Wiconisco Girl Dies from Appendicitis, 1932
ELEANOR ADA ROWE Eleanor Ada Rowe, 12 years, 11 months and 15 days, daughter of Richard Rowe and Dorothy Rowe of WIconisco Street, Wiconisco, died Saturday, October 29th [1932] at […]
Ray Bohner Killed While Hunting in 1932 – Who Fired the Shot?
Ray W. Bohner‘s death occurred while he was on a hunting party. The cause of death was an accidental discharge of a gun. The article which appeared in the Lykens […]
The Suicide of Charles Harman, 1932
CHARLES HARMAN – A SUICIDE AT WILLIAMSTOWN Charles Harman, 52, a former resident of this place [Lykens], but who resided for a number of years in Williamstown, committed suicide yesterday […]
Man With Two Names Killed in Mines, 1903
He was known by various combinations of Benjamin Walter “Archie” Roe [or Row] and also known as Benjamin Row Dietrich [or Deitrich]. He died as a result of falling down […]
Sarah [Irving] Fotheringill – Lykens Green Grocer, 1908
Sarah [Irving] Fotheringill (1848-1925) was a prominent community leader and businesswoman in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1908. In article from a special Souvenir Edition of the Lykens Standard, March 13, […]
Four Generations of a Millersburg Family
A photograph from the Harrisburg Telegraph, November 24, 1928, of four generations of the Gunderman family of Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Pictured are Mrs. Catherine Gunderman, 75 years old; Mrs. […]
Four Generations of a Millersburg Family
A newspaper photograph from 1914 depicting four generations of a Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, family. Front Row: Mrs. James Martz; Elwood Myers; Mrs. George Walborn. Back (standing): Sue Myers. The […]
The Suicide of Joseph M. Glick, 1894
JOSEPH M. GLICK COMMITS SUICIDE TODAY! He Fires a Forty-Calibre Revolver Ball Into His Mouth – Financial Embarrassments Said to be the Cause for the Rash Act of Self-Destruction Joseph […]