Midland Pennsylvania Railroad – Events of 1912
News of the year 1912 of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad is presented here as reported in area newspapers. For all previous articles on this doomed project, see: Midland Pennsylvania Railroad. […]
Zoo Animals Left Behind at the Gratz Fair, 1931
A photograph from 1931 of an elephant left behind at the Gratz Fair, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Pictured are Erma Mae [Umholtz] Witmer holding daughter Lorraine [Witmer] Shade, an elephant […]
Two Men Killed in Hunting Accidents, 1947
TWO MEN VICTIMS OF HUNTING ACCIDENTS John F. Daniels, 48, of Lykens Township, and Jack Judy, 17, of Rutherford Heights, lost their lives while hunting on Saturday. Daniels, who […]
Philadelphia Athletics, 1943
A photograph of the 1943 Philadelphia Athletics baseball team. Carl Scheib of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was a member of the team and appears standing , 4th from left in […]
Francis J. Hain (1895-1947) – Veteran of World War I
FRANCIS HAIN PASSED AWAY MONDAY Francis J. Hain, age 51 years, died at his home on West Broad Street, town [Elizabethville], Monday evening. He had been in ill health for […]
Lykens Valley Building & Loan Chartered, 1911
A building an loan association for the Lykens Valley was granted a charter on 21 September 1911 in order to complement the Lykens Valley Board of Trade and the Midland […]
Gratz – Grading the Concrete Highway Through Town, 1927
A 1927 photograph showing the grading of Market Street (Route 25) in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in preparation for the concrete paving. The contractors began at the far eastern end […]
Ellen [Dietrich] Scheib (1911-2004) – Registered Nurse of Gratz
Ellen Marie Dietrich was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 25 September 1911, the daughter of Walter A. Dietrich (1877-1936) and Maude Elnora [Klinger] Dietrich (1892-1975). On 6 September […]