Williamstown – SBA Pays Back Taxes on Motel to Avoid Loss, 1979
SBA to pay back taxes on motel to avert loss WILLIAMSTOWN – The Small Business Administration is to pay $15,000 in back taxes by September 10 on a motel in […]
Benton S. Bowman (1849-1918) – Counterfeiter of Millersburg
The strange story of the life of crime of Benton S. Bowman is told here through stories from area newspapers. Benton Seal Bowman, born in May 1849, was from a […]
Williamstown – Motel Operator Charged with Promoting Prostitution
Motel operator charged A 59-year-old businessman, Harry Franklin Mace, operator of the Fountain Blue Motel and Lounge at Williamstown, was bound over for court Thursday at a preliminary hearing before […]
David P. Russell (1871-1947) – Pioneer Auto Dealer Killed by Auto
David P. Russell, who was born in Canada in 1871, died on 6 March 1947 in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was widely known in the Lykens Valley as the […]
Hegins Man Dies in Fire, 1981
A photograph of the aftermath of a fatal 1981 fire at 658 E. Main Street, Hegins, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in which 26-year-old Paul L. Klinger lost his life. The fire […]
Alice Hennecke Murdered at Lykens Hotel, 1982
On 29 May 1982, Alice Elizabeth Hennecke, a resident of the Lykens Hotel, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was found stabbed to death in her room. Another resident of the hotel, […]
The Mistaken Death of William Davis, 1900
In 1900, the relatives in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, of William Davis were notified of his death by suicide in Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania. When the relatives arrived in Danville […]
Webster Yoder (1898-1947) – Suffocated Under Collapsed Grain Bin
SUFFOCATED WHEN GRAIN BIN COLLAPSES Webster Allen Yoder, age 48 years, lost his life by suffocation when covered by grain following collapse of a gain bin at the Huntzinger Mill, […]