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 […]
This article from the Lykens Standard, August 28, 1925, described an explosion of oil in a Lykens home. Miraculously, the nearly 90-year-old who was attempting to light the stove escaped […]
A 1925 hit-and-run accident on the Rabbit Hill Roadway, east of Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, took the life of Simon P. Nonallis, of Wiconisco. This is an example of the […]
A threat on the life of the Lykens Constable by an “alien” who lived in Wiconisco, resulted in a search warrant, the seizure of a “dangerous looking” revolver, and a […]
A colorized portrait of James R. Spangler, probably from around 1900. Spangler died as a result of a mining accident at Short Mountain Colliery, Lykens/Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The following […]
According to an obituary that appeared in the Lykens Standard, May 8, 1925, Stella Richardson of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, died five weeks after she hiked to Love Rock – […]
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 […]
In 1925, five men were arrested for breaking lights along highways in Williams Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The story of their arrest and conviction appeared in the Lykens Standard, March […]