John P. “Frank” Sholey (1876-1948) – Halifax Bank Robber
JOHN P. “FRANK” SHOLEY It is difficult to determine who this person actually was and what was his real name. Has been variously reported as F. B. Sholey, Frank Sholey, […]
John Henry Rowe (1879-1902) – Halifax Bank Robber
JOHN HENRY ROWE Henry Rowe was born in Perry County, Pennsylvania. His father, John Rowe, a coal miner, arrived in United States from Cornwall, England, in 1865, at the end of the […]
Albert G. Cummings of Millersburg – Inventor of the Biplane, 1896
Albert G. Cummings (1844-1911), inventor, died at his home in Millersburg, Dauphin County. During the Civil War, he served in a New Hampshire regiment. His obituary was published in the Harrisburg Patriot of August […]
Weston Merrit Keiper (1879-1902) – Halifax Bank Robber
WESTON MERRITT KEIPER Weston Merritt Keiper, born in 1879, was the oldest son of William Henry Keiper and Susanna [Row] Keiper of Lykens. Weston’s father, William Henry Keiper, was a coal miner, who was described as […]
Tower City – Girl Dies “In Confinement,” 1906
On April 6, 1906, the Lykens Standard took the opportunity to criticize the parents of a young girl who had died giving birth to a baby that had been conceived […]
Man Killed on Williams Valley Railroad, 1906
“Hop” Evans, was run down and killed on the Williams Valley Railroad Friday evening by the train reaching there at 7:42 o’clock.… the man’s body was frightfully mangled. His legs […]
Williamstown – Moss Grocery Store
A photograph taken around 1976 of the John Edgar Moss Grocery Store, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. A profile of him appeared in the 1976 Sesquicentennial Book: John Edgar Moss was […]
Dietrich – Zimmerman Suicide, 1906
From the Lykens Standard, December 14, 1906: SUICIDE AT DIETRICH Henry Zimmerman of Dietrich, who has been despondent for some time, committed suicide by shooting himself in the top of […]