A grave marker for Simon H. Clauser at the Frieden’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, Branchdale, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, indicates that he was “assassinated September 5, 1874, in the borough of Hazleton.” […]
From the Pine Grove Press-Herald, December 14, 1972, comes a story of sodomy and prostitution at the Tremont Cafe, Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The arrest of the cafe owner and […]
An undated photograph of a large brick building said to be in Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo was published as part of the feature “Down Memory Lane” in the […]
An undated newspaper photograph from the Press-Herald (Tremont) series, “Down Memory Lane,” of a grade school in the Tremont area, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The only clue given was that the […]
A newspaper photograph of the teacher and pupils of the Rausch Creek School, Rausch Creek, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, as published in the “Down Memory Lane” column of the Press-Herald (Tremont), […]
Russell Burton “Russ” Hand was born on July 21, 1920 in Muir, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of Simon Edward Hand (1896-1973) and Bertha Estella [Ressler] Hand (1899-1968). The above […]
DEATHS – From the Lykens Standard, December 25, 1903: William Irving, a much esteemed young man, aged 27 years, was badly crushed about the head and body by a fall […]
The Pottsville Republican of February 10, 1939, reported on the progress of the recovery of the bodies of three men buried in a mine cave-in at Good Spring, Schuylkill County, […]