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Martin J. O'Brien

Bad Gas and Ugly Poles Stir Camden Citizens newspaper clipping, page 1
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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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Philadelphia Inquirer Camden column, April 28, 1895: General Sewell in Rome, Captain Frazee retiring
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A column of Camden local items from the Philadelphia Inquirer of April 28, 1895, including Captain Andrew B. Frazee's retirement from the Camden and Philadelphia Ferry Company and the O'Brien-Longworth wedding.

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