at Broadway and Kaighn avenue.
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Firemen Trapped in Burning Store
Seven Camden firemen, six of them from the Kaighn Avenue house, fought their way out back to back when flames surrounded them in a fire that gutted three stores at 1118-1122 Broadway; Mrs. Tillie Sackett saved two small girls whose clothing had caught fire.
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Deno Is Captain of New Company
City Council's Fire Committee named William Deno captain of the new fire company at Tenth Street and Kaighn Avenue, effective July 1, 1910, and sent John H. McTaggart to the Kaighn Avenue firehouse near Sixth Street.
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Committee Named Ten New Firemen
City Council's Fire Committee appointed ten new firemen for the new Engine Company No. 7 at Tenth Street and Kaighn Avenue; Daniel Smith and Arthur Wingate were advanced to stokers.
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Shot Down by Robber
Julius Spiegelhauser of 1417 South Tenth Street was shot in the abdomen by a kitchen intruder; Charles Cleaver was arrested within the hour as he attempted to cross the Kaighn's Point ferry.
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Hurt in Trolley Crash
City Detective Harry C. Moffett and Mrs. Sarah Kindy, of 721 Kaighn Avenue, were injured in a rear-end collision between two trolley cars at Ann Street and Kaighn Avenue, Camden; Dr. Paul N. Litchfield attended Mrs. Kindy.
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Carriage Accident
Responding to a fire alarm, the carriage carrying Assistant Chief George Cox and Driver Seth Monnell struck and ran over Dennie Ryan at Broadway and Kaighn Avenue; at Cooper Hospital he was found badly cut and bruised but not seriously injured. Philadelphia Inquirer, April 24, 1909.
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Camden News Notes
A column of Camden news items, including the nomination of officers for the Camden Police Pension Fund — with Edward Hyde nominated recording secretary — the funeral of George Bird, and the death of William Baldwin of 510 Kaighn Avenue.
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Suit Against Police Captain
Saloonkeeper Patrick Carr of Seventh Street and Kaighn Avenue sued Police Captain Stanley for $10,000, alleging that Stanley's testimony before the State Excise Commission naming Carr's saloon as one that should not be licensed damaged his business and character.
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In Jail, His License Revoked
The Camden Excise Board revoked the liquor license of Nicholas Verratti, jailed after his conviction for keeping a disorderly house at his saloon at 842 Locust Street, and granted license transfers to several other saloonkeepers.
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Funeral Cab in Runaway
Two horses drawing a cab in a funeral procession on Kaighn Avenue took fright at a trolley car and bolted; Police Captain Stanley stopped them at the risk of his life.
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Halseys Committed for Disorderly House
Harry Halsey and his wife, of Sixth Street and Kaighn Avenue, were committed to the county jail on a charge of keeping a disorderly house after a raid by Captain Stanley and squad.
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Kaighn Avenue House Raided
Captain Stanley and a squad descended on 260 Kaighn Avenue before dawn, capturing alleged proprietor Charles Fordyce and eight others; Fordyce was charged with keeping a disorderly house.
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Jottings from South Camden
The Camden Daily Courier's South Camden personal notes of December 24, 1906: George Staib of 1308 Broadway recovering from an operation, the Fireside New Year Association's parade route, and a Christmas family reunion at the Broadway home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert James.
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Plenty of Mix Ups Caused by Blaze
A slight fire at the Dunn Oil Cloth Works in South Camden badly burned Charles Hampton, and Fire Chief Elfreth's runaway carriage horse wrecked the Story Furniture Company awning and ran over Harry Haines, a blind fife player, in August 1906.
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Doings in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer - August 13, 1906 ** The flag poles on all the fire houses need painting. ** City Hall . Cooper. Pyne Point and Forest Kill parks were thronged yesterday. ** Open-air services were held by several of the churches yesterday.
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Hay Wagon Struck by Cape May Express
Philip Dorsey of 835 Bridge Avenue was driving a hay wagon for the Camden Lime Company when the Cape May express struck it at the Kaighn Avenue crossing.
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News of a Day in the City of Camden
A full day's Camden news for July 27, 1906, including Police Captain Stanley's capture of George Willingmire, wanted for a stabbing at Ninth and Chestnut Streets, after a desperate struggle on the way to jail.
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New Faces Behind Bars
The Camden Excise Commission granted a retail liquor license to Andrew Miller at 1423 South Tenth Street and approved several other license transfers.
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News of a Day in the City of Camden
Considerable surprise was manifested in Camden yesterday when it was announced that Anna Turner, the sixteen-year-old daughter of Frank Turner, a prominent builder and contractor, has been marred since January 21 to Louis Voegtlin, formerly of Camden, but now of Trenton.
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Three Firemen Met Death in Camden Blaze
Three firemen — George Shields, William Hillman, and William Jobes — are killed and nine people injured when fire destroys the old Sixth Regiment Armory in Camden.
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Camden News Notes
Camden briefs for February 19, 1906, including Captain Stanley's raid on Fannie Clark's house at 847 Locust Street, where the officers expected a wagon load of prisoners but found only the proprietress.
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May Have Jack-in-the-Box
Emil Steinhauer, 25, of 452 Henry Street, Camden, was arrested by Detective Hart on a charge of being the man who startled the household of Dr. A. B. Reader at 1135 Kaighn's Avenue by suddenly appearing in different parts of the home.
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News and Incidents of a Day in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer - March 1, 1905 Attacked at Third and Mickle street s, Camden, late Monday night by a man, Mrs. Bessie O. Day, of Seventh and Clinton streets , had her clothing cut in strips.
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No Clue to Bandits, But Suspects Spotted
Camden police were left without a clue after five armed men held up the State Street bridge tender, blew up a safe, and terrorized the outskirts of East Camden. Chief John Foster and his detectives chased leads as far as Elizabeth, New Jersey, without result.
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Many Persons Hurt While Celebrating
Rain stopped the morning exercises at the Pyne Point Park Fourth of July celebration in Camden in 1903, while the East Side's leading fireworks display was at the fire house at Twenty-seventh and Federal streets under Captain Amadee Middleton. Blank cartridges and toy cannon caused a string of injuries treated at Cooper Hospital and Homeopathic Hospital.
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Camden News Notes — February 1, 1903
Camden briefs for February 1, 1903, including Captain Stanley's raid on William W. Woomer's barber shop at 264 Kaighn Avenue on a warrant sworn out by Mrs. Edna M. Laird.
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Camden Notes — September 6, 1902
A column of Camden briefs for September 6, 1902, opening with Captain Arthur Stanley's appointment as aide-de-camp to State Commander Hann of the New Jersey G.A.R.
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Grand Lodge of the Colored Freemasons Elect Officers
The United Grand Lodge of Colored Free Masons closed its session at the new Masonic hall at Kaighn Avenue and Morris Street, electing A. W. Brown of Plainfield Grand Master; forty-eight lodges were represented, and U.S. Minister to Haiti William F. Powell attended.