A newspaper photo from the Harrisburg Telegraph, August 28, 1935, showing John Doney, who was arrested by Millersburg Police Chief R. W. Stakley for the murder of Doney’s long-time-friend Michael Barnhart over the right to draw a bucket of […]
A newspaper photo from the Harrisburg Evening News, August 29, 1935, showing the arrest of John Doney by Millersburg Police Chief R. W. Stakley for the murder of Doney’s long-time-friend […]
A newspaper advertisement (Elizabethville Echo) from some time in the 1950s for Dr. S. Rubenstein, Optometrist, Hotel Gernert Building, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The ad featured a a cut-out photo […]
In early July 1944, William A. Shaffer of Jackson Township, near Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was found in bed, murdered by a shotgun blast that tore off part of his […]
GRATZ AND LYKENS BOYS MEEY VALLEY BOYS ON PACIFIC ISLAND One recent Sunday afternoon in the Southwest Pacific, a group of valley service boys spent an enjoyable afternoon reminiscing facts […]
An article that appeared in the Pottsville Republican, February 16, 1990, describing the then-current business prospectus in Upper Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. BUSINESS CLIMATE IS STRONG IN NORTHERN DAUPHIN COUNTY By […]
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, […]
Anti-Mormonism was particular strong in the period from the 1870s through the first early years of the 20th century when national efforts were being made to make the Church of […]