Salem County Rewind offers a look back at our area's rich history through photographs and news items from a century ago.
In this feature, which appears each week, we present a vintage photo from Salem County (along with a large number of other historic local photos in an earlier gallery) and local history tidbits taken from newspapers of a century ago.
SALEM COUNTY PICTURE FROM THE PAST
This vintage photo from Salem County shows the old Salem County Jail in downtown Salem. This building was razed to make way for the "new" jail which has since been renovated and turned into the Salem County Administration Building at 94 Market Street. Indentifications on the back of the photo indicate Salem County Sheriff Hubert Layton and a gentleman identified as Albert Friedeman are shown in this shot we believe was taken in the late 1950s or early 1960s. It shows the dungeon-like cells that prisoners were housed in at the time. The jail today is outside of the county seat of Salem in Mannington Township. It's known today as the Salem County Correctional Facility. (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.
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Authorities are seeking the vandals who again placed a spike between the rails on the track between Quinton and Alloway which nearly an accident.
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An old-fashioned snapper, oyster and chicken pot pie supper will he held in the Methodist Church's Helping Hand Hall in Lower Alloways Creek. The Glaspey Band will provide the music for the event which will benefit the church's Steward's Fund.
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Many rabbits and pheasants have been killed by gunners in the Canton area in recent weeks, reports say.
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Canners have mostly finished their pack for the season in the county, but now have large stocks that still need to be shipped out.
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The smokeless gunpowder plant of the DuPont Co. at Carneys Point is continuing to work day and night because of the supplies needed because of the European War.
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The woods between Salem and Bridgeton have been filled with gunners as deer season opens.
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