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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A 1925 newspaper advertisement for James D. Rowe Paperhanging, Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania. WALL PAPER FREE! DURING FEBRUARY Only to every customer who buys three rooms of Wall Paper at […]
In 1925, in Wiconisco, Charles Hurko, identified as a “Russian,” badly beat his wife with a hammer over a dispute as to whether the water had been let out of […]
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 […]
This article from the Lykens Standard, August 28, 1925, described an explosion of oil in a Lykens home. Miraculously, the nearly 90-year-old who was attempting to light the stove escaped […]
A 1925 hit-and-run accident on the Rabbit Hill Roadway, east of Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, took the life of Simon P. Nonallis, of Wiconisco. This is an example of the […]