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Explore this record →A Crowded Burlesque Performance at the Fraternity Theatre
A separate Shamokin venue reported a completed program in 1903.
Shamokin Stories collection
Stories
Accounts of Shamokin’s people, industries, neighborhoods, institutions, and public life.
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A French Spy at the G.A.R. Opera House
A 1903 theater report recorded the production and a moderately sized audience in Shamokin.
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A Great Game Plays Matinee and Evening Performances
A 1903 report records two performances at the G.A.R. Opera House.
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Chautauqua Opens at the G.A.R. Opera House
The opening evening on April 13, 1915, attracted a crowded house and visitors from Mount Carmel.
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Daylight and Darkness Draws an Audience in Shamokin
The G.A.R. Opera House engagement received a favorable audience report in 1903.
People & the artsExplore this record →From Breaker Work to Mine Safety
A retirement profile traced Forbes’s path from local mining and teaching to work with the federal Bureau of Mines.
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Helen Shaffer Is Welcomed to the County Courts
The Sunbury law graduate's October 15, 1934, admission was reported alongside three other new attorneys.
People & the artsExplore this record →Joseph Zupicich’s Life Beyond the Sea
Joseph Zupicich’s late-life account connects service at sea with mining and a Shamokin grocery. Crew, accident, and directory records add detail while leaving some names and dates unresolved.
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Julia Radle Takes the Preliminary Bar Examination
The Dickinson graduate joined a class of thirty-four examinees in Northumberland County in June 1899.
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K. C. Raup Retires from Telephone Service
A July 1926 retirement profile looked back on Raup's forty-six years with Bell, including his early work at Shamokin's exchange.
People & the artsExplore this record →Mary LeSawyer’s Expanding Stage
Hometown coverage followed Mary LeSawyer from a New York opera debut toward an international engagement.
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Shirley Chater Is Nominated to Lead an Independent Social Security Agency
The 1994 nomination connected a Shamokin native’s public service with a major change in federal administration.
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The Enoch Arden Stock Company’s Week in Shamokin
A company engagement began during the week of February 27, 1905.
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The Lily and the Prince Fills the Opera House
A November 1903 theater report describes a crowded Shamokin performance.
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The Sinnett Company’s Two-Day Shamokin Engagement
The touring company appeared at the G.A.R. Opera House on February 22–23, 1905.
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Thou Shalt Not Kill at the G.A.R. Opera House
The production was reported in Shamokin on February 25, 1905.
People & the artsExplore this record →Three Different Ways to Belong
Herbert Hopwood, Michael Luchkovich, and Shirley Chater had different connections to Shamokin and different public careers.
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Two Women, More Than One Milestone
Reports about Radle and Helen Shaffer show why entry into the legal profession cannot be reduced to an unqualified claim of “first.”