Gilbert Mitchell Joins Stokowski’s New York Orchestra, 1944
GILBERT MITCHELL JR. ENTERS NEW YORK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Gilbert Mitchell Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Mitchell, Main Street [Lykens], has been selected as a member of the New […]
Wiconisco – Shambaugh Elected School Head, 1929
From the Lykens Standard, April 12, 1929: F. E. SHAMBAUGH TO SUPERVISE WICONISCO SCHOOLS Prof. F. E. Shambaugh, North Second Street [Lykens], former superintendent of the Dauphin County Schools, and […]
Lykens – Food Rite Robbed by Alleged Gypsies, 1989
From the Sunbury Daily Item, July 3, 1989: ‘GYPSIES’ BLAMED FOR THEFT LYKENS – A group of people described as gypsies created a disturbance Sunday at a Lykens grocery store, […]
Jonas Garman is Missing & Found, 1899 (4)
The final story in Jonas Garman’s life began in 1899 with the “assignment for the benefit of his creditors,” a comfortable retirement in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and his death, […]
Jonas Garman is Missing & Found, 1899 (3)
A portrait of Jonas Garman (1827-1908) that appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in March, 1899, included with a description of him as a missing person. Garman, who had been postmaster of Lykens, Dauphin County, […]
Jonas Garman is Missing & Found (2)
James Garman, who had been postmaster of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, during the Civil War was a druggist and successful businessman there went missing in 1899 because he was confused with […]
Jonas Garman is Missing & Found, 1899 (1)
A portrait of Jonas Garman (1827-1908) that appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in March, 1899, included with a description of him as a missing person. Garman, who had been […]
Branchdale – William Irving Killed by Fall of Coal, 1903
DEATHS – From the Lykens Standard, December 25, 1903: William Irving, a much esteemed young man, aged 27 years, was badly crushed about the head and body by a fall […]