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By Thomas A. Bergbauer , Retired Courier-Post Editor; Additional notes by Phil Cohen One hundred years ago change was on the horizon and new ideas were in the minds of many as the new century was still in its infant years.
Harry McConnell, originally Henry Francis McConnell, was born on May 12, 1899, in Camden. He had an older brother, Dan McConnell, who was a well-known journalist in Camden, writing for the Camden Post-Telegram and the Camden Courier-Post.
Dan McConnell (born c. 1873, Pennsylvania) was a Camden lightweight boxer of the 1890s and early 1900s, managed by Oscar A. Eastlack, who later ran an oyster house at 125 Main Street in North Camden.