More News Briefs About the Ku Klux Klan, 1924
In 1924, the Ku Klux Klan was just beginning its rise in the Lykens Valley area. Two additional examples have been found of Klan activity, one from Pine Grove, Schuylkill […]
Williamstown Women in Family Feud, 1912
On March 19, 1912, the Harrisburg Daily Independent reported on a case in Dauphin County Court about two women from Williamstown who got into a physical battle over a family […]
Jacob Rickert Chest with Fraktur
A chest with fraktur design that was on exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2015. The chest bears the name of Jacob Rickert and date 1782. This individual […]
Suicide of Goldie Marie Myers, 1936
From the Lykens Standard, May 15, 1936: GUN ENDS LIFE OF YOUNG MOTHER According to Deputy Coroner George W. Wren, of Williamstown, Mrs. Goldie Marie Myers, residing for the past […]
Williamstown – Foreigners Jailed After Hotel Fight, 1912
An item from the Williamstown Times, July 16, 1970, from the “A Few Years Back” column about an incident that occurred in the Edward’s Hotel around March 8, 1912: Constable […]
John H. Faust (1866-1910) – Funeral Card
A funeral card for John Henry Faust of Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, who died on November 14, 1910, at the age of 44. At the time of his death, Faust […]
Millersburg – Ku Klux Klan Event at Kepner Building, 1925
An advertisement that appeared in the Lykens Standard on May 1, 1925, for a Ku Klux Klan event that was to take place at the Kepner Building, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on the […]
Valley View Man Drowns at Romberger Dam, 1926
VALLEY VIEW MAN DROWNED WHEN HE FELL INTO DAM; HIS COMPANION WAS SAVED Gurney Herb, aged 25, is dead and James Schwalm, aged about 38, had a narrow escape from […]