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1908 Hanover Trolley Line Comes Back to Life in 2008
York Railways #234 at Martin’s Substation on the Hanover Line in 1927 Sometimes history repeats itself in some really nifty ways. In February 1908 local newspapers were announcing that the York...
View ArticleYork Progressive Dinner Progressed Along Tracks
The March 18, 1908 York Gazette shows that Yorkers could eat with the best of them, traveling from one menu to another by trolley. Progressive dinners were evidently in vogue at that time. The article...
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Best Selling Authors Sell War Bonds in York–Part 2
In my last post I introduced four noted writers: Edna Ferber, Ogden Nash, Vincent McHugh and John Roy Carlson. They were in York on June 22, 1944 on behalf of the World War II Fifth War Loan Drive....
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Save the Hoke House letters of support due May 16
Photo courtesy of Save the Hoke House I just realized that I hadn’t written a letter of support for the Spring Grove Area Historical Preservation Society’s proposal to save the historic Hoke house. The...
View ArticleSpring Grove area news of 40 years ago
It is obvious that I love old newspapers. From the vitally important to minutia, the items make the past come alive. With over two hundred years of local newspapers on microfilm, as well as files full...
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York County news from the 1880s
I can always find something of interest in the old newspapers on microfilm at York County Heritage Trust. Sometimes the little items from across the county are the most interesting. Here are a few...
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York Haven extolled for industry
We have the worldwide paper company Glatfelter based in York today, with one of its mills, very much expanded, operating in Spring Grove, where it all started. Even though now gone, there were many...
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Hanover area news from 1898
Utz chip ad from 1956 Hanover Evening Sun It used to be common to see newspaper features repeating news tidbits of the past. Some used a specific formula, like 50 or 100 years from that date. The...
View Article1908 Hanover Trolley Line Comes Back to Life in 2008
Sometimes history repeats itself in some really nifty ways. In February 1908 local newspapers were announcing that the York Railways Company’s new Hanover Interurban line was open through Spring Grove....
View ArticleYork Progressive Dinner Progressed Along Tracks
The March 18, 1908 York Gazette shows that Yorkers could eat with the best of them, traveling from one menu to another by trolley. Progressive dinners were evidently in vogue at that time. The article...
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Best Selling Authors Sell War Bonds in York–Part 2
In my last post I introduced four noted writers: Edna Ferber, Ogden Nash, Vincent McHugh and John Roy Carlson. They were in York on June 22, 1944 on behalf of the World War II Fifth War Loan Drive....
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Save the Hoke House letters of support due May 16
Photo courtesy of Save the Hoke House I just realized that I hadn’t written a letter of support for the Spring Grove Area Historical Preservation Society’s proposal to save the historic Hoke house. The...
View ArticleSpring Grove area news of 40 years ago
It is obvious that I love old newspapers. From the vitally important to minutia, the items make the past come alive. With over two hundred years of local newspapers on microfilm, as well as files full...
View ArticleClik here to view.
York County news from the 1880s
I can always find something of interest in the old newspapers on microfilm at York County Heritage Trust. Sometimes the little items from across the county are the most interesting. Here are a few...
View ArticleClik here to view.
York Haven extolled for industry
We have the worldwide paper company Glatfelter based in York today, with one of its mills, very much expanded, operating in Spring Grove, where it all started. Even though now gone, there were many...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hanover area news from 1898
Utz chip ad from 1956 Hanover Evening Sun It used to be common to see newspaper features repeating news tidbits of the past. Some used a specific formula, like 50 or 100 years from that date. The...
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York County baseball has a long history
I admit I know only the basics of baseball, but I might be in the minority in York County. For as long as I can remember, family members followed their favorite major league teams on radio and...
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