Shamokin Stories collection
Stories of Shamokin drawn from the newspapers of their day.
Fundraising drives, a ribbon cutting, a repaired sign, and a move across town trace the work that brought books within reach of Shamokin and Coal Township readers.
Newspaper coverage: 1940–1962
A November 1983 newspaper account records a Shamokin officer’s death and the efforts of neighboring officers to bring him to hospital.
Newspaper coverage: 1983
Two remembered photographs and a 1925 parade report show Fairview Fire Company as an equipment-owning volunteer organization and a public presence beyond the fireground.
Newspaper coverage: 1925–1964
A 1963 letter home connected a Shamokin cartoonist’s work with a research journey aboard the USS Forrestal.
Newspaper coverage: 1963
Three Shamokin natives’ careers connected seminary teaching, parish leadership and Catholic education across the Harrisburg Diocese.
Newspaper coverage: 1954
A televised joke in 1958 prompted Shamokin’s mayor to send Groucho Marx a city key and cigars. The local newspaper printed an exchange in which both men kept the joke going.
Newspaper coverage: 1958
Shamokin’s commemorations in 1929, 1939, and 1964 celebrated different occasions through shared public participation.
Newspaper coverage: 1929–1964
A stone displayed in 1907 and a brief sighting in 1952 show the difference between an intriguing report and a settled explanation.
Newspaper coverage: 1907–1952
A baseball season finale and a football championship belong to local sporting memory on their own terms.
Newspaper coverage: 1927–1955