Cock Fighting in Tower City Area
A photograph from around 1915 of a cock fight in the Tower City area, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. This brief story (and photo above) comes from the Centennial History of Tower […]
Orwin – Officials Stop Nude Bathing at Red Bridge, 1921
From the West Schuylkill Herald, June 17, 1921, comes this story of how officials tried to stop the popular nude bathing at Red Bridge, near Orwin, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, […]
Tower City Boy, 12, Kills Friend, 10 – Charged with Murder, 1931
On October 28, 1931, a 12-year old Tower City boy named Mark Norman English saw a gun on the seat of a car parked in front of his house. He […]
Lykens – Old Home Week, 1913
A colorized version of a large article that appeared on the front page of the Lykens Standard, July 4, 1913, touting the Old Home Week celebration. The article featured the […]
Elsie Zimmerman and the Abortion Conspiracy, 1937-1939
Mrs. Elsie Zimmerman, of Tower City, a notorious abortionist with no known medical training, admitted to performing an abortion on Elsie Drumm, which resulted in her death in 1938. Mrs. […]
Lykens Woman Dies Following Abortion, 1933
Two well-known Pottsville men, W. H. Mortimer, and Robert Wessinger, were arrested in 1933 and charged with performing an illegal or criminal operation (abortion) on Anna Snyder of Lykens, Dauphin […]
The Murder of Morris Bender, 1908
The story of the murder of Morris Bender of Orwin, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, as told in the pages of the Lykens Standard, August 21, 1980, August 28, 1908, and September […]
Tremont Named for Three Mountains
A topographical map of Tremont Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, showing the configuration of three mountains – Broad Mountain, Sharp Mountain, and Second Mountain. Tremont Borough is in the northernmost part […]