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 […]
Ray Bohner Killed While Hunting in 1932 – Who Fired the Shot?
Ray W. Bohner‘s death occurred while he was on a hunting party. The cause of death was an accidental discharge of a gun. The article which appeared in the Lykens […]
Williams Valley – World Record for Longest Basketball Game, 1975
Pictured above are the ten Williams Valley High School Students, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, who in 1975, set a new world record for the longest basketball game ever played, […]
Wiconisco – Mossop Hosiery Mill, 1908
Standing first and foremost in the ranks of industrial enterprises in the Lykens Valley is the hosiery knitting mill of Isaac Mossop & Company, of Wiconisco. The company was organized […]
Lykens – Union House, 1908
An undated colorized photograph of the Union House, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The following article appeared in a special Souvenir Edition of the Lykens Standard, March 13, 1908, via Newspapers.com: UNION HOUSE […]
“Womanless Weddings” in the Lykens Valley Area, 1931
A man marrying a man in Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in 1931? That’s what the above photograph represents. In the same year, it also happened in Lykens, Tremont, Elizabethville, […]
Self-Inflicted Gunshot Death of Arthur Reiner, 1926
A self-inflicted gunshot wound into the right temple of an 18-year-old young man who was sitting in the back seat of his car with his 18-year-old lady friend. A coroner’s […]
Murder & Mayhem at the Tremont Block Party, 1926 (1)
In September, 1926, an auto crashed into a crowd of about 500 persons attending a block party at Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, killing one and injuring 15 others, including many […]