From the Newspapers

A Doctor’s Intervention at Benton, 1935

A December 1935 report placed a Benton physician at the center of David Shaffer’s capture after a car crash.

Newspaper coverage: 1935

A Library Built by Its Community

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

Agnes Sholly Knights: Shamokin’s “Lady Doctor”

A teacher became a physician, crossed Shamokin’s coal hills on house calls, and kept serving patients long after she expected to retire.

Newspaper coverage: 1897–1947

Cannon for a Soldiers’ Memorial

Congressional requests, brief newspaper notices and a 1905 postcard reveal several stages in Shamokin’s effort to place cannon beside a soldiers’ monument.

Newspaper coverage: 1899–1902

David W. Witmer and the Trevorton Response

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

Fairview Firemen: Carts, Trucks and Music

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

Fred Rhoads’s Working Trip at Sea

A 1963 letter home connected a Shamokin cartoonist’s work with a research journey aboard the USS Forrestal.

Newspaper coverage: 1963

From Shamokin’s Classrooms to Diocesan Service

Three Shamokin natives’ careers connected seminary teaching, parish leadership and Catholic education across the Harrisburg Diocese.

Newspaper coverage: 1954

Groucho’s Shamokin Joke and the Mayor’s Reply

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

Rufus K. Polk: Industry, Congress and Local Service

A two-page Danville obituary remembered Rufus K. Polk as an industrial manager, congressman and participant in the practical affairs of his community.

Newspaper coverage: 1902

The Search for a Name at Hickory Ridge

Reports from 1904 trace an unidentified man’s discovery, a mistaken identification, and a renewed search for his name.

Newspaper coverage: 1904

The Town That Gathered to Remember

Shamokin’s commemorations in 1929, 1939, and 1964 celebrated different occasions through shared public participation.

Newspaper coverage: 1929–1964

Two Unexplained Encounters

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

Visitors at Holy Trinity, 1977

Reports of a Christ-like appearance in an altar cloth drew visitors to Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in 1977. Contemporary accounts record differing perceptions and the rector’s response; a later diocesan report traces the veil into institutional custody.