Muir Man Jilted for Store Robbery, 1925
A young man of Muir, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, decided to give his wife-to-be a wardrobe of new clothing, so he burglarized a store in Tremont and walked away with about […]
Reading Ends Rail Service to Lykens, 1925
The plan of the Reading Railroad Company to end passenger train service to Lykens Valley area communities, was announced in the Lykens Standard, November 13, 1925. The trains were to […]
Harry Preston Wiest (1893-1925) – Telegraph Operator Died of Typhoid Fever
PROMINENT TOWER CITY MAN TYPHOID VICTIM Tower City, September 23 [1925] — Harry Preston Wiest, aged 32 years, of Wiconisco & Second Streets, died at his home here Friday morning […]
Wiconisco – First Offenders Get Jail Term for Burglary, 1925
For the crime of burglary, three men of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, were hastily rounded up and quickly convicted. Although they were first-time offenders, they were sentenced to ten to […]
Wiconisco – Suicide by Shotgun, 1925
This story from the Lykens Standard, March 13, 1925: YOUNG MAN ENDED LIFE BY SHOOTING Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock at 335 North Second Street, over […]
William Showers Murders His Grandsons, 1887
A portrait of William Showers, convicted of murdering his two grandsons, at Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. The murders took place in May 1887, and a jury verdict of “murder in […]
Elizabethville – Man Almost Decapitated in Auto Wreck, 1924
This story is from the Lykens Standard, August 8, 1924: HEAD ALMOST SEVERED BY WINDSHIELD IN AUTO WRECK Entertain Hope For Recovery of Paul Cyckowski – 7 Others Injured Slightly […]
Simon Evans Killed at Brookside Colliery, 1906
KILLED BY FALL OF COAL AT BROOKSIDE [Lykens Standard, 20 Jul 1906] Simon Evans of Tower City, aged 43 years, employed as a miner in breast 159, West Brookside Colliery, […]