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Rosedale Homes
A March 1954 Camden Courier-Post advertisement for Rosedale Homes, twin brick houses at 413 38th Street in East Camden, offered at $10,250 through realtor Philip B. Tannenbaum.
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Bandit Gets Whisky and $85 Cash
A holdup man took $85.55 from the K Liquor Store at 321 Market Street, and the same night burglars failed to open a safe at the Cooperson auto body repair shop at 38 North 4th Street.
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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.
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Police Investigate 3 Fires in 4 Hours In One Section
Kaighn School Razed; Blazes Set in Church, Unoccupied House Police today are investigating the possibility that three fires Wednesday within a quarter-mile area inside of three hours and 46 minutes were the work of a firebug.
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Mayor, City Aides to Confer Monday on Weed Removal
Mayor Brunner called a July 1950 conference to coordinate city departments in clearing high grass and weeds from Camden — a campaign during which crews uncovered and destroyed more than 200 wild marijuana plants on a city lot at Chelton Avenue and Arlington Street.
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Ellis Goodman
1950 Courier-Post profile of Camden realtor Ellis Goodman, who had been in business for 24 years at the same location, 515 Market Street.
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William L. Adams Sr.
William L. Adams Sr., 61, of 553 North 28th Street, died at home. Born in South Camden, he was a longtime East Camden resident, former Standard Oil employee, and Holy Name Society member. Survived by widow Mary C., two sons, five daughters.
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Life Hereabouts
Charley Humes's "Life Hereabouts" column of May 14, 1949, recalling the 1924 Broadway Cycle–Courier team that won the South Jersey semi-pro basketball championship, with Ott Laxton among the First Ward players remembered.
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Michel Confirmed as Prosecutor Here
Camden Courier-Post - July 1, 1941 Senate Finally Approves Choice Announced by Edison 2 Months Ago Trenton, June 30.
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R. M. Hollingshead, Jr., Pays Fine as Speeder
R. M. Hollingshead Jr. was fined $15 for driving 75 miles per hour on the Burlington Pike. Gordon Snyder, 23, of 709 North 28th Street, was fined $5 for having no driver's license.
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Marriage Licenses
Marriage license notices published October 28, 1936, including Albert Schilder of 938 North Second Street, Camden, and Margaret C. Kesley of 35 Cornell Avenue.
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Cigar Store Raided by 'Secret 6' Squad
Camden police Chief Arthur Colsey's "Secret Six" squad raided a cigar store at 217 Market Street, arresting Oscar Bendler of 310 Erie Street on gambling charges and seizing horse racing sheets and $114.
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7 Held as Cops Raid Card Game in Home
Seven men were arrested last night when police raided a private home after receiving a “tip” that a card game was in progress.
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Elks Add 130 Members to Rolls at Record Initiation Tonight
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Camden Lodge of Elks tonight will shatter all initiation records of recent years. In addition to 50 new members to be received 80 former members are to be reinstated.
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Swung at Sgt. Smith, Sentence Suspended
A man who allegedly aimed a blow at Sgt. Ray Smith, ex-heavyweight champion of the A.E.F. Tuesday night received a 30-day suspended sentence in police court yesterday.
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Owl's Studio Dance
Camden Courier-Post - February 6, 1933 The Owl's Studio tonight will present Willard Rodman and his Hotel Hildebrecht orchestra, one of the best known "syncopation manufacturers" in the East.
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3 Panhandlers Jailed After Cop Testifies
Three panhandlers were sentenced to six months each in jail by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast after Patrolman Earl Wright testified they had been panhandling at Second and Market Streets.
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Young G.O.P. to Dine County Party Chiefs
County Republican leaders were to be guests of the Young Republicans of Camden County at a July 14, 1932 dinner at the Lotus Restaurant, 517 Market Street, celebrating completion of the Young Republicans' membership drive; plans were made at Republican Headquarters, Broadway and Stevens Street.
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Reckless Driver Held After Punching Cop
A Philadelphia motorist who forced off-duty Policeman Earl Wright's car onto the sidewalk and punched him was chased to the bridge and arrested on reckless driving and assault charges.
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Sentiment Ruled in Rejecting Bid, Pastor Declares
Camden Courier-Post - June 11, 1932 Offer of $5,300,000 for Catholic Church Property Disclosed in Court.
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Moore In Camden Speech Demands Fairness at Polls
Demanding a fair election and protection to Democratic voters, A. Harry Moore was greeted here last night by the largest crowd to gather at a Democratic meeting in Camden's recent history.
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Democrats to Hold Meetings Tonight
The campaign for A. Harry Moore, gubernatorial candidate, and local Democratic candidates, will be carried into six wards of the city and in seven communities of the county tonight.
