Above, a few of the many advertisements placed by John Henry Denig, alias Jack Shepherd, in newspapers throughout the region, 1873-1875, to advertise his weekly newspaper, “Jack Shepherd’s Gospel Trumpet, […]
An undated, generic, color post card view for Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. HELLO, From Ashland, Pennsylvania _____________________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
John Henry Denig died on December 10, 1876 at age 38, in York, Pennsylvania. A coroner’s inquest determined that the cause of his death was not known. Although he was […]
An undated generic post card for Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Greetings from Berrysburg, Pennsylvania. ____________________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
An undated post card view of “The Arch”, a bridge over the Swatara Creek, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo of the post card appeared in the “Down Memory […]
In May 1930, Henry Noel, a miner, came staggering out of the woods near Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, bleeding from the neck. After being taken to the office of a […]
The message-address side of a post card penny post card sent to Mary Schoop, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from a friend. Mailed from Berrysburg Post Office, Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, […]
In September, 1926, an auto crashed into a crowd of about 500 persons attending a block party at Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, killing one and injuring 15 others, including many […]