Introduction
This bar appears in the 1888–1889 Camden City Directories as being operated by a William Brown. The 1890 Directory shows F. Joseph Rouh as the operator. The bar stayed in the Rouh family through the summer of 1910. Ludwig Najulis was the proprietor by 1914. Ludwig Najulis, who had emigrated from Russia, sold the bar to the Jakubauskas family in July of 1919 after a fire. Ludwig Najulis and his wife Urszula were still living in Camden as late as 1930. They lived at 2124 Miller Street in 1923. Ursula Najulis died in 1938, Ludwig ten years later. They were both buried at Calvary Cemetery in what was then Delaware Township (present-day Cherry Hill), New Jersey.
By 1946 Victor G. Anderson owned and operated the bar, which was known as the Anderson Tavern. The bar and surrounding properties were taken and razed to make room for the Roosevelt Manor public housing project in the mid-1950s. Victor Anderson then purchased another bar in the next block at 852 Ferry Avenue, which he operated into the early 1970s.
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Named: L. Najulis Saloon, later known as the Anderson Tavern, 751 Ferry Avenue, Camden NJ, and June 1951.
Boys Find Charred Body in Fire Ruins
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Boys Find Charred Body in Fire Ruins
Dead Man’s Companion in Hospital Suffering From Burns
Special to The Inquirer.
One man was burned to death and another was burned about the hands and legs when the explosion of a lamp caused a fire in a barn which had been fitted up as a temporary dwelling in the rear of 751 Ferry Avenue, Camden, early yesterday morning. Michael Errieski, 45 years old, the dead man, was ordered to the Morgue by Coroner Rhone, while Stephen Shumluski, 50 years old, the other occupant of the place, was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital. Two boys looking over the ruins discovered the charred body of Errieski two hours after the fire was extinguished.
The flames spread to the home of Ludwig Nijdis, a saloonkeeper at 751 Ferry avenue, causing a loss of about $300, while the homes of Frederick Smith, 755 Ferry avenue, and Mrs. S. J. Rouh, widow of the late Justice of the Peace Rouh, were damaged to the extent of about $300 each. Smith also lost the contents of a plumbing shop. At a time it was believed a horse belonging to Smith had been lost in the fire. Policeman Karl Quinton proved himself a hero by throwing a blanket over the animal’s head and dragging the horse to the street. He also aroused the family of Smith in the nick of time. The home of Mrs. Jennie Stevenson, 1848 Kossuth Street, just north of where the fire started, was entirely gutted, causing a loss of about $1,500 to the 2½-story frame structure. Most of the loss is covered by insurance.
Jefferson Athletic Association Advertisement
Named: Advertisement from the First Annual Grand Ball Program, Jefferson Athletic Association, and February 21, 1919.
Final Resting Place of Ludwig & Ursula Najulis
Final Resting Place of Ludwig & Ursula Najulis