Lykens – Hosiery Mill Worker Has Bike Stolen, 1924
From the Lykens Standard, October 18, 1924: BICYCLE PARKED TEN MINUTES; STOLEN Eugene Bretz, who is employed at ythe Lykens Knitting and Manufacturing Company Hosiery Mill, this place, had his […]
Paul Briggman – Sock Thief of Wiconisco, 1924
Local officials, the owners of a hosiery mill and a dye factory, and several residents of the Lykens Valley area testified against Paul Briggman of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in […]
Lykens – Auto Dealer Dies Following Kidney Stone Surgery, 1924
This story from the Lykens Standard, March 28, 1924: GEORGE CAIRNS DIED YESTERDAY FOLLOWING OPERATION MANAGED LYKENS MOTOR COMPANY – WAS LOCAL COUNCILMAN George D. Cairns, manager of the Lykens […]
Lykens – Grand Opening of Dietrich Cafe, 1906
From the Lykens Standard, October 12, 1906: Dietrich Cafe Opens Tomorrow F. P. Dietrich and Son of Harrisburg, have leased the Wright Building on Main Street, and fitted it up […]
Strict Vaccination Rules for 1925-1926 School Year
The campaign to eradicate smallpox continued in 1925 with strict vaccination rules issued to schools in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Heading up the County Board of Health was Dr. D. E. […]
Lykens – Reiff & Helt, 1925
From the Lykens Standard of February 6, 1925, an advertisement for Reiff and Helt, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This Victrola — and any RADIO! — what better combination can you […]
Was It Ever OK for a Girl to Play a Boys Sport?
A photograh of Carrie Moyer, famed baseball pitcher for college and semi-professional teams in Eastern Pennsylvania. In 1906, Carrie pitched for the championship Lykens and Wiconisco Athletic Association team. The […]
Lykens – State Trooper Hit By Ice Cream Truck, 1925
STATE TROOPER HURT Tuesday evening, as State Trooper Verbecken was returning to Lykens from Elizabethville, he was struck by a Burdan ice cream truck and received minor injuries. Verbecken sounded […]