A 1995 advertisement (business card) for Reiff & Nestor Company (R & N), Reiff Street, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Manufacturers of High Speed Production Taps ___________________________________ From the 1995 yearbook, La […]
In 1925, Herman Grell, a former resident of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was killed in a massive explosion that took place on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. The story was […]
The plan of the Reading Railroad Company to end passenger train service to Lykens Valley area communities, was announced in the Lykens Standard, November 13, 1925. The trains were to […]
A 1988 advertisement (business card) for Shereise’s Beauty Salon, 637 South Street, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Super Styles for Guys and Gals Tanning Beds ___________________________________ From the 1988 yearbook, La Memoria, […]
An article that appeared in the Lykens Standard, October 23, 1925, noted that a “fugitive from justice” had been spotted in the First National Bank in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. […]
PROMINENT TOWER CITY MAN TYPHOID VICTIM Tower City, September 23 [1925] — Harry Preston Wiest, aged 32 years, of Wiconisco & Second Streets, died at his home here Friday morning […]
This article from the Lykens Standard, August 28, 1925, described an explosion of oil in a Lykens home. Miraculously, the nearly 90-year-old who was attempting to light the stove escaped […]
In a 1925 incident in Lykens involving what was believed to be an unloaded gun, Mrs. Michael Begani, almost lost her life. While cleaning house, she moved a mattress on […]