In Podcast 31 of History Speaks, Terry Diener provides a partial history of Danville’s next door neighbor, