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Simon W. Romberger – Bandmaster of Reiner City (Muir)

An undated colorized portrait of Simon Wesley “Simmy” Romberger (1853-1916), bandmaster of Reiner City (Muir), Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The following brief biographical sketch of him was found in the Centennial […]

June 12, 2023
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Cock Fighting in Tower City Area

A photograph from around 1915 of a cock fight in the Tower City area, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. This brief story (and photo above) comes from the Centennial History of Tower […]

June 9, 2023
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Orwin – Officials Stop Nude Bathing at Red Bridge, 1921

From the West Schuylkill Herald, June 17, 1921, comes this story of how officials tried to stop the popular nude bathing at Red Bridge, near Orwin, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, […]

May 24, 2023
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Tower City Boy, 12, Kills Friend, 10 – Charged with Murder, 1931

On October 28, 1931, a 12-year old Tower City boy named Mark Norman English saw a gun on the seat of a car parked in front of his house. He […]

April 21, 2023
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Lykens – Old Home Week, 1913

A colorized version of a large article that appeared on the front page of the Lykens Standard, July 4, 1913, touting the Old Home Week celebration. The article featured the […]

October 8, 2022
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Elsie Zimmerman and the Abortion Conspiracy, 1937-1939

Mrs. Elsie Zimmerman, of Tower City, a notorious abortionist with no known medical training, admitted to performing an abortion on Elsie Drumm, which resulted in her death in 1938. Mrs. […]

August 25, 2022
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Lykens Woman Dies Following Abortion, 1933

Two well-known Pottsville men, W. H. Mortimer, and Robert Wessinger, were arrested in 1933 and charged with performing an illegal or criminal operation (abortion) on Anna Snyder of Lykens, Dauphin […]

August 22, 2022
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The Murder of Morris Bender, 1908

The story of the murder of Morris Bender of Orwin, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, as told in the pages of the Lykens Standard, August 21, 1980, August 28, 1908, and September […]

May 29, 2022

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