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Lykens – Hensel’s Store Burglarized, 1906

This story of the overnight robbery of Thomas A. Hensel‘s clothing store at the main square, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is from the Lykens Standard, December 14, 1906. The story […]

February 20, 2024
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Grand Opening of Millersburger Hotel, 1932

The Grand Opening of the Millersburger Hotel took place on July 16, 1932 at Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was announced in the Harrisburg Telegraph with the above ad that […]

February 20, 2024
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Upper Dauphin High School – Donald Paul Matter, 1964

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

February 20, 2024
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Dietrich – Zimmerman Suicide, 1906

From the Lykens Standard, December 14, 1906: SUICIDE AT DIETRICH Henry Zimmerman of Dietrich, who has been despondent for some time, committed suicide by shooting himself in the top of […]

February 19, 2024
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Harrisburg – McKinley Funeral Train, 1901

On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot on the grounds of the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.  Eight days later he died of gangrene which resulted from the gunshot […]

February 19, 2024
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Upper Paxton Township – Keefer’s School, 1935

A 1935 composite of individual photographs of the students and teacher of Keefer’s School, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Identified in the composite: Top Row:  Leonard Good; Marlin Keefer; […]

February 19, 2024
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Upper Dauphin High School – Terry Allen Mace, 1964

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

February 19, 2024
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Loyalton – Did Someone Steal a Turkey?

From the Lykens Standard, December 7, 1906: THIS TIME IT’S TURKEY A farmer named Smeltz started from his home near Loyalton early Wednesday morning with a load of produce for […]

February 18, 2024

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