Auto Dealer Responsible for Accident Killing Self & Sister-in-Law, 1932
BLAME AUTO VICTIM FOR ACCIDENT At an inquest held in Reading last week, a coroner’s jury in its verdict, placed the responsibility on Nelson A. Reed, late of Valley View […]
Junior Ku Klux Klan Inaugurated at Lykens with Cross Burning, 1924
In mid-October 1924, Lykens residents were alerted by three blasts of the colliery horn to the igniting of a cross on the culm banks north of the town. This, along […]
Gratz News – February 16, 1927
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, for the week of 16 February 1927: Mrs. Scott Barr of Hegins, was the guest […]
Freight Trains Collide at Herndon Killing Four, 1972
A story and photograph from the Carlisle Sentinel, 13 March 1972, about the freight train and coal train collision that occurred at Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Photo Caption: Firemen Battle […]
An Indian at Williamstown?
An undated photo post card view of what is claimed to be an Indian on horseback riding riding on a street in Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Nothing more is known […]
Williamstown Mine Victims – The Wingerts, 1937
FATHER & SON GAS VICTIMS IN WILLIAMSTOWN MINES Overcome by gas, William T. P. Wingert, 54, of Elizabethville, and his son, William Wingert Jr., 33, of Wiconisco, succumbed to… in […]
Report on the Ku Klux Klan Demonstration at Millersburg, 1927
Although no actual attendance count was given, a news report praised the Ku Klux Klan demonstration that was held in Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in late June 1927. The anti-immigrant […]
Valley View – Fishing Scene
An undated generic fishing scene published on a post card with “How We Do Things at Valley View, Pennsylvania,” and “This is no place for a nervous person.” ___________________________________ Corrections […]