Schuylkill County Garment Industry, 1981
An article from 1981 noted the increase in plants in the Schuylkill County garment industry. The names of the 35 plants in the area were also given. The history of […]
Shane R. Zellers – Minor League Baseball Player from Wiconisco
Shane R. Zellers was born in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1988. He graduated from Williams Valley High School, Tower City, and then attended Alvernia University in Reading, where he […]
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. […]
The Abortion Trials of Dr. Robert D. Spencer, 1953-1966
A portrait of Dr. Robert D. Spencer of Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Dr. Spencer was the best known of the doctors who performed abortions in the area adjacent to the […]
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 […]
Dr. A. L. Shirk – Guilty of Abortion & Later Pardoned, 1912-1915
Dr. Levi A. Shirk (a.k.a. L. A. Sherk), a well-known and respected medical professional in the Lykens Valley area with offices in Tower City and Millersburg, went to trial in […]
Mary [Kilraine] Comiskey – Civil War Laundress
A brief story telling of the funeral of a Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania woman, Mary Kilraine, appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot on August 1, 1905: G.A.R. HONORS FOR WOMAN By Associated Press to The […]
Williams Valley High School, 1973
Portrait photos in composite form of the 1973 graduates of Williams Valley High School, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, as presented in the West Schuylkill Herald, Tower City, June 7, […]