Obituary of Rev. Dr. G. W. Humphreys – Spoke Out Against Ku Klux Klan
Few religious leaders spoke out against the Ku Klux Klan when it was at its height in the mid-1920s in the Lykens Valley area. One exception was the Rev. Dr. […]
W. Arthur Hess (1877-1958) – Director of Gratz Water Company
W. ARTHUR HESS W. Arthur Hess, age 80 years, was found dead in his home in Gratz Tuesday morning. His death was ascribed to a heart attack. Mr. Hess was […]
Williard H. Schadel of Klingerstown, 1941
A 1941 portrait photograph of Willard H. Schadel of Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1941 yearbook, Lanthorn, of the Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, available […]
Field & Railroad Tracks North of Millersburg
An undated photograph of a field and railroad tracks north of Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. From a old photo post card. __________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as […]
Eugene Schrope of Hegins, 1961
A 1961 portrait photograph of Eugene Schrope of Hegins, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1961 yearbook, Keystonia, of the Kutztown State College, Kutztown, Berks County, Pennsylvania, available […]
Upper Dauphin High School – German Club, 1969
A 1969 photograph of the German Club of the Upper Dauphin Area High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Those identified in the photo: First Row: Paul Pianovich; Rich Warfel; Rich […]
Elizabethville – Kocher’s Food Market, 1969
A 1969 advertising photograph for Kocher’s Food Market, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From an advertisement that appeared in the 1969 yearbook, La Memoria, of the Upper Dauphin High School, […]
Jemima [Fetter] Geise (1873-1938) – A Suicide in Gratz
WIDOW FOLLOWS HUSBAND’S ACT WITH SUICIDE Mrs. Jemima Geise, Urban, whose Mate Shashed Throat Three Months Ago, Strangles Self With Leather Belt Apparently despondent over the suicide of her husband, […]