Obituary of Rev. Dr. G. W. Humphreys – Spoke Out Against Ku Klux Klan
Few religious leaders spoke out against the Ku Klux Klan when it was at its height in the mid-1920s in the Lykens Valley area. One exception was the Rev. Dr. […]
Photos of the Train Collision at Herndon, 1972 (3)
A photograph from the Danville News, 13 March 1972, of the aftermath of the freight train and coal train collision that occurred at Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Photo Caption: DEMOLISHED […]
Jemima [Fetter] Geise (1873-1938) – A Suicide in Gratz
WIDOW FOLLOWS HUSBAND’S ACT WITH SUICIDE Mrs. Jemima Geise, Urban, whose Mate Shashed Throat Three Months Ago, Strangles Self With Leather Belt Apparently despondent over the suicide of her husband, […]
Schuylkill County Methodist Minister Takes Stand Against Ku Klux Klan
The Rev. Dr. George W. Humphreys was one of the great religious voices of his generation. During the mid 1920s, at the time when the Ku Klux Klan was at […]
Hugo Black Confesses to Ku Klux Klan Membership, 1937
The story of the the nomination and confirmation of Sen. Hugo L. Black, Alabama, to the U. S. Supreme Court in 1937, was widely reported in the national and local […]
World War I – A Letter from Edwin Lebo, 1918
A World War I letter from Edwin Lebo dated 3 December 1918 was printed in the Elizabethville Echo, 26 December 1918: ____________________________________ Verdun, France December 3, 1918 [To] “THE ECHO“ […]
Statement on Election of 1928 by Imperial Wizard of Ku Klux Klan
In the presidential election of 1928, Governor Alfred E. Smith, the candidate of the Democratic Party who by faith was a Roman Catholic, was pitted against Herbert Hoover, the candidate […]
Missing Man Found Dead Along Wiconisco Creek, 1942
BOYS FIND BODY OF MISSING MAN ALONG CREEK SUNDAY While walking along the bank of the Wiconisco Creek, near Tower City, Sunday afternoon, two Tower City boys discovered the body […]