Joseph E. Molko of Wiconisco – Vogue Patterns Supervisor, 1971
From the Lykens Standard, August 5, 1971: VISITS ROME AND PARIS Vogue Pattern Company of New York has sent Joseph E. Molko of Wiconisco and New York City to the Fashion […]
Jonas Garman is Missing & Found, 1899 (4)
The final story in Jonas Garman’s life began in 1899 with the “assignment for the benefit of his creditors,” a comfortable retirement in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and his death, […]
Jonas Garman is Missing & Found, 1899 (3)
A portrait of Jonas Garman (1827-1908) that appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in March, 1899, included with a description of him as a missing person. Garman, who had been postmaster of Lykens, Dauphin County, […]
James A. Israel (1865-1900) – Political Editor
In June 1900, the town of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was shocked to hear of the untimely death of one its own, James Israel, son of Civil War veteran Daniel […]
Edward Holtzman (1849-1940)
An undated portrait photograph of Edward Holtzman, born October 5, 1849, in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, son of John Peter Holtzman (1809-1863) and Catherine Elizabeth [Kissinger] Holtzman (1810-1881). The […]
Good Spring – Three Gratz Men Killed in Mine Cave-In, 1939 (1)
The front page of the Pottsville Republican, February 9, 1939, reporting that three men from Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, were buried in a bootleg mine cave-in near Good Spring, Schuylkill […]
Sarah [Rowe] Saylor (1820-1900) – Goes to Almshouse & Dies
The grave marker of Sarah [Rowe] Saylor (1820-1900) at Union or Citizens Cemetery, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The story of the last days of Mrs. Saylor was told in two […]
Wiconisco Iron Works, 1872
An advertisement from the Lykens Register, January 26, 1872, for the Wiconisco Iron Works, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. WICONISCO IRON WORKS (Formerly Foster, Savage & Barrett) SNYDER & ERDMAN, Proprietors ARE PREPARED TO […]