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- January 22, 2020
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Gazette and Bulletin: January 14, 1930 – Man is Shot Escaping From Wreck of Stolen Vehicle at Green and Louisa Streets0
- Old News
- January 15, 2020
A machine which had been previously reported stolen at police headquarters, and one of the men was thought to have been wounded in the leg from the revolver of Officer Earl Shick, as they were running from the scene of the accident. The machine which was badly damaged, with the front stoved in, belonged to Mrs.
READ MOREGazette and Bulletin: January 6, 1955 – Schools Closing as Tribute to George C. Lyter0
- Old News
- January 8, 2020
As a tribute to George C. Lyter and in order to permit the faculty members to attend, Montoursville schools will dismiss at noon today. Mr. Lyter served as supervising principal of Montoursville schools from 1918 to 1950, when he retired and moved to Florida. He died in the Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital Sunday. Thirty-six of the
READ MOREGazette and Bulletin: January 2, 1940 – Williamsport Planning Mill, Homes Destroyed by Fire0
- Old News
- January 1, 2020
The Williamsport Planing Mill, Campbell and First Streets and six frame homes on First Street were destroyed by raging, spectacular fire early yesterday morning. The loss has placed at between $350,000 and $400,000 by Lawrence E. Krimm, plant manager. The fire claimed one life. Frank Fulkrod, 63, residing at 760 First Street, in the block
READ MOREGrit: December 28, 1969 – Last Snowfall Still Hampers Area Activities0
- Old News
- December 25, 2019
As the area continued to dig out of the snowfall, which struck the region Thursday, the threat of a new storm looms as a possibility to hit here as early as Monday. When the overcast sky broke Sunday afternoon to end the storm, which began at about 4 p.m. Christmas Day, the area lay under
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Gazette and Bulletin: December 17, 1936 – Larry Kelley Accepts Heisman Trophy0
- Old News
- December 18, 2019
Lawrence Morgan Kelley, Williamsport’s proud contribution to the All-American list, whose pigskin heroics provided the most glorious chapter in Yale’s gridiron lore, hauled down his house, as he accepted the John H. Heisman Trophy as the outstanding college football player of 1936. As 750 banqueteers, among them his mother and father honored him at the
READ MOREGazette and Bulletin: December 13, 1936 – Seven Firemen Injured When Millville Trucker Interfered With Engine0
- Old News
- December 11, 2019
In responding to a fire alarm at 609 Wyoming Street at 3:19 o’clock yesterday afternoon, fire pumper No. 2 and seven firemen out of eight riding on the apparatus suffered injuries, when the pumper rammed into the side of a heavy truck laden with several tons of coal, at the interception of Washington Boulevard and
READ MOREGrit: December 6, 1959 – In the Aftermath of Air Tragedy0
- Old News
- December 4, 2019
Major disasters have been rare in this region. Fortunately when they happen—flood, fire, the air—they are always met with resourceful action. Such was the case in the ordeal of the last week. From the first grim confirmation of the Allegheny Airlines crash that claimed 25 lives, organizations and individuals charged with such emergencies worked quickly,
READ MOREWhitman Wins Over Audience With Concert: Gazette and Bulletin – November 24, 19240
- Old News
- November 27, 2019
Paul Whiteman won Williamsport. Not only did the splendid concert he presented amply reward the devotees who waltzed until 12:10 o’clock this morning to hear him but his personality, apparent in every gesture and word, gave him a firm place in the estimation of the theater goers. Seldom, if ever, has a concert had a
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