Body of River Drowning Victim Found, 1925
A story of an impoverished young man, formerly of Lykens, trying to collect driftwood from the Susquehanna River so he could heat his home for his wife and five young […]
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 […]
Williamstown – Five Men Jailed & Fined for Vandalism, 1925
In 1925, five men were arrested for breaking lights along highways in Williams Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The story of their arrest and conviction appeared in the Lykens Standard, March […]
Fall of Slate Kills George Dreibelbis at Big Lick, 1924
Again the bowels of the earth have taken toll, and on Wednesday about noon, George Dreibelbis, 20 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dreibelbis of Wiconisco, was crushed […]
Jonathan Baddorf & Jane [Row] Baddorf – 50th Wedding Anniversary, 1924
A newspaper photograph (Lykens Standard, March 14, 1924) of Jonathan Baddorf (1848-1939) and Leah Jane [Row] Baddorf (1852-1939) at their 50th Wedding Anniversary. The photograph was accompanied by a brief […]
Dayton – Fisher Hotel Stage Stop
An undated photograph of the Fisher Hotel, a stage stop in Dayton, east of Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ____________________________________________ Image from the Facebook page of the Williamstown Historical Society. Follow and receive regular […]
Lykens – K. K. K. In Charge of Funeral of Miner, 1925
In what was probably the biggest Ku Klux Klan demonstration up to this time in the Lykens Valley area, hundreds of hooded members of that order took charge of the […]
Suicide of Goldie Marie Myers, 1936
From the Lykens Standard, May 15, 1936: GUN ENDS LIFE OF YOUNG MOTHER According to Deputy Coroner George W. Wren, of Williamstown, Mrs. Goldie Marie Myers, residing for the past […]