Halifax Man Fails in Bid to Keep 14-Year Old Wife, 1932
FAILS IN MOVE TO REGAIN BRIDE OF 14 William M. Hoffman, 19, of near Halifax, was held in $500 bail for court Thursday by Alderman Charters on a charge of […]
The Wreck at the Barry Railroad Station, 1891
A fatal accident occurred on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad near the railroad station at Barry, Barry Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, on the evening of March 28, 1891. From the […]
Tremont Teenagers
An undated, colorized photograph showing a group of teenagers sitting on the porch steps of a house somewhere in Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The caption in the photo named those […]
Williamstown Man Convicted in Abortion Death, 1973
Mrs. Mildred Maley, of Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, died at the Pottsville Hospital on August 17, 1971, following an illegal abortion performed on her by Wayne M. Mace of Williamstown, […]
Albert Koons & Verna Mae [Heck] Koons -50th Wedding Anniversary
A colorized version of a studio photograph taken in 1921 for the marriage of Albert Koons and Verna Mae [Heck] Koons. The photo was published in the Pine Grove Press Herald, December 30, 1971, […]
Elsie Zimmerman and the Abortion Conspiracy, 1937-1939
Mrs. Elsie Zimmerman, of Tower City, a notorious abortionist with no known medical training, admitted to performing an abortion on Elsie Drumm, which resulted in her death in 1938. Mrs. […]
The Abortion Trials of Dr. Robert D. Spencer, 1953-1966
A portrait of Dr. Robert D. Spencer of Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Dr. Spencer was the best known of the doctors who performed abortions in the area adjacent to the […]
Lykens Woman Dies Following Abortion, 1933
Two well-known Pottsville men, W. H. Mortimer, and Robert Wessinger, were arrested in 1933 and charged with performing an illegal or criminal operation (abortion) on Anna Snyder of Lykens, Dauphin […]