Lykens – Miners Deposit Bank Erects Chime Clock, 1925
Towns throughout the United States had clocks along main streets during much of their early history. Many of these clocks were erected by banks and were either stand-alone structures on […]
Lykens – Underwear Stolen in Overnight Robbery, 1925
In 1925, in an early morning burglary of Forman Brothers store in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, more than $1000 of merchandise was taken, but the cash register was not disturbed. […]
Lykens – The Great Tobacco Burglary, 1925
The Lykens Standard of June 19, 1925, referred to a Friday night robbery of the store of Phil Jones, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, as “peculiar” because the thieves only took […]
Wiconisco – Foreigner Violates Alien Firearms Act, 1925
A threat on the life of the Lykens Constable by an “alien” who lived in Wiconisco, resulted in a search warrant, the seizure of a “dangerous looking” revolver, and a […]
Lykens – Woman Dies After Hike to Love Rock, 1925
According to an obituary that appeared in the Lykens Standard, May 8, 1925, Stella Richardson of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, died five weeks after she hiked to Love Rock – […]
Williamstown – Robbery at the Ralph Hotel, 1925
In June 1925, a gang of men broke into the Ralph Hotel, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, carried out a 900 pound safe, hoisted it into the back of a Dodge […]
Wiconisco – Suicide by Shotgun, 1925
This story from the Lykens Standard, March 13, 1925: YOUNG MAN ENDED LIFE BY SHOOTING Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock at 335 North Second Street, over […]
Rebuck Youth Dies From Gun Accident, 1925
This story appeared in the Lykens Standard, January 9, 1925: REBUCK YOUTH ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY COMPANION, DIES Harvey E. Kahler, aged 21 years, of Rebuck, died at the home of […]