Insurance Policy Receipt, 1922
A receipt made out to Emery H. Kroh for the sum of 20 cents paid to H. Hatter of the Prudential Insurance Company of America. According to the receipt, the […]
Sacramento – Grave Digging Receipt, 1930
A receipt for the payment of $15 paid by Ray Kroh to S. A. Buffington Funeral Director, Sacramento, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, for the service of digging the grave for his […]
Sacramento Post Office, 1929
A small, greeting-card-sized envelope mailed from the Sacramento Post Office, Sacramento, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The hand cancel give the date of mailing as 28 March 1929 and the time as […]
Construction of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, 1911
By mid-October 1911 construction of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad was supposed to be completed to Gratz in time for the Gratz Fair. Construction began in earnest in the area around […]
Land Acquisitions for the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, 1910-1912
A collection of newspaper briefs describing the acquisition of land in 1910-1912 for the construction of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad. Two disputed cases are noted: (1) The area of the […]
Contracts Awarded for Construction of Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, 1910
On 29 July 1910, the Harrisburg Telegraph announced the awarding of contracts for the construction of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad along with expectations as to when the work would begin: […]
James LaMar Kessler (1943-1949) – Boy Is Accident Victim
ERDMAN BOY IS ACCIDENT VICTIM James Lamar Kessler, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Kessler of Erdman, was fatally injured when struck by an automobile near his home early […]
Surveying & Engineering the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, 1910
Some stories found in local and area newspapers describe the ongoing efforts in 1910 to complete the surveying of the land over which the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad would be built. […]