Lykens – Flobert Rifle Ban, 1906
On March 30, 1906, the Lykens Standard reported on an incident in which Elijah Dietrich (1871-1965) and his family were subjected to a bullet crashing through a window in their […]
Elizabethville – Wedding of Princess Elizabeth & Lieutenant Philip, 1947
A philatelic commemoration of the wedding of Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary with Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, R. N. [Royal Navy], Thursday November 20, 1947, at Westminster Abbey, London. […]
Millersburg – Collision on Railroad Kills Three, 1905
“ACCIDENT NEAR MILLERSBURG: A rear end collision occurred last Sunday morning, about four o’clock, one mile south of Millersburg, when Erie Mail No. 3 north bound ran into the caboose […]
Halifax – Plane Crash Injures Two, 1955
A small plane crash near Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1955, resulted in the destruction of the plane and injuries to the pilot and passenger. The event was reported in […]
Weston Merrit Keiper (1879-1902) – Halifax Bank Robber
WESTON MERRITT KEIPER Weston Merritt Keiper, born in 1879, was the oldest son of William Henry Keiper and Susanna [Row] Keiper of Lykens. Weston’s father, William Henry Keiper, was a coal miner, who was described as […]
The Route of the McKinley Funeral Train, 1901
A photograph taken when the McKinley Funeral Train was entering Harrisburg, September 16, 1901. The train had begun its journey earlier in the morning at Buffalo, New York, and was […]
Tower City – Girl Dies “In Confinement,” 1906
On April 6, 1906, the Lykens Standard took the opportunity to criticize the parents of a young girl who had died giving birth to a baby that had been conceived […]
Halifax – The Tragic Death of Frank Lyter, 1899
Frank Lyter, the son of Civil War veteran Isaac Lyter, met a tragic death at Halifax in July 1899, as reported in the Elizabethville Echo of July 20, 1899: Accident at Halifax Frank Lyter, son […]