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Viola Street
Viola Street runs west from Ancona Street across Broadway to the railroad tracks and Interstate 676. City directory records, newspaper clippings, and photos from 1891 to 1983.
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Thomas J. Cunningham
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Louis Street
Louis Street runs between Haddon Avenue and Mount Ephraim Avenue, from Mount Vernon Street south to Sheridan Street. Primarily residential with many corner businesses, it passes Whitman Park and was devastated by the crack epidemic of the 1980s.
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Kaighn Avenue
One of Camden's major east-west streets, running from Kaighn's Point at the Delaware River east to Admiral Wilson Boulevard and the Airport Circle in Pennsauken, with block-by-block address histories from the 1860s through the early 2000s.
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Baxter Street
Baxter Street (formerly Newton Street and locally known as "Hog Alley") ran from South 7th Street to Mount Ephraim Avenue in South Camden, notorious for decades as a hub of illegal activity; largely demolished, the 700 block survives as an overgrown alley.
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2 Police Officers Made Lieutenants
Sergeants Samuel Johnson and Thomas Cunningham were sworn in as Camden police lieutenants, and reports circulated that five patrolmen — among them Edward Hahn of the third district — would soon be promoted to sergeant.
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Street is Ordered Closed by City to Save Woman's Life
At the request of Dr. Clement T. Branch, the City of Camden roped off Ninth Street between Walnut and Cherry Streets so that traffic noise on the cobblestones would not endanger his critically ill patient, Mrs. Hattie Jones of 954 South Ninth Street.
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Police to Probe $200,000 Kaighn Ave. Fire
Mayor Charles H. Ellis ordered an investigation into the $200,000 fire that destroyed the Economy Store and adjoining buildings at 427-429 Kaighn Avenue, injuring five Camden firemen — one of them, Captain Martin B. Carrigan, critically.
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Funeral of Sergeant Reader
Six former members of the Camden police force served as pallbearers at the funeral of former Sergeant of Police John Reader, with services at his son's home at 1135 Haddon Avenue.
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Police Carnival was a Gigantic Success
The second annual industrial show and carnival of the Camden Police Beneficial Association draws more than 50,000 to the Third Regiment Armory; Captain Edward Hyde served on the organizing committee.
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Mad Dog Shot by Policeman Cunningham
George Amme of Louis Street, Camden, was badly bitten in August 1906 when his pet fox terrier suddenly went mad; Policeman Cunningham shot the dog.
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Raided a Gambling Den
Captain Arthur Stanley and a squad of officers raid an alleged gambling den at 729 Baxter Street, capturing six men with crap and poker paraphernalia.