Stehman Murders Wife in Crowded Market, 1906
“In the presence of their two little children and hundreds of marketers, Jacob Stehman murdered his wife, Mrs. Lena Hiney Steffey Stehman at the Verbeke Street Market House, Harrisburg, Saturday […]
Enterline Post Office, 1908
The stamped corner of a penny post card mailed from the Enterline Post Office, Enterline, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, September 16, 1908. ______________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this […]
The Destructive Cyclone of 1910 (3)
Part 3 of 3 posts on the Great Cyclone of June, 1910, featuring news articles from local and area newspapers. From the Harrisburg Daily Independent, June 20, 1910: WIND GIVES […]
Millersburg – Hotel Freck
An undated real photo post card view of the Hotel Freck, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The horse-drawn vehicle parked at left is the stagecoach, the public mode of transportation within […]
Elizabethville – Hotel Washington, 1955
An advertisement for the Hotel Washington, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. “Good Food” H. H. Schwartz, Proprietor ___________________________________ From the 1955 yearbook, La Memoria, of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, […]
Gratz Area Man Killed in Harrisburg Railroad Yard, 1906
JOHN WOLFE FATALLY INJURED IN THE HARRISBURG YARD [Lykens Standard, September 21, 1906]. John Wolfe, of Harrisburg, a brakeman on the Pennsylvania railroad, was run over by a shifter in […]
Millersburg – Gernert Hotel Bar, 1944 (1)
A 1944 photograph (recently colorized of the bar area at the Hotel Gernert, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Pictured (left to right): Ralph Lahr; Clayton Barge; Grant Watson; Harry Goodling, manager. […]
A Warning About Chain Letters, 1924
On April 4, 1924, the Lykens Standard picked up its editorial pen and issued a warning to individuals passing on chain letters – those who continued to do so would […]