When researching the history of a particular town, check what the local media had to say on the anniversary of its founding. Newspapers often print special editions at these times that contain a wealth of historical information. Papers printed on a town’s centennial or bicentennial are a good place to start, but don’t discount the…
This segment features a news item from Fayette County’s past. This week we examine a story from the January 28, 1915 edition of the Morning Herald. In January of 1915, the U.S. was just emerging from a two-year recession. It was in this economic climate that the The Morning Herald made a joyful announcement: The H.C. Frick Company had called…
In March, the National Archives will open an exhibit called “Making Their Mark.” It will feature notable documents from U.S. history, with a focus on the signatures and the people who penned them. The exhibit caught my attention because I’m in the middle of creating a finding aid for the W. Russell Carr Papers. This…
Unidentified woman and man. Credit: Uniontown Public Library. The reverse of the photo. Credit: Uniontown Public Library.
Advertisement from The Evening Standard, August 11, 1893.
“I predict . . . that in the next few years a medical man of Uniontown will be able to look through and through the human body and discover any irregularity or abnormality, and with other discoveries in therapeutics and surgical appliances brought into use, will be able to right it so far as human…
This segment features a news item from Fayette County’s past. This week we examine a story from the January 14, 1886 edition of the Republican Standard called “Snow Bound.” With this January’s subzero temperatures still fresh in our minds, it seemed fitting to bring up another wretched moment in Fayette County’s weather history: The Storm of 1886, which…
This segment features a news item from Fayette County’s past. This week we examine a story from the January 6, 1900 edition of the Daily News Standard called “Coroner’s Jury Verdict.” An hour before sunrise on December 23, 1899, engineer Solomon Meese stood near the mouth of the Braznell Mine. As the operator of the cage that…
