Highlights from the “Washington Square Democrat,” 1878 (1)
A column entitled “Quarter Century Back,” as published in the Elizabethville Echo, June 5, 1903, refers to the predecessor of the Echo, published in 1878 at Washington Square by J. […]
Elizabethville – Death of Shortest Man in County, 1900
From the Lykens Register, May 17, 1900: Smallest Man in County Dies William Collier, probably the smallest man in statue [sic] in Dauphin County, measuring a fraction over three feet, […]
History of the Berrysburg Seminary (3)
A History of Berrysburg Seminary, from an address by D. G. Lubold at a reunion of alumni and students held at Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Thursday, August 11, 1904. Published […]
Post Card from Fisherville to Powls Valley, 1909
A post card mailed from Fisherville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on June 12, 1909, to Powls Valley, same date, and at postmarked at both places. The sender was “Daisy” and the […]
Fisherville Post Office, 1909
The stamped corner of a post card showing a hand cancel applied at the Fisherville Post Office, Fisherville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The time and date of the cancel is 12 […]
Lykens Man Found Dead in Hunting Cottage, 1946
FUNERAL FOR LYKENS MAN Requiem mass for Albert Fritz Jr,., age 41, of Lykens, was celebrated in St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Lykens, at 9 o’clock Monday morning by the Rev. […]
Motorcycle Hits Family, Kills One & Injures Three, 1932
ONE DEAD, THREE INJURED AS CYCLE STRIKES FAMILY GROUP SUNDAY EVE. A three year old child, Luther Bollinger, is dead, his mother, Mrs. Alice Bollinger of Steelton, Charles Cooper, Wiconisco, […]
Halifax – Camp Hebron History
A photograph of the current entrance sign to Camp Hebron, located near Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, “a sanctuary dedicated to Christian camping and recreation.” On the web site of Camp […]