Gratz News – September 14, 1927
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, for the week of 14 September 1927: Mr. and Mrs. John Kratzer and children, of […]
Charles Noblet Buried in Pillow with Ku Klux Klan Rites, 1927
In April 1927, Charles N. Noblet, an accident victim, was buried at Pillow‘s Grandview Cemetery, with full Ku Klux Klan honors conducted at graveside. This post is a continuation of […]
Pillow – Troutman’s Oil Service, 1969
A 1969 advertising photograph for Troutman’s Oil Service, Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Troutman sold Atlantic petroleum products: heating oils; gasoline; motor oils, industrial oils. Also: Firestone; Hercules Tires; Delco batteries; […]
Gratz Sues Road Construction Company, 1927
GRATZ SUES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Some contention has arisen between the Gratz Fire Company, and the Borough Council against the Lincoln Construction Company, over certain obstructions caused by the improvements being […]
Local Reminiscences for Home Historians – January 19, 1905
Fifth in a series of nine 1904-1905 newspaper articles in which two old-timers are portrayed reminiscing about the Lykens Valley of the past. The two fictional characters, the “old railroader” […]
Gratz Fife and Drum Corps, 1875-1892
An undated photograph of the first Fife and Drum Corps of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo was supposedly taken when the group performed in a parade at Pillow, Dauphin […]
Upper Dauphin National Bank, 1969
A 1969 advertising photograph for the Upper Dauphin National Bank, with offices in Millersburg, Elizabethville, and Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From an advertisement that appeared in the 1972 yearbook, […]
Charles Allen Snyder of Pillow, 1927
A 1927 portrait photograph of Charles Allen Snyder of Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1927 yearbook, Lanthorn, of the Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, available […]