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100th Anniversary Services at Simeon’s Church in Gratz, 1932

Services In Gratz Church Mark 100th Anniversary A week of services that will mark the 100th anniversary of Simeon’s Lutheran and Reformed Church in Gratz will open Sunday, November 20th […]

January 9, 2020
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Lykens – Florence Fegley Insurance, 1969

A 1969 advertising photograph for Florence Fegley Insurance Agency, 500 Main Street, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. General Insurance ___________________________________ From an advertisement that appeared in the 1969 yearbook, La Memoria, […]

January 8, 2020
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Statement on Election of 1928 by Imperial Wizard of Ku Klux Klan

In the presidential election of 1928, Governor Alfred E. Smith, the candidate of the Democratic Party who by faith was a Roman Catholic, was pitted against Herbert Hoover, the candidate […]

January 6, 2020
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Henry Breslin – Another Victim of Lykens Valley Bigotry?

Henry Breslin was born on 6 April 1846 in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of James Breslin Sr. (1821-1909), an immigrant from Donegal, Ireland, and a Roman Catholic, and […]

January 4, 2020 1 Comment
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Missing Man Found Dead Along Wiconisco Creek, 1942

BOYS FIND BODY OF MISSING MAN ALONG CREEK SUNDAY While walking along the bank of the Wiconisco Creek, near Tower City, Sunday afternoon, two Tower City boys discovered the body […]

January 4, 2020
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Small Plane Crashes at Bendigo Airport, 2017

SACRAMENTO MAN HURT IN PLANE CRASH TOWER CITY – A Sacramento man was seriously injured when the small plane he was flying crashed outside of Tower City Wednesday morning. Herbert […]

January 3, 2020
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Pennsylvania Railroad Offered Excursions from Lykens to K.K.K. Rally in Washington, 1926

The Harrisburg Telegraph of 11 September 1926 advertised a special excursion rate of $6.00 by the Pennsylvania Railroad for anyone interested in attending the Ku Klux Klan “parade” to be […]

December 31, 2019
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Wreck on the Railroad Near Lykens, 1921

A 1921 photograph of the wreck on the Lykens Valley Railroad near Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. A similar photo was previously published, as part of a montage of scenes of […]

December 30, 2019

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