Loyalton – Did Someone Steal a Turkey?
From the Lykens Standard, December 7, 1906: THIS TIME IT’S TURKEY A farmer named Smeltz started from his home near Loyalton early Wednesday morning with a load of produce for […]
Wiconisco Girl Dies from Appendicitis, 1932
ELEANOR ADA ROWE Eleanor Ada Rowe, 12 years, 11 months and 15 days, daughter of Richard Rowe and Dorothy Rowe of WIconisco Street, Wiconisco, died Saturday, October 29th [1932] at […]
William H. “Bill” Byerly – Baseball Star & World War II Veteran
William H. “Bill” Byerly was a widely-known, highly-talented baseball player in the Lykens Valley area in the decade of the 1930s and into the early 1940s. In 1932, he was […]
Gratz News – June 6, 1929
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, 5 June 1929: Dr. and Mrs. G. M. Schminky of Harrisburg, called in town here […]
Gratz News – June 10, 1929
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz Items” section of a local newspaper, 13 May 1936: Dr. Joseph Gamber of Tower City was a business caller in town […]
Charles Lubold (1867-1930) – Loyalton Miner Died of Pneumonia
CHARLES LUBOLD DIES AT LOYALTON Charles I. Lubold, aged 63 years, died at his home at Loyalton at nine o’clock Tuesday morning of last week. Mr. Lubold had worked his […]
Chauncey A. Riegle (1870-1936)
CHAUNCEY A. REIGLE Chauncey A. Riegle, age 66 years, 4 months and 3 days, died at the home of his sister, Miss Lizzie Riegle, Lykens Township [Specktown], near Loyalton, on […]
Richard Nolen – Recollections of 40 Years, 1825-1865 (4 of 7)
Part 4. From the Lykens Standard, 16 May 1902: RECOLLECTIONS OF 40 YEARS Regarding the Lykens Valley Coal Mines and Vicinity Adjacent BY RICHARD NOLEN, ESQ. Which first appeared in […]