Williamstown – Suspicious Fire Destroys Barn & Crops, 1925
A fire believed to be of incendiary origin destroyed a barn belonging to Norman Baird, located on the road from Williamstown to Tower City, in late September 1925. Local fire […]
Prohibition Law Violators, 1925 (1)
Two notices from the Lykens Standard, October 9, 1925: 71-Year-Old Wiconisco Man Paroled President Judge Hargest in the Dauphin County Court, Monday, paroled Isaac Dietrich, 71, of Wiconisco, after he […]
Petition to “Rescue a Crime Infested People,” 1925
After a series of many robberies that occurred in a one month period between April and May, 1925, the leaders of the various communities in the Lykens Valley petitioned the […]
Muir Man Jilted for Store Robbery, 1925
A young man of Muir, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, decided to give his wife-to-be a wardrobe of new clothing, so he burglarized a store in Tremont and walked away with about […]
Reading Ends Rail Service to Lykens, 1925
The plan of the Reading Railroad Company to end passenger train service to Lykens Valley area communities, was announced in the Lykens Standard, November 13, 1925. The trains were to […]
Harry Preston Wiest (1893-1925) – Telegraph Operator Died of Typhoid Fever
PROMINENT TOWER CITY MAN TYPHOID VICTIM Tower City, September 23 [1925] — Harry Preston Wiest, aged 32 years, of Wiconisco & Second Streets, died at his home here Friday morning […]
Wiconisco – First Offenders Get Jail Term for Burglary, 1925
For the crime of burglary, three men of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, were hastily rounded up and quickly convicted. Although they were first-time offenders, they were sentenced to ten to […]
Wiconisco – Suicide by Shotgun, 1925
This story from the Lykens Standard, March 13, 1925: YOUNG MAN ENDED LIFE BY SHOOTING Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock at 335 North Second Street, over […]