Was Harry Ochenreider Killed at Brookside, 1924?
A brief article in the Lykens Standard, December 12, 1924, told the following story: SHERIDAN MAN KILLED AT EAST BROOKSIDE A delayed shot which caused the men in No. 5 […]
Huge Ku Klux Klan Event Set for Gratz, 1924
The announcement of an event that was to become the largest Ku Klux Klan demonstration ever held in the Lykens Valley, appeared in the September 26, 1924, edition of the […]
Pine Grove – Armory (2)
An undated colorized view of the Armory, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. _____________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
Lykens Newspaper Pays Tribute to Lucy Gaston, 1924
Lucy Page Gaston (1860-1924) was an anti-tobacco activist who founded the Anti-Cigarette League in Chicago in 1899, which quickly grew nationwide to more than 300,000 members. Her movement was aligned […]
Jonathan Baddorf & Jane [Row] Baddorf – 50th Wedding Anniversary, 1924
A newspaper photograph (Lykens Standard, March 14, 1924) of Jonathan Baddorf (1848-1939) and Leah Jane [Row] Baddorf (1852-1939) at their 50th Wedding Anniversary. The photograph was accompanied by a brief […]
Isaac W. Hoffman (1837-1924)
ISAAC HOFFMAN, MILLERSBURG, PASSED AWAY Millersburg, March 25 [1924] — Isaac W. Hoffman, one of the oldest residents of this place died this afternoon shortly before 3 o’clock. He was […]
Upper Dauphin High School – Gary Allen Shade
A 1964 colorized portrait photograph of Gary Allen Shade, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1964 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]
Ku Klux Klan Announces Presence in Williamstown, 1924
On Saturday, May 10, 1924, the Ku Klux Klan announced its presence in Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, by burning a cross on the culm bank west of the colliery. The […]