Williamstown – Foreigners Jailed After Hotel Fight, 1912
An item from the Williamstown Times, July 16, 1970, from the “A Few Years Back” column about an incident that occurred in the Edward’s Hotel around March 8, 1912: Constable […]
Joseph Hoffman – Lykens Clothier, 1901
A newspaper portrait of Joseph Hoffman of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This photograph accompanied a then current biographical sketch of him appearing in the Lykens Standard, March 13, 1908: A 1901 photograph of […]
John A. Kull – Lykens Businessman, 1900
A newspaper portrait of John A. Kull, of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This photograph accompanied a then current biographical sketch of him appearing in the Lykens Register, March 22, 1900: […]
Lykens – Carton Brothers Store, 1936
An advertisement for the Grand Opening of the Carton Brothers Store, 519 Main Street, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from the Lykens Standard, May 22, 1936. The store explained the following […]
Lykens Comedy Company, 1900-1904
The cover of the script of the play, The Yankee Detective, by W. E. Stedman, one of the first plays performed by the Lykens Comedy Company in 1900, Lykens, Dauphin […]
Elizabethville – Death of Shortest Man in County, 1900
From the Lykens Register, May 17, 1900: Smallest Man in County Dies William Collier, probably the smallest man in statue [sic] in Dauphin County, measuring a fraction over three feet, […]
Valley View – Black-Face Minstrel Show, 1925
A black-face minstrel show was presented by the Lykens & Wiconisco (L & W) Home Town Minstrels at the Midland Theatre, Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, on the evening of […]
Some Prohibition Raids in Upper Dauphin, 1925
The following three stories of moonshine, bootleg liquor, stills, and “high-power beer” are from the Lykens Standard, September 25, 1925: WEEKEND LIQUOR RAIDS IN UPPER DAUPHIN COUNTY While making investigation […]