Norman Gasbarro | November 19, 2018
An 1890 photograph of an elaborate arch erected in Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, by the Knights of the Golden Eagle, in tribute to the Severn Post No. 110, G.A.R. The photo appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald, series entitled “Glimpses Into Yesteryear,” 4 January 1879, via Newspapers.com. The caption reads: Schuylkill Cuntians always […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 16, 2018
The death of Charles Curtis, Civil War veteran of Williamstown, occurred in late February of 1905. The local newspapers reported it as follows: From the West Schuylkill Herald of Tower City, 24 February 1905: Word was received here on Thursday afternoon of the serious illness of Charles Curtis, one of Williamstown‘s most highly respected citizens. […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 14, 2018
A 1925 photograph of the last surviving Civil War veterans of Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, as it appeared in the “Glimpses Into Yesteryear” column of the Pottsville Republican and Herald, 10 January 1979. The photo caption reads: The proud-looking troupe of old soldiers pictured in 1925 represented Mahanoy City’s last surviving Civil War veterans, […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 9, 2018
The Womens’ Relief Corps of Lykens-Wiconisco made a special appeal to readers of the Lykens Standard on 27 May 1932, for assistance in obtaining flowers to decorate the graves of soldiers of the Civil War and Spanish American War: Relief Corps Will Accept Flowers For Grave Decoration Because of reverse financial conditions the Ladies’ Relief […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 26, 2018
This ad appeared in the Elizabethville Echo, 30 May 1929. It pictures three men, two in business or street clothing standing arm in arm with a Civil War veteran in a G.A.R. uniform. The advertiser, Sidney Goldman (1893-1965) was the owner/operator of the G. & S. Department Store of Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, that advertised […]
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