Berrysburg Post Office, 1908
A post card with message mailed from the Berrysburg Post Office, Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, June 12, 1908, at 10 A. M., and marked “received” at the Gratz Post Office, […]
Charles Mucher Killed at Short Mountain Colliery, 1924
MINE ACCIDENT FATAL TO CHARLES MUCHER Again the inevitable happened at Short Mountain Colliery and a possible outburst of gas took for its toll the life of Charles Wellington J. […]
Lykens – A Profile of Albert A. Rudisill, 1906
In its October 12, 1906 edition, the Lykens Standard profiled merchant Albert A. Rudisill: A. A. RUDISILL’S WONDERFUL SUCCESS The phenomenal growth of A. A. Rudisill‘s mercantile business is the […]
Mike Kostichyn Crushed to Death at Colliery, 1924
FATAL ACCIDENT AT WILLIAMSTOWN COLLIERY Mike Kostichyn, aged 28 years, of Williamstown, was fatally injured in No. 1 Shaft at the Williamstown Colliery, Thursday morning from a slip of coal […]
Williamstown Man Suffocates in Mine, 1924
WILLIAMSTOWN MAN SUFFOCATED IN MINE Howard Jenkins, aged 20 years, of Williamstown, was suffocated following a blast in 9 1/2 vein in Shaft No. 2, Susquehanna Colliery, Monday about noon. […]
George W. Schreffler (1857-1924) – Former Editor at “Lykens Standard”
This obituary appeared in the Lykens Standard, February 15, 1924: GEORGE W. SCHREFFLER George Washington Schreffler, aged 66 years, 10 months and 12 days of 6419 Beechwood Street, Philadelphia, was […]
Jacob Miller – Killed by Mine Car, 1909
A tragedy for an immigrant family occurred in April 1909 when Jacob Miller was killed by a mine car at the Summit Branch Breaker, near Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The […]
Leah Jane [Row] Michael (1854-1956) – Centenarian
Leah Jane [Row] Michael was married to William H. Michael (1847-1911), a Civil War veteran who died in 1911. She lived to the age of 101, dying in 1956. She […]