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American Jewish Yearbook, 1931–1932
The American Jewish Yearbook, 1931–1932, published by the Jewish Publication Society of America, lists 40 Camden annual members with their addresses, including Lewis Liberman, 307 Market Street.
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Dr. S. H. Quint Dead Here After Illness
Dr. Silas H. Quint, a retired Camden physician noted in local Democratic circles, died at his home at 726 North Fourth Street after an illness.
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Veterans Carried Pall
Surviving members of Company G, Twelfth Regiment — Arthur C. Stanley among them — served as pall-bearers at the Camden funeral of Dr. Henry F. Chew, the regiment's Civil War lieutenant colonel.
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Finds Daughter at Ardmore
Phillipo Del Guerra of 124 Market Street found his missing 17-year-old daughter Margaret with Lino Bataloni of 613 North Front Street at Ardmore; both were arrested.
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Real Estate Transfers
A Philadelphia Inquirer column of recorded real estate transfers for November 1914, including the sale of 845-847 and 849 South Third Street — the Travis Building — by G. Frank Travis to Joseph Palese for $13,000.
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Don't Say How Old He Is
W. Harry Smith, then with George W. Fry's buffet at 29 North Third Street, was congratulated by his friends on his birthday anniversary, the Camden Daily Courier reported in September 1910.
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John Humes Hurt in Runaway
John Humes, a driver for J. R. Carson, a grocer of Third and Birch streets, was thrown beneath his wagon and had his shoulder broken in a runaway that aroused Camden's business section.
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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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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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Four Tossed from an Automobile
Camden Letter Carrier's Machine Ran Away and Its Occupants Were Cut and Bruised Harry Reir, a well known Camden letter carrier, with his wife, a small son and a sister, was thrown from an automobile at Delaware avenue and Market street , Camden, last night and all were more or less cut and bruised.
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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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Bad Gas and Ugly Poles Stir Camden Citizens
Camden householders and businessmen complained of poor gas and electric service at high prices, and of the Eastern Telephone and Telegraph Company's pole-raising. Philip Burch drove off a pole gang with hot and cold water, and property owners prepared to demand revocation of the company's franchise before City Council.
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Over in Camden
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Camden roundup of December 22, 1898: an incorporation, a missing boy, a burglary, a man charged with stealing overcoats and captured at the Federal Street Ferry, and city officials and policemen down with the grip.
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Side-Splitting Farce Goes On
The Camden Daily Telegram's account of the Police Committee's hearings on charges against city policemen, at which Dr. “Mark Hanna” Davis was noted as absent from the Reformers' deliberations.
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Death Lurked on a Camden Street
Philadelphia Inquirer - January 7, 1898 HARRY J. SCHAEFER STEPPED ON A LIVE WIRE AND DIED IN AWFUL AGONY.
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Malt License
An 1897 Camden Post-Telegram report of the malt-drink licenses granted and refused by the Court of Common Pleas, including Henry Garren at 27 South 4th Street.
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Camden News — July 28, 1887
Philadelphia Inquirer - July 28, 1887 Resignation of a Pastor, Meeting of a Council Committee and Other Items. Rev. E. V. Glover, for many years pastor of the Alloways Baptist Church, has resigned.
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Personal Sketches — No. 4: Josiah Matlack
An 1880 character sketch of Josiah Matlack, newly appointed Chief of Police of Camden, tracing his early life, a carpentry accident, his produce-commission business, and his service on the Board of Education and City Council.
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Tape Worm Removed Alive, Head and All
Camden Courier-Post - September 27th, 1879 Tape Worm Removed Alive, Head and All with two doses of Mrs. Dr. Fearn's Herb Medicine.
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The Year 1853 - Camden NJ
The Camden City Medical Society was organized June 2, 1853.
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The Year 1851 - Camden NJ
The drug store at Fifth and Federal Streets , which was still in existence in 1928, was opened by Dr. T.G. Rowand in 1851. This store was owned successively by A.P. Brown and Dr. George M. Beringer .
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The Year 1849 - Camden, NJ
The West Jersey Hotel at Delaware Avenue and Market Street was built by the West Jersey Ferry Company in 1849. The name was changed to new Camden Hotel in 1909.
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The Year 1837, Camden, NJ
City Council authorized the construction of a market house on Market Street at the intersection of Third Street on March 13, 1837. This market house containing 8 stalls was erected at a cost of $250, and was ready for use December 28, 1837.
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The Year 1836 - Camden, NJ
The Camden Cemetery, known in modern times as Old Camden Cemetery, adjoining the Newton Friends' burying grounds, through an action of a town meeting of the Township of Camden, was founded on March 10, 1836.