Lykens – Grand Opening of Dietrich Cafe, 1906
From the Lykens Standard, October 12, 1906: Dietrich Cafe Opens Tomorrow F. P. Dietrich and Son of Harrisburg, have leased the Wright Building on Main Street, and fitted it up […]
Strict Vaccination Rules for 1925-1926 School Year
The campaign to eradicate smallpox continued in 1925 with strict vaccination rules issued to schools in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Heading up the County Board of Health was Dr. D. E. […]
Lykens – Reiff & Helt, 1925
From the Lykens Standard of February 6, 1925, an advertisement for Reiff and Helt, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This Victrola — and any RADIO! — what better combination can you […]
Was It Ever OK for a Girl to Play a Boys Sport?
A photograh of Carrie Moyer, famed baseball pitcher for college and semi-professional teams in Eastern Pennsylvania. In 1906, Carrie pitched for the championship Lykens and Wiconisco Athletic Association team. The […]
Lykens – State Trooper Hit By Ice Cream Truck, 1925
STATE TROOPER HURT Tuesday evening, as State Trooper Verbecken was returning to Lykens from Elizabethville, he was struck by a Burdan ice cream truck and received minor injuries. Verbecken sounded […]
Black-Face Minstrel Show Held to Benefit Civil War Monument, 1925
In an irony of ironies, a black-face minstrel show was set to be performed in Lykens in 1925 for the benefit of the fund to raise money for the bronze […]
Lykens Township – Reigle Barn Fire, 1925
A fire of unknown origin broke out in a barn in rural Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The lack of a phone to call in the alarm significanly delayed a […]
Harrisburg Gang Confesses to Lykens Valley Robberies, 1925
A tale of how a gang of thieves was caught and were held responsible for four robberies in the Lykens Valley area in 1925. The robberies occurred at the following […]