Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Part 1 - July 1878 - The Sad Tale of Mrs. Mary Saeger of the Fourth Ward - Cambria Freeman
Matthias Wissel - Conemaugh Boro
Friday, February 6, 2026
April 12, 1878 - First Mention of Telephone Service in Johnstown & Little Girl Killed by a Baseball Bat - Cambria Freeman
First mention of telephone service in Johnstown
Odds & Ends - The Usual Horrible Accidents - January 1878 - Cambria Freeman
Mr. Patrick Green
Frank Walkinshaw
Joshua Berkey
Johnstown Fireman - No year listed but I'd say around 1900 or so
Thursday, February 5, 2026
Johnstown - August 24, 1868 - Grant Clubs (U.S. Grant running for President), Assorted Accidents, Perkinsville (Coopersdale), New Steel Mill & Scalp Level Name
U.S. Grant Clubs, Patrick Dullenty, Beam and Dunford Boy
Cambria Iron new steel mill
How Scalp Level got its name.
Odds & Ends - Accident Roundup and Proposed Train Service - August 20, 1868 - Alleghenian
John Garens
Ebensburg to Johnstown Train Service
John Lloyd and James Easley
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Senseless Death of Cambria City Boy and Follow up on the Suspect (he was later caught) - November 1867 - Alleghenian
Death of little Daniel McDonald - Cambria City - shot by Cyrus Thompson
Follow up on suspect.
Death of "Little X" a Cambria County Dwarf, First Water Pipes Laid along with Assorted Accidents - October 31, 1867 - Alleghenian
Demetrius Augustine Conrad - Dwarf "Little X"
First water pipes Downtown Johnstown
Odds & Ends - The Weekly Assorted Horrible Accidents + Baseball Fever - October 10, 1867 - Alleghenian
Charley Lyon and Dennis McCarty
Michael Boland and Samuel Shaffer
Update on Baby Left on Doorstep, Assorted Fires, Gun Powder Explosion at Union Hall - December 7, 1877 - Cambria Freeman
Baby on Doorstep Adopted by Mrs. Chalres Unverzagt.
John Phillips and George Townsend
Henry Werner - Third Ward
Charles Ware
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