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William T. Boyle

Kentucky Rosebud (Walter Edgerton)
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Walter Edgerton

Walter Edgerton (1854–1930), Camden professional boxer who fought as "Kentucky Rosebud." A featherweight who boxed professionally from 1886 to 1921, fought featherweight champion George Dixon, and won a bout past age 60.

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North 10th and State Street - 2010-03-31
Streets

10th Street

City directory records and newspaper accounts for 10th Street, one of Camden’s longest thoroughfares, running from State Street in North Camden through Cramer Hill and Whitman Park to Morgan Village, 1870s–1970s.

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Penn Street Looking East from 4th Street - 1910
Streets

Penn Street

Runs east from the Delaware River to North.

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Samuel M Shay - 1928-01-31
News Articles

Judge Shay to be Next Prosecutor

Camden Trenton Bureau Trenton, Jan. 31 - The name of Judge Samuel M. Shay , of the Camden County Court of Common Pleas, has been handed to Governor Moore as the choice of the Camden Democratic organization for prosecutor, succeeding Ethan Wescott .

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War Work Director Named
News Articles

War Work Director Named

Philadelphia Inquirer - October 27, 1918 F. Morse Archer , president of the National State Bank , is to direct the Camden drive for the war work fund.

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Portraits of Harry Duffield, Fred Coursey, and Linnans Staley
News Articles

Boy's Brutal Murderer Collapses at Hearing

Fred Coursey and Harry Duffield collapse in Police Court as Detective John Painter recounts the robbery killing of 18-year-old Karl Kellmann at Twenty-seventh and Sherman streets; Linnans Staley is committed as a principal.

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