The Mormon ‘Invasion’ of Pillow, 1900
Anti-Mormon news articles often appeared in both the Harrisburg and Lykens Valley area newspapers. From the Lykens Register, May 31, 1900: Mormons at Pillow. The Harrisburg Telegraph of last Friday, […]
Gratz – Hoffman Stoves, 1894
An 1894 advertisement for J. H. Hoffman, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, dealer in Stoves, Tinware, Hardware, and Cucumber Pumps. Spouting & Tin & Steel Roofing a Specialty. _____________________________________________ From the […]
Pillow Grange Store, 1894
An 1894 advertisement for Pillow Grange Store Company, Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, dealers in General Merchandise. We keep everything that should be found in a Good General Store and all at […]
Pillow – Shiffers Dairy
An undated cardboard bottle top from Shiffers Dairy, Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. SHIFFERS DAIRY RAW GUERNSEY MILK FROM ACCREDITED HERDS _____________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments […]
Post Card to Pillow, 1912
The message and address side of a post card mailed to Miss Anna Witmer, Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, September 27, 1912, at 12 P. M. […]
Pennsylvania Profiles – Prop Merchants
A story of the lumber merchants who supplied support timbers for the anthracite coal mines of Dauphin, Northumberland and Schuylkill Counties. Presented as part of “Pennsylvania Profiles,” a weekly series […]
Lykens – Crime Ring Caught & Jailed, 1907
A newspaper photograph of Isaac P. Bowman, leader of a crime ring responsible for burglaries, assaults and highway robberies in the Lykens Valley area and surrounding areas in late 1906 […]
Upper Dauphin National Bank Directors, 1969
A newspaper photograph of the new directors of the Upper Dauphin National Bank, with offices in Pillow, Millersburg and Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo appeared in the Lykens Standard, […]