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Williamstown Men Arrested for Robberies, 1925

From the Lykens Standard, May 22, 1925: ______________________________________________ WILLIAMSTOWN TRIO FOUND GUILTY OF SERIES OF NEARBY ROBBERIES In Default of $1,000 Bail Each, Three Were Lodged in Jail; Working Other […]

April 8, 2025
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Lykens – Thieves Take Cabbage & Potatoes, 1924

From the Lykens Standard, October 18, 1924: GARDEN ROBBED OF POTATOES AND CABBAGE Some time during Thursday night some theives entered the premises of Mrs. Ira Sheseley, West North Second […]

April 8, 2025
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Lykens – Hosiery Mill Worker Has Bike Stolen, 1924

From the Lykens Standard, October 18, 1924: BICYCLE PARKED TEN MINUTES; STOLEN Eugene Bretz, who is employed at ythe Lykens Knitting and Manufacturing Company Hosiery Mill, this place, had his […]

April 7, 2025
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Ashland – Sausser Monument Works, 1952

A 1952 advertisement for Myron L. Sausser, Sausser Monument Works, 400 Hoffman Boulevard, Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Sausser included a message in his ad: Only a Few People In Town […]

April 7, 2025
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Crash Kills Muir Man & Injures 11 Others, 1924

The Lykens Standard of September 26, 1924, reported on an accident involving two packed autos that left a coal mine with shift workers heading home to Muir, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. […]

April 6, 2025
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Herndon – Mandata Poultry Company, 1952

A 1952 advertisement (business card) for Mandata Poultry Company, Herndon, R. D., Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1952 yearbook, Senior Sentinel of the Hubley Township High School, Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.  A complete digital […]

April 6, 2025
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Paul Briggman – Sock Thief of Wiconisco, 1924

Local officials, the owners of a hosiery mill and a dye factory, and several residents of the Lykens Valley area testified against Paul Briggman of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in […]

April 5, 2025
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Elizabethville – Generic Post Card

An undated generic post card image from Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Greetings from Elizabethville, Pennsylvania. ____________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.

April 5, 2025

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