Attempted Train Wreck Near Woodside Station, 1928
A quick-reacting engineer brought a morning passenger train to a halt on April 1928 near Woodside Station on the Lykens Valley Railroad, just barely averting the derailment of the locomotive […]
Ban Smoking in Lykens Grandstand During Baseball Games?
On August 24, 1906, the Lykens Standard proposed that smoking be banned in the grand stands at the Lykens baseball park. In making the call, the Standard gave as a […]
David Reese Crushed to Death at Short Mountain Colliery, 1906
The tragic death of David Reese which occurred on January 3, 1906, at Short Mountain Colliery near Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was reported in an obituary that appeared in the […]
Highway Robbery Near Loyalton, 1906
The dangers of traveling the back roads of the Lykens Valley at night became evident to Frank Wiest, a butcher. He was brutally attacked and robbed in September 1906 near […]
Wiconisco High School Graduates, 1919-1925
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, […]
Pennsylvania Railroad Excursion – Herndon Camp Meeting, 1910
An advertisement appearing the Elizabethville Echo, July 28, 1910, for a special excursion ticket to the United Evangelical Camp Meeting at Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The camp meting took place […]
Reading Railroad Service to Philadelphia, 1910
New Time Tables for the Philadelphia and Reading Railway’s “Improved Passenger Train Service to Philadelphia via Schuylkill Haven Short Line” were published in the Elizabethville Echo, July 28, 1910. During […]
Wiconisco High School Graduates, 1909-1918
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, […]