Lykens – Man Loses 2 Fingers in Oil Barrel Accident, 1906
This story from the Lykens Standard, August 31, 1906: GEORGE A. KOSIER LOSES PART OF TWO FINGERS On Monday while George A. Kosier was unloading a barrel of oil at […]
Lykens – Boy Cut Foot on Broken Glass in Rattling Creek, 1906
Litter around railroad property was as much a problem in 1906 as it is today. A discarded, broken beer bottle in the Rattling Creek in the location of the Pennsylvania […]
Miner Falls to Death at Short Mountain Slope, 1910
The Lykens Standard of April 1, 1910 provided a description of the fatal accident which took the life of a young miner at the Short Mountain Colliery, Bear Gap, near […]
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 […]
Twin County Baseball Schedule, 1921
A 1921 booklet with the schedule for “Twin County League Base Ball.” This was issued as an advertising item for Charles C. Baker, a furniture dealer and funeral director of […]
Gratz Airport – Fatal Crash, June 1949
“A light plane which took off from the Gratz Airport Sunday at 2:50 p. m., went into a nose dive and crashed into Sharp Mountain one mile west of Lykens, […]
Wiconisco High School Graduates, 1951-1952
Above, a colorized newspaper photograph of the Wiconisco High School with notable adults standing in front, as published in the Lykens Register, May 31, 1901. Previously published here December 4, 2021. On May 16, […]
Lykens – Bijou Theatre, 1908
From the Lykens Standard, December 4, 1908: THE BIJOU THEATRE Mr. George G. Grenier, Manager of the Great Eastern Vaudeville Company has just completed arrangements to install a one-hour entertainment […]