Lykens – Former Resident Dies Following Appendix Surgery, 1925
Victor W. Neiman, a young man of 31, had a burst appendix, the effects of which were not immediately apparent. Eventually, he became seriously ill and had to have emergency […]
Williamstown – An Almost Disastrous Fire, 1924
1924 was a year of disastrous and almost disastrous files in the Lykens Valley area. This fire, which occurred in Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in November 1924, almost burned around […]
Lykens – Clean Up Week, 1925
Clean Up Week was instituted to eliminate or reduce the population of the house fly. This editorial comment was published in the Lykens Standard, April 17, 1925: STATEMENT ON CLEAN […]
Body of River Drowning Victim Found, 1925
A story of an impoverished young man, formerly of Lykens, trying to collect driftwood from the Susquehanna River so he could heat his home for his wife and five young […]
Williamstown & Lykens – Blanning Hardware, 1925
A 1925 advertisement for Barrett Roofings, sold by Blanning Hardware of Lykens and Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. From the Lykens Standard, March 27, 1925. WE HAVE THE RIGHT ROOF House, […]
Petition to “Rescue a Crime Infested People,” 1925
After a series of many robberies that occurred in a one month period between April and May, 1925, the leaders of the various communities in the Lykens Valley petitioned the […]
Lykens – Thieves Take Cabbage & Potatoes, 1924
From the Lykens Standard, October 18, 1924: GARDEN ROBBED OF POTATOES AND CABBAGE Some time during Thursday night some theives entered the premises of Mrs. Ira Sheseley, West North Second […]
Williamstown Men Arrested for Robberies, 1925
From the Lykens Standard, May 22, 1925: ______________________________________________ WILLIAMSTOWN TRIO FOUND GUILTY OF SERIES OF NEARBY ROBBERIES In Default of $1,000 Bail Each, Three Were Lodged in Jail; Working Other […]