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 […]
Williamstown – Boy Killed by Biscuit Truck, 1924.
CHILD KILLED BY AUTO TRUCK AT WILLIAMSTOWN A shocking accident happened at Williamstown on Monday when a truck of the Sunshine Biscuit Company of Harrisburg, hit George Pravila, the 10-year-old […]
Williamstown – An Almost Disastrous Fire, 1924
1924 was a year of disastrous and almost disastrous files in the Lykens Valley area. This fire, which occurred in Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in November 1924, almost burned around […]
Body of River Drowning Victim Found, 1925
A story of an impoverished young man, formerly of Lykens, trying to collect driftwood from the Susquehanna River so he could heat his home for his wife and five young […]
Gary Collins – NFL Receiver from Williamstown
A montage of football trading cards and a photograph of Gary Collins, a receiver for the National Football League team, the Cleveland Browns, 1962-1971. Collins was from Williamstown, Dauphin County, […]
Williamstown & Lykens – Blanning Hardware, 1925
A 1925 advertisement for Barrett Roofings, sold by Blanning Hardware of Lykens and Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. From the Lykens Standard, March 27, 1925. WE HAVE THE RIGHT ROOF House, […]
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 […]