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Tower City Boy Tells How He Killed Friend by Accident, 1931

BOY OF 12 HELD FOR MURDER PURSUES STUDIES; DOES NOT REALIZE SERIOUS SITUATION By Marguerite E. Knipe Sorry, but asserting it was entirely an accident, 12-year-old Mark English, Tower City, […]

April 24, 2023
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Tower City Boy, 12, Kills Friend, 10 – Charged with Murder, 1931

On October 28, 1931, a 12-year old Tower City boy named Mark Norman English saw a gun on the seat of a car parked in front of his house. He […]

April 21, 2023
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Gratz – Murder at the Militia Encampment, 1856

The above article describing the “fatal affair at Gratztown” appeared in the Philadelphia Public Ledger, September 27, 1856, described the death of George Hoffman Jr. at the annual military encampment at Gratz, Dauphin County, […]

April 20, 2023
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Three Arrested in Loyalton Shooting, 1931

At a New Year’s Eve dance party in Loyalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, a White man allegedly insulted a White woman who was with a Black man. The Black man took […]

April 16, 2023 2 Comments
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Westwood Colliery – Aerial Photo

An aerial or birds-eye photograph of Westwood Colliery, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, that was published in the Pine Grove Press Herald, December 23, 1976, along with the following story: Mr. and […]

April 14, 2023
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Ray Bohner Killed While Hunting in 1932 – Who Fired the Shot?

Ray W. Bohner‘s death occurred while he was on a hunting party. The cause of death was an accidental discharge of a gun. The article which appeared in the Lykens […]

April 12, 2023
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Williams Valley – World Record for Longest Basketball Game, 1975

Pictured above are the ten Williams Valley High School Students, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, who in 1975, set a new world record for the longest basketball game ever played, […]

April 11, 2023
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The Suicide of Charles Harman, 1932

CHARLES HARMAN – A SUICIDE AT WILLIAMSTOWN Charles Harman, 52, a former resident of this place [Lykens], but who resided for a number of years in Williamstown, committed suicide yesterday […]

April 10, 2023

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