Dr. A. L. Shirk – Guilty of Abortion & Later Pardoned, 1912-1915
Dr. Levi A. Shirk (a.k.a. L. A. Sherk), a well-known and respected medical professional in the Lykens Valley area with offices in Tower City and Millersburg, went to trial in […]
Ravine – Armistice Day, 1942
A photograph taken on November 11, 1942, Armistice Day, in Ravine, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, picturing a flag raising ceremony. The caption: RAVINE FLAG RAISING – Charles C. Ferrebee of DeTurksville […]
Oak Grove Couple Celebrates 47th Wedding Anniversary, 1971
From the Pine Grove Press Herald, November 18, 1971: EVENT CELEBRATED ON WIFE’S 66th BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Strausser of Oak Grove, Pine Grove R.D. 1, celebrated their […]
Mt. Carmel – National Hotel
An undated colorized post card view of the National Hotel and Post Office in the rear (at left), Mt. Carmel, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The photo appeared in the “Looking Back” […]
Wiconisco – Sodomy at Mucher’s Barber Shop, 1931
A story from 1931 of young teenage boys, who when caught committing a robbery at Bucher’s Barber Shop in Wiconisco, accused three Wiconisco men of sodomizing them. The way this […]
Mary [Kilraine] Comiskey – Civil War Laundress
A brief story telling of the funeral of a Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania woman, Mary Kilraine, appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot on August 1, 1905: G.A.R. HONORS FOR WOMAN By Associated Press to The […]
The Murder of Jefferson Creary, 1925
On March 21, 1925, the body of woodsman Jefferson Creary was found at his home in a mountainous area near Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Initially, it was believed he […]
Adam W. Felty & Florence [Newcomer] Felty – 60th Wedding Anniversary, 1971
A colorized version of a studio photograph taken before Christmas 1911 of the wedding of Adam W. Felty and Florence E. [Newcomer] Felty. The photo was published in the Pine […]