Lykens – Forgery Attempt at Rudisill’s Store, 1906
From the Lykens Standard, July 20, 1906: FORGER’S TRICK DIDN’T WORK AT RUDISILL’S Yesterday morning about 8 o’clock, a tall, thin man, wearing a black sateen shirt, no necktie, upper […]
Coaldale – A Wave of Robberies, 1906
After a wave of robberies in Coaldale, west of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in December, 1906, the Lykens Standard seemed to call for vigilante justice in its December 21, 1906, […]
Miner Falls to Death at Short Mountain Slope, 1910
The Lykens Standard of April 1, 1910 provided a description of the fatal accident which took the life of a young miner at the Short Mountain Colliery, Bear Gap, near […]
Wiconisco High School Graduates, 1951-1952
Above, a colorized newspaper photograph of the Wiconisco High School with notable adults standing in front, as published in the Lykens Register, May 31, 1901. Previously published here December 4, 2021. On May 16, […]
Wiconisco High School Graduates, 1946-1950
Above, a colorized newspaper photograph of the Wiconisco High School with notable adults standing in front, as published in the Lykens Register, May 31, 1901. Previously published here December 4, 2021. On May 16, […]
Wiconisco High School Graduates, 1941-1945
Above, a colorized newspaper photograph of the Wiconisco High School with notable adults standing in front, as published in the Lykens Register, May 31, 1901. Previously published here December 4, 2021. On May 16, […]
Wiconisco High School Graduates, 1936-1940
Above, a colorized newspaper photograph of the Wiconisco High School with notable adults standing in front, as published in the Lykens Register, May 31, 1901. Previously published here December 4, 2021. On May 16, […]
Harry W. Johns (1881-1917) – Pennsylvania Railroad Brakeman
From the Altoona Times, April 6, 1917: JOHNS Harry William Johns, a Pennsy brakeman, residing at Pinecroft, died at the Altoona Hospital at 2:15 o’clock yesterday afternoon of pulmonary edema, […]