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“A Birthday Rose for Roxie” – Neffs Mills, PA (circa 1910)

March 27, 2025 No Comments

Miss Roxie Johnston lived in Neffs Mills, a populated place in Huntingdon County of central Pennsylvania. This sparsely-populated area, between ridges of the Appalachian Mountains,

Bertha is Invited to Church – Petersburg, PA (1933)

August 13, 2023 No Comments

Mrs. Bertha Sipes lived in Petersburg, a borough on the Juniata River in Huntington County of south-central Pennsylvania. Before the bankruptcy of the Pennsylvania Railroad,

“This Is the Best I Have” – Shinglehouse, PA (1909)

October 29, 2022 No Comments

Miss Angie Park lived in Shinglehouse, a town of Potter County in north-central Pennsylvania. The community was named for a landmark shingled Inn near the

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