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Carr and Bogert arrested for burglary, 1921

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New Jersey Courier 15 Jul 1921

Chatsworth cranberry festival, 2015

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Chatsworth Hooch, 1924

New Jersey Courier 8 Feb 1924 CHATSWORTH HOOCH CAUSES ONE DEATH, ANOTHER ILL Whiskey, of the Chatsworth "block and fall" variety, is blamed for the death of William CHAMBERLAIN, 68 years old, cranberry picker on the bogs of the Applegate Land and Improvement Company near Chatsworth. The man died at his home after being stricken on Sunday morning. It was said by Chatsworth residents that he had been in a drunken party the night before. Another man is seriously ill from the effects of some of the same hooch, Chatsworth residents say. He is Harry Anderson, another cranberry picker, who is well known in that vicinity. Chamberlain is survived by a widow [....illegible...] unfortunate that bootlegging around Chatsworth has been rampant for some time, and it is expected that action will be taken to clean up that vicinity.

Victor Ritzendollar obituary, 1918

from the New Jersey Courier 20 Sep 1918 Victor Ritzendollar, of the Hedger House, near Chatsworth, died at his home on Thursday morning of last week after being ill for some time with cirrhosis of the liver. He was about 73 years of age. Mr. Ritzendollar was born in the Alsace- Lorraine section of France and he came to this country when about ten years of age. He soon settled in the Chatsworth section and had since lived there. His death will be mourned by a circle of friends that extended throughout Burlington county and in adjoining sections of Ocean and Atlantic Counties. He owned considerable land in the pines and was interested in cranberry growing. A widow and several children, some the issue of previous unions, survive him.

CHATSWORTH HOOCH CAUSES ONE DEATH, ANOTHER ILL

from New Jersey Courier 8 Feb 1924 Whiskey, of the Chatsworth "block and fall" variety, is blamed for the death of William Chamberlain, 68 years old, cranberry picker on the bogs of the Applegate Land and Improvement Company near Chatsworth. The man died at his home after being stricken on Sunday morning. It was said by Chatsworth residents that he had been in a drunken party the night before. Another man is seriously ill from th effects of some of the same hooch, Chatsworth residents say. He is Harry Anderson, another cranberry picker, who is well known in that vicinity. Chamberlain is survived by a widow [....illegible...] unfortunate that bootlegging around Chatsworth has been rampant for some time, and it is expected that action will be taken to clean up that vicinity.