Lykens – Oil Stove Explosion Destroys Home, 1925
This article from the Lykens Standard, August 28, 1925, described an explosion of oil in a Lykens home. Miraculously, the nearly 90-year-old who was attempting to light the stove escaped […]
Lykens – Loaded Gun Fires Almost Killing Woman, 1925
In a 1925 incident in Lykens involving what was believed to be an unloaded gun, Mrs. Michael Begani, almost lost her life. While cleaning house, she moved a mattress on […]
Millersburg – Wiconisco Man Killed in Hit-&-Run, 1925
A 1925 hit-and-run accident on the Rabbit Hill Roadway, east of Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, took the life of Simon P. Nonallis, of Wiconisco. This is an example of the […]
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 – […]