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Upper Dauphin High School – Bonita Lou Phillips, 1964

A 1964 colorized portrait photograph of Bonita Lou Phillips, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1964 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]

February 28, 2024
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Lykens – Flobert Rifle Ban, 1906

On March 30, 1906, the Lykens Standard reported on an incident in which Elijah Dietrich (1871-1965) and his family were subjected to a bullet crashing through a window in their […]

February 28, 2024
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Gratz – Manufacturers’ Clothing Outlet, 1908

An advertisement of the Manufacturers Clothing Outlet Company, Oscar J. Stein, Manager, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from the Lykens Standard, June 12, 1908. The Manufacturers’ Clothing Outlet Company desire to […]

February 28, 2024
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Halifax – Plane Crash Injures Two, 1955

A small plane crash near Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1955, resulted in the destruction of the plane and injuries to the pilot and passenger. The event was reported in […]

February 27, 2024
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Millersburg – Collision on Railroad Kills Three, 1905

“ACCIDENT NEAR MILLERSBURG:  A rear end collision occurred last Sunday morning, about four o’clock, one mile south of Millersburg, when Erie Mail No. 3 north bound ran into the caboose […]

February 27, 2024
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Upper Dauphin High School – Cheryl Ann Peifer, 1964

A 1964 colorized portrait photograph of Cheryl Ann Peifer, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1964 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]

February 27, 2024
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Weston Merrit Keiper (1879-1902) – Halifax Bank Robber

WESTON MERRITT KEIPER Weston Merritt Keiper, born in 1879, was the oldest son of William Henry Keiper and Susanna [Row] Keiper of Lykens.  Weston’s father, William Henry Keiper, was a coal miner, who was described as […]

February 27, 2024
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Upper Dauphin High School – Linda Lou Minnich, 1964

A 1964 colorized portrait photograph of Linda Lou Minnich, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1964 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]

February 26, 2024

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