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 […]
Elizabethville – Last Days of the Red Tavern, 1903
The last days of the Red Tavern, an Elizabethville landmark on South Market Street across from the railroad station, began when the property was sold at sheriff’s sale in January […]
Carsonville Couple Die Hour Apart from Heart Attacks, 1906
Henry Buffington (1836-1906) and his wife Christianna Catherine [Runk] Buffington (1838-1906), farmers, died about one hour apart at their home in Carsonville, Jefferson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According to the […]
Ray Zimmerman – Sweigard’s World War II Photos
A photograph of Ray Nathan Zimmerman in his World War II uniform. The photo is from the Sweigard General Store World War II Collection, Matamoras, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Zimmerman was born on November 15, […]
Ed Snyder – Sweigard’s World War II Photos
A photograph of Edward Samuel Snyder (on left) in his World War II uniform. The photo is from the Sweigard General Store World War II Collection, Matamoras, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Note: Soldier on right […]
A Murder-Suicide in Carsonville, 1931
The following murder-suicide story appeared in the Elizabethville Echo, September 3, 1931: CARSONVILLE MAN SHOOTS GIRL THEN COMMITS SUICIDE, SATURDAY Motivated by jealousy and the fact that his sweetheart had […]
Lykens – “Love Rock” Post Office Cachet, 1938
May 15 to May 21, 1938, was National Air Mail Week. Post Offices in communities near air mail routes recognized this event by producing commemorative envelopes with cachets (art work […]
Suicide of George Yeager of Millersburg, 1941
An obituary from the Lykens Standard, January 17, 1941, of a likely suicide of a Millersburg man, George Yeager whose body was found about a week after he was reported […]