Williamstown Mine Victims – The Wingerts, 1937
FATHER & SON GAS VICTIMS IN WILLIAMSTOWN MINES Overcome by gas, William T. P. Wingert, 54, of Elizabethville, and his son, William Wingert Jr., 33, of Wiconisco, succumbed to… in […]
Loyalton – Stone Hill School, 1886
A 1957 newspaper photo of the Stone Hill School, class of the 1886-1887 school year, Loyalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA. The photo accompanied an article telling of the 60th Wedding […]
Gratz News – October 12, 1927
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, 12 October 1927: Those who attended the Holy Communion held here, Sunday were Miss Marie […]
John Edmund Hoover (1898-1930) – Big Lick Mine Victim
In December 1930, John E. Hoover was killed at the Big Lick Colliery of the Williamstown Mines, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His obituary, as published by a local newspaper is […]
Gratz News – December 7, 1927
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, 7 December 1927: Mrs. Ursula Klinger, Mrs. Clarence Klinger, and Mrs. Walter Umholtz, of Hegins, […]
Walter E. Johnson Flying Exhibition at Gratz, 1913
WALTER E. JOHNSON FLIES TO GRATZ “They Shall fly as the eagle.” — Habakkuk, Chapter 1, Verse 8 Perhaps the most thrilling spectacle ever witnessed here was the flight yesterday […]
Loyalton News – February 19, 1931
The following news briefs were published in the “Loyalton News” section of a local newspaper, 19 February 1931: Mr. and Mrs. William Boyer of Elizabethville R.D. visited at the home […]
Third Wife of Elizabethville Distiller & The Pre-Nuptial Agreement Dispute
Isaiah S. Daniel, of Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was appointed executor of the estate of wealthy distiller and farmer Nathaniel Miller after his death in 1928. On 10 June 1929, […]