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2016 Volume 27 #1&2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Image of Aaron Stolkholm & his wife Elizabeth in front of their home. This photograph can also be found on p. 72, & more information on Aaron Stockholm p. 71
Important NEWS! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg.02
Stories and Sketches ... No. 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg.03
Recruitment of English and Irish Settlers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg.05
A New Road for Northeastern Pennsylvania. By Nancy Mess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg.17
Samuel Preston’s Journal Part.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg.19
Stories and sketches ... No. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg.23
Flood Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 25, 30, 39, 70
Samuel Preston’s Journal Part.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg.26
Freak Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg.30
The Spencers of Springville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg.31
13 Golden Rules for Genealogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg.31
Stories and Sketches ... No.25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg.36
Stories and Sketches ... No. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg.42
Temperance -Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg.44
TEMPERANCE -Prize Essay on Temperance . . . . . . . . . . . pg.50
The Independent Young Mens Temperance Society of Harford, PA. 1834 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg.57
Jackson in the Early Days - No. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg.60
Removed his Bones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg.65
Destruction Stalk in Storms Wake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg.66
Letter Written by Helen L. Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg.67
Aaron Stockholm, A Biography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg.71
Newspaper Ads from 1917 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg.76
Civil War Prisoners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg.78
Items for Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg.80