Salem County rewind looks back at our rich history through photos and news items from a century ago.
In this feature, which appears each week, we present a vintage photo of Salem County (along with a large number of other historic local photos in our accompanying gallery), and Salem County history tidbits taken from newspapers from a century ago.
SALEM COUNTY PICTURE FROM THE PAST
This vintage photo from Salem County shows Salem's Twelfth Regiment Band. The photograph is from 1909. The band was sought after for performances and appeared in many local and out-of-county events. There are mentions from news accounts of the time of the band playing in Swedesboro and Wilmington along with marching in local parades. (Times File Photo)
SALEM COUNTY HISTORY
Looking back 100 years ago in Salem County for this week in 1916, these news items were included in the Salem Sunbeam. They appear throughout the week in print in the South Jersey Times in our Salem County History feature.
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Last week Howard Newkirk, at his Salem news shop, sold more copies of Sunday papers than any other Sunday since he has been in business. The unusual demand was on a count of the Willard-Moran fight in New York.
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George Abbott Jr. of Moorestown is fitting up some of the rooms in the Abbott "Tide Mill Farm" in Mannington Township which he will use as a summer residence for members of his family on weekends in the coming weeks.
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Woodstown had another mad dog scare on Saturday. A dog was seen on Main Street acting in a strange manner and at least one resident's dog was bitten. So far, two made dogs have been killed in the borough.
A new gas main is being laid from the gas plant in Penns Grove to North Broad, out Broad to Maple and then to the DuPont village to supply the residents there with gas for the summer.
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A special election will be held in Upper Penns Neck next month on the proposition to erect a brick school house on the site of the old Cove school house. The appropriation is $36,000.
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Another moving picture place is to open up on North Broad Street in Penns Grove on Saturday night.
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Contractor B.F. Darlington has been making many improvements in the T.G. Dunn & Son store windows in downtown Salem which now have a fine appearance.
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