Elizabethville – American Legion Dedicates Flag Pole, 1926
The dedication of an Elizabethville flag pole by the American Legion in 1926, was shortened because the members had to conduct rites for a Civil War veteran, Henry Rissinger (1845-1926), […]
The Destructive Cyclone of 1910 (3)
Part 3 of 3 posts on the Great Cyclone of June, 1910, featuring news articles from local and area newspapers. From the Harrisburg Daily Independent, June 20, 1910: WIND GIVES […]
The Destructive Cyclone of 1910 (2)
Part 2 of 3 posts on the Great Cyclone of June, 1910, featuring news articles from local and area newspapers. From the Lykens Standard, June 24, 1910: GREAT DAMAGE BY […]
The Destructive Cyclone of 1910 (1)
Part 1 of 3 posts on the Great Cyclone of June, 1910, featuring news articles from local and area newspapers. From the Elizabethville Echo, June 23, 1910: DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE GREAT […]
Elizabethville – Brothers in Fatal Railroad Accident, 1929
A fatal railroad accident occurred at the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Market Street grade crossing in October 1929, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania., as reported by the Elizabethville Echo, October 10, 1929: THREE […]
Local Reminiscences for Home Historians – January 12, 1905
Fourth in a series of nine 1904-1905 newspaper articles in which two old-timers are portrayed reminiscing about the Lykens Valley of the past. The two fictional characters, the “old railroader” […]
Catherine “Katie” [Rickert] Hoffman Woland (1844-1909)
DEATHS AND FUNERALS Mrs. John Woland of North Second Street [Lykens] died at 6:15 a.m. Monday [28 June 1909] after an illness of seven months with cancer of the stomach, […]
Milton A. Miller (1859-1937) – Editor of “Elizabethville Echo” & W. J. Bryan “Double”
M. A. MILLER EDITOR OF “THE ECHO” PASSED AWAY FRIDAY Milton A. Miller, passed away at his home, North Market Street [Elizabethville], early Friday morning April 2, 1937, aged 77 […]