Joe McClure
News Copy Editor at The Patriot-News
Patriot News Copy Editor at https://www.thepamediagroup.com/brands/patriot-news/
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1 week ago |
pennlive.com | Joe McClure
Updated: Jun. 21, 2025, 6:06 a.m.|Published: Jun. 21, 2025, 6:06 a.m.Tropical Storm Agnes in 1972It rained down devastation but also led to regeneration. In June 1972, Tropical Storm Agnes dumped more than 12 ½ inches of rain on Harrisburg in a 24-hour period. The four-day storm caused the Susquehanna River to crest at a record 32.57 feet, 15 feet above flood stage. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.
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1 month ago |
pennlive.com | Joe McClure
It started as a cooking club, then served up a different kind of dish. In May 1882, a group of Harrisburg women met at the home of future social reformer and botanist Mira Lloyd Dock on North Front Street. Interest in the cooking club had faded, and the women had musical abilities. They had heard of women’s music clubs in other cities. So they started one of their own.
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2 months ago |
pennlive.com | Joe McClure
Mira Lloyd Dock helped launch a revolution. Speaking to Harrisburg’s business leaders in late 1900, the reformer and botanist showed images comparing the ugliness of Harrisburg, especially a riverfront marred by sewage and garbage, with the beauty of cities in Europe and elsewhere in America. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.
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Mar 26, 2025 |
pennlive.com | Joe McClure
Updated: Mar. 26, 2025, 8:06 a.m.|Published: Mar. 26, 2025, 8:00 a.m.Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, a nationally known poet, lecturer and social reformer, lived in York for a time and spoke in Harrisburg.Wikimedia CommonsFrances Ellen Watkins Harper and Agnes Kemp sought equal rights for women. In their travels, these 19th-century figures lectured about abolition, temperance and women’s suffrage to a variety of audiences in central Pennsylvania, America and the world.
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Feb 13, 2025 |
pennlive.com | Joe McClure
Updated: Feb. 13, 2025, 8:01 a.m.|Published: Feb. 13, 2025, 8:00 a.m.Dr. William H. Jones was a prominent Black doctor in Harrisburg who promoted the City Beautiful movement among African Americans in the early 20th century. harrisburghistorical.orgTwo Harrisburg men shared a name, William Jones. They both served as doctors. And both lived in the same part of town, the largely Black and immigrant Old 8th Ward. It was wiped out more than a century ago to expand the Capitol Complex.
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