Jennie [Keiper] Deitrich’s 90th Birthday, 1966
At the time of her 90th birthday on 15 February 1966, Jennie [Keiper] Deitrich was interviewed by a local newspaper at her home in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and the […]
Elizabethville – Con Keilman’s Meat Market, 1895
An advertisement appearing in the Elizabethville Echo, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 7 March 1895: CON. KEILMAN’S MEAT MARKET NEW DEPARTURE I desire to announce to my patrons and the public […]
Charles J. Price Elected Mine Inspector, 1906
From the Harrisburg Daily Independent, 1 January 1906: MINE INSPECTOR IN OFFICE Charles J. Price Ready for Business Special to the Star-Independent Lykens, Pennsylvania, 1 January 1906 — Charles J. […]
John Irwin Billman – Spanish American War Veteran – Died 1934
John Irwin Billman, a veteran of the Spanish American War, died on 19 June 1934 in Kansas City, Missouri, but according to research, he spent his early years in Elizabethville, […]
Charles H. Harman (1862-1926)
Charles H. Harman Squire Harman was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and came to Wiconisco in 1880. In 1899 he was elected Justice of the Peace of that […]
Samuel H. Miller (1876-1945)
Samuel H. Miller One of the oldest mercantile establishments of Wiconisco is that of Samuel Miller Estate, now conducted by S. H. Miller. The business first started by Mr. Miller’s […]
Elizabethville – Charles Keaffer Killed by Train, 1922
An article appearing in the Harrisburg Patriot, 4 September 1922, describing the death of Charles Keaffer, at Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania: ELIZABETHVILLE HOTELMAN DIES AFTER HIT BY TRAIN Special to […]
Jacob M. Miller
Jacob M. Miller Mr. Miller was born in Lykens, 18 November 1868; he attended the Wiconisco High School. Mr. Miller entered business in Lykens about 1890 conducting a general store […]