Two Men Severely Burned at Short Mountain Colliery, 1924
TWO SEVERELY BURNED IN GAS EXPLOSION Otto Platzer of Main Street and George Kolva of Coaldale were severely burned in an explosion of gas in Short Mountain Colliery, Monday morning […]
When Pennsylvania Almost Elected a Racist
The two charts above were compiled and used as part of an analysis of the results of the Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election of 1866, an election which pitted a Civil War […]
Child Dies After Scalding, 1924
CHILD DIES AT HOSPITAL FROM EFFECT OF SCALD Ralph Stuppy Jr., the 2-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stuppy, was admitted to the Harrisburg Hospital with severe burns […]
Kettle of Boiling Water Spills on Child, 1924
CHILD PULLS PAIL OF BOILING WATER OVER A kettle of boiling water fell upon and severely burned Raymond Morris Jr., 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Morris, East Locust […]
Was Patrick McGuire a Murderer?
A widely circulated story in January 1885 was that Patrick McGuire, of Big Mine Run, near Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, had struck his wife on the head with a chair […]
The Haunted House of Cameron Township
A story that appeared in a Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania newspaper in 1975, incorrectly reported on a robbery and shooting that occurred in January, 1876, as a Molly Maguire event. […]
Lykens Valley – A Halloween Party, 1904
This report of an interesting Halloween party comes from the Lykens Standard, November 11, 1904: A number of gay, happy and frolicsome friends gathered at the home of Miss Mary […]
Elizabethville – Man Almost Decapitated in Auto Wreck, 1924
This story is from the Lykens Standard, August 8, 1924: HEAD ALMOST SEVERED BY WINDSHIELD IN AUTO WRECK Entertain Hope For Recovery of Paul Cyckowski – 7 Others Injured Slightly […]