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New Street

Narrow paved lane beside a black iron fence and a weedy lot, with brick and stucco houses ahead on Blaine Street, Camden.
Streets

Blaine Street

Named for James G. Blaine, the 1884 Republican presidential candidate, Blaine Street ran from South 7th Street to Trenton Avenue and through to Haddon Avenue. No houses stand on Blaine Street today.

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Scene of Camden Bombing
Streets

Ramona Gonzalez Street

Division Street runs across South Camden. In 1997, a portion of the street was renamed Ramona Gonzalez Street to honor a community leader; the remainder continues to be known as Division Street.

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Here and There in Camden, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 29, 1917.
News Articles

Here and There in Camden

Philadelphia Inquirer Camden briefs of May 29, 1917: a woman jailed for breaking a bottle over another's head, a railroad engineer's funeral, a German-American flag raising at Fourth and Viola Streets with an address by William Sangtinette, and a patriotic meeting.

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WITH PISTOL ARRESTS TWO Camden Policeman Alone Captures Alleged Store-breakers At the point of a revolver, Policeman Andrews, in Camden early yeste...
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With Pistol Arrests Two

Camden Policeman Andrews, at the point of a revolver, arrested Michael and Thomas Egan of New Street for breaking into the store of Benjamin Stout at 1130 South Third Street.

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