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    by Published on 02-28-08 11:45 PM

    Joseph Wharton Dead.

    Prominent Ironmaker Expires at Home in Philadelphia

    PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 11. — Joseph Wharton, one of the prominent residents of this city and one of the largest individual iron manufacturers in the United States, died at his home in the suburbs to-day, aged 83 years. He was stricken with paralysis last June.

    Joseph Wharton was born in Philadaiphia on March 3, 1826. He ...
    by Published on 02-28-08 11:44 PM

    Willis J. Buzby, 67, well-known resident of the pines, died suddenly at his home in Chatsworth late Wednesday night... ...
    by Published on 02-28-08 11:43 PM

    Charles S. Boyer, 67, well known historian and retired Camden business man, died yesterday at his home, 205 East Central avenue, Moorestown. He had been ill but a short time. As president and one of the leaders of the Camden County Historical Society for many years, he was considered an authority on early New Jersey history and was the author of several books and pamphlets. One of the most widely ...
    by Published on 11-20-07 11:48 PM

    From “Salter’s History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties,” by Edwin Salter, E. Gardner & Son, Bayone, NJ 1890.

    The following is an additional well-authenticated account of that noted Indian character, INDIAN WILL, originally furnished to the Shore Press:

    Long, long years ago, when this section of country bordering on the Atlantic ocean was one continuous wild waste, with nothing save stinted pi ...
    by Published on 11-20-07 11:47 PM

    Few people have probably heard of the events that transpired on July 13, 1928 in Burlington County. Even fewer people would known that during the age of the great aviators, Mexico would have their own Lindbergh - a figure of great patriotism and a hero to the Mexican people.

    The residents around the area of Chatsworth and Tabernacle in Burlington County, however, know of the events. Lost in the ...
    by Published on 11-18-07 11:46 PM

    BATSTO – The Batsto Citizens Committee recently kicked off celebrations in honor of its upcoming 50th anniversary with a event honoring the families of Pine Barrens pioneers, and a rededication of the Joseph J. Truncer research library at the Batsto Visitors Center.

    Falling snow did not stop what turned out to be standing room only crowds who came to hear speakers talk about the Committee, and ...