From the Lykens Standard, May 22, 1925: ______________________________________________ WILLIAMSTOWN TRIO FOUND GUILTY OF SERIES OF NEARBY ROBBERIES In Default of $1,000 Bail Each, Three Were Lodged in Jail; Working Other […]
Local officials, the owners of a hosiery mill and a dye factory, and several residents of the Lykens Valley area testified against Paul Briggman of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in […]
The campaign to eradicate smallpox continued in 1925 with strict vaccination rules issued to schools in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Heading up the County Board of Health was Dr. D. E. […]
A 1952 advertisement (business card) for Harper H. Cox, Photographer, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1952 yearbook, Senior Sentinel of the Hubley Township High School, Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. A complete digital copy […]
This November 1926 storm that hit Central Pennsylvania caused flood and wind damage in the Lykens Valley. The locations and quick response to restore transportation, electricity and telephone service, were […]
A young girl of Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was the unfortunate victim of an accident that occurred at the site of a street bonfire that had been set by older […]
In 1925, Herman Grell, a former resident of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was killed in a massive explosion that took place on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. The story was […]
A premature explosion of dynamite, possibly caused by the accidental use of a tool which produced a spark, injured two Williamstown miners at the Big Lick Colliery. The Lykens Standard […]