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Williamstown – Motel Operator Charged with Promoting Prostitution

Motel operator charged A 59-year-old businessman, Harry Franklin Mace, operator of the Fountain Blue Motel and Lounge at Williamstown, was bound over for court Thursday at a preliminary hearing before […]

January 13, 2019
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David P. Russell (1871-1947) – Pioneer Auto Dealer Killed by Auto

David P. Russell, who was born in Canada in 1871, died on 6 March 1947 in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.  He was widely known in the Lykens Valley as the […]

January 12, 2019
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Hegins Man Dies in Fire, 1981

A photograph of the aftermath of a fatal 1981 fire at 658 E. Main Street, Hegins, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in which 26-year-old Paul L. Klinger lost his life. The fire […]

January 11, 2019
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Millersburg – Susquehanna Quarry, 1961

A 1961 advertisement for the Susquehanna Quarry, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. SUSQUEHANNA QUARRY MILLERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA Crushed Stone and Sand Telephone – OWen 2-2144 ______________________________________ From the 1961 Yearbook of the […]

January 11, 2019
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Valley View – Leon E. Kocher Coal Company, 1961

A 1961 advertisement for the Leon E. Kocher Coal Company, Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.  Offices also in Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. LEON E. KOCHER COAL COMPANY Telephone OVERBROOK 2-3181 […]

January 10, 2019
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Eighth Census of the United States, 1860

In 1860, the United States conducted the Eighth Census.  The total population of the country was determined to be 31, 443, 321, which represented a 35.4% increase over the Census […]

January 10, 2019
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Lykens – American Briquet Company, 1952

An advertisement for the American Briquet Company, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The ad refers to the company as “MANUFACTURES OF ANTHRACITE BRIQUETS.” American Briquet was making briquets from the material […]

January 9, 2019
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Williamstown – Blanning’s Corner Store

An undated photograph of Blanning’s Corner Store, J. Roy Blanning, proprietor, 100 E. Market Street, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. A brief description of this store was included in the Williamstown […]

January 8, 2019

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