A grave marker for Simon H. Clauser at the Frieden’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, Branchdale, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, indicates that he was “assassinated September 5, 1874, in the borough of Hazleton.” […]
On July 20, 1899, the Lykens Register published a line-drawing portrait and brief biography of Jacob J. Buffington, who at the time was running for Dauphin County Commissioner as a […]
A political ad that appeared in the Pine Grove Press Herald, October 26, 1972, with the caption, “If you work for a living, how in hell can you vote for […]
A line-drawn portrait of John S. Reiff, Sheriff-Elect of Dauphin County, as presented in the Lykens Register, November 9, 1899. The results of the election, by communities, were also published […]
The Lykens Register of November 9, 1899, presented this drawn portrait of the new Treasurer-Elect of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with the following comment: We present herewith the picture of Mr. […]
United States Postmasters at Wiconisco Post Office, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Appointments made by the President of the United States. Henry Schrafer April 23, 1835 Simon Gratz; George H. Alenson […]
Anti-Mormonism was particular strong in the period from the 1870s through the first early years of the 20th century when national efforts were being made to make the Church of […]
A street-view of the Elizabethville Area Branch Library of the Dauphin County Library System, North Market Street, Elizabethville, dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _____________________________________ Image from GoogleMaps.com. Corrections and additional information should be […]