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Death of Henry Feindt, Postmaster of Lykens

| January 4, 2012

The following obituary appeared in a local newspaper at the time of the death of Henry Feindt (1842-1914).  There is no date on the article nor was the name of the newspaper noted.  The clipping was saved in a scrapbook that is now in the collection of Sally Reiner of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. LYKENS […]

Death and Funeral of George Washington Bitterman

| September 27, 2011

DEATH OF G. W. BITTERMAN LYKENS — G. W. Bitterman of South Second street, who on the evening of 29 March suffered an attack of apoplexy, died from its effects Wednesday morning about 5 o’clock , aged 56 years.  Although rational at certain moments, when he would recognize those about him, his memory would again […]

Lykens Postmaster Henry Feindt

| August 29, 2011

OUR NEW POSTMASTER LYKENS — Henry Feindt, whose appointment as postmaster was sent to the United States Senate for confirmation on Feb. 8, and who received his commission Thursday, Feb. 22nd, was born at Elizabethville on the 1st of January, 1842, and came to Lykens with his parents in May, 1851.  His father, the late […]