Millersburg – Serbian Suicides by Walking Into Train, 1932
A 36-year-old native of Serbia who was a road worker on the State highway, took his own life in March 1932 by walking head-on into a fast-moving express train heading […]
Dornsife – Generic Post Card
An undated generic post card from Dornsife, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Printed on the card are the words “Just Landed At…,” and sender has added “Dornsife“, Pennsylvania – Nice Place – […]
Lykens – Jamieson Photography Studio
Both sides of an undated cabinet card portrait photograph of an unknown boy, taken at the Jamieson Photographic Studio, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The following wording is found on the […]
Lykens – A Profile of Albert A. Rudisill, 1906
In its October 12, 1906 edition, the Lykens Standard profiled merchant Albert A. Rudisill: A. A. RUDISILL’S WONDERFUL SUCCESS The phenomenal growth of A. A. Rudisill‘s mercantile business is the […]
Loyalton Woman Unconscious From Electrical Storm, 1924
ELECTRICAL STORM RENDERS LOYALTON LADY UNCONSCIOUS The electrical storm which passed over this section Sunday afternoon seemed to center about Loyalton where quite a bit of damage was done. Lightning […]
Hotel Koppenhaver Advertises for White Employees
“Jim Crow” in Millersburg? Here is a series of “help wanted” ads from Harrisburg newspapers, all seeking employees for work at the Hotel Koppenhaver, Millersburg. It was common practice to […]
Elizabethville – New Hotel Snyder, 1905
An undated colorized post card view of the Hotel Snyder, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, which opened for business in early 1905. The Elizabethville Echo of April 13, 1905, provided the […]
Mike Kostichyn Crushed to Death at Colliery, 1924
FATAL ACCIDENT AT WILLIAMSTOWN COLLIERY Mike Kostichyn, aged 28 years, of Williamstown, was fatally injured in No. 1 Shaft at the Williamstown Colliery, Thursday morning from a slip of coal […]