Williamstown – Boy Killed by Biscuit Truck, 1924.
CHILD KILLED BY AUTO TRUCK AT WILLIAMSTOWN A shocking accident happened at Williamstown on Monday when a truck of the Sunshine Biscuit Company of Harrisburg, hit George Pravila, the 10-year-old […]
Lykens – Former Resident Dies Following Appendix Surgery, 1925
Victor W. Neiman, a young man of 31, had a burst appendix, the effects of which were not immediately apparent. Eventually, he became seriously ill and had to have emergency […]
Lykens – Conna’s Hair Fashions, 1988
A 1988 advertisement (business card) for Conna’s Hair fashions, 421 Main Street, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Family Salon Trend Perms & Cuts — Reconstruction Perms — Highlighting — Highlighting 2 […]
Body of River Drowning Victim Found, 1925
A story of an impoverished young man, formerly of Lykens, trying to collect driftwood from the Susquehanna River so he could heat his home for his wife and five young […]
Upper Dauphin High School – Football Coaches, 1989
A 1989 photograph of the football coaches of the Upper Dauphin Area High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Pictured (left to right): M. Wertz; J. Mateer; W. Clouser; R. Klinger; […]
Lykens – Auto Dealer Dies Following Kidney Stone Surgery, 1924
This story from the Lykens Standard, March 28, 1924: GEORGE CAIRNS DIED YESTERDAY FOLLOWING OPERATION MANAGED LYKENS MOTOR COMPANY – WAS LOCAL COUNCILMAN George D. Cairns, manager of the Lykens […]
Dalmatia – Brosius Market, 1988
A 1988 advertisement (business card) for Brosius Market, Dalmatia, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Your Shurfine Store Groceries — Produce — Meats ___________________________________ From the 1988 yearbook, La Memoria, of the Upper Dauphin […]
Lykens – Toddler Inhales Peanut & Dies, 1925
The danger of allowing a small child to play while eating peanuts was brought home to the Samuel Pell family of Lykens in early May 1925, when young Carl Pell […]