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804 Cooper Street - Baird Family Home - 1893
Historical Accounts

Old Cooper Street

Reprinted from the series of stories of Camden's earlier days, under the title Sixty Years in Camden County - Gosh! by Will Paul, appearing in The Community news, of Merchantville, NJ.

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David Baird Sr - circa 1886
People

David Baird Sr.

David Baird Sr. was one of Camden's leading citizens for well over 50 years. Born in Ireland in on April 7th of 1839, he came to America in 1858 after the death of his father, and settled in Camden the following year.

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Historical Accounts

Is Zat So!

Camden Courier-Post - February 25, 1938 By Gordon Mackay Fair, charming and, clever, Mrs. Rocco Palese is one of my "favorite girl friends" — this is rather an exclusive organization — to be found in South Jersey.

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News Articles

6th Ward Group Backs Leadership of Kobus

Support of City Commissioner Mary W. Kobus as "leader of the Republican Party in Camden County" is pledged in a resolution adopted by the Sixth Ward Republican Association , meeting in headquarters of the Camden County Republican Association , 506 Broadway .

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People

Republicans Seek Mrs. Hyland's Job on Election Board

Will Drop Mrs. Stinson To Win Place for Mrs. Caperoon - AIM AT CAPTURING POST OF SECRETARY Plan Revolves About Law's Jigsaw Puzzle on Member's Ages By MERCURY A change in the Republican membership of the Camden County Board of Elections will take place when that body reorganizes March 1, with the G. O. P. looking towards ousting Mrs. Emma E. Hyland , Democrat, as secretary of the board and commissioner of elections.

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Political Paragraphs

Camden Courier-Post - October 31, 1931 Gloucester Republicans concluded their final Baird rally of the campaign last night at their headquarters, 101 North King Street.

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News Articles

Four Prominent Physicians

Ben Courter's 1931 Camden Courier-Post reminiscence of four leading South Jersey physicians — Drs. Godfrey, Iszard, Davis and Gross — recalling how Dr. H. H. Davis transformed health care for Camden's schoolchildren.

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Camden Man Shot Lincolns Slayer - 1903-02-13
News Articles

Camden Man Shot Lincoln's Slayer

Boston Corbett , Who Killed Wilkes Booth, Remembered by Many Old Residents of the City To the minds of many of Camden's older residents the birthday of Abraham Lincoln recalled the day's years ago when they had within their midst Boston Corbett , the man who bore the distinction of having laid low John Wilkes Booth, the murderer of the martyred President, when he was making a break for liberty from the burning barn in Virginia.

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