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Joseph Keen Killed on Railroad Tracks at Elizabethville, 1900

From the Elizabethville Echo of 29 March 1900 came the news of a fatal accident along the railroad tracks at Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania: A very sad accident occurred on […]

May 17, 2017
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Seasons Greetings from Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Barto, 1950s

Photographic Christmas cards became popular in the 1950s.  The above card that pictured the large stately home at 12 W. Main Street, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was sent by Dr. […]

May 14, 2017
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The Death of Frederick Weaver of Elizabethville, 1898

The Elizabethville Echo, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, produced a special one page insert to its 10 November 1898 edition which memorialized Frederick Weaver and noted his significant contributions to the […]

May 8, 2017
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Lykens Township – Snyder Home Destroyed by Fire, 1960

Only weeks after they took possession of the old Zerbe Hotel in Loyalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania and began operating it as Snyder’s Hotel, the Clyde Snyder farm in Lykens Township […]

May 5, 2017
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Albert W. Williams – Killed at Short Mountain Colliery, 1899

The death of Albert Williams was reported in the Elizabethville Echo, 6 July 1899: Killed at Lykens Lykens, 3 July 1899 — Albert W. Williams, a young man about 25 […]

May 1, 2017
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Jennie [Keiper] Deitrich’s 90th Birthday, 1966

At the time of her 90th birthday on 15 February 1966, Jennie [Keiper] Deitrich was interviewed by a local newspaper at her home in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and the […]

April 25, 2017
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Elizabethville – Con Keilman’s Meat Market, 1895

An advertisement appearing in the Elizabethville Echo, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 7 March 1895: CON. KEILMAN’S MEAT MARKET NEW DEPARTURE I desire to announce to my patrons and the public […]

April 23, 2017
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Charles J. Price Elected Mine Inspector, 1906

From the Harrisburg Daily Independent, 1 January 1906: MINE INSPECTOR IN OFFICE Charles J. Price Ready for Business Special to the Star-Independent Lykens, Pennsylvania, 1 January 1906 — Charles J. […]

April 21, 2017

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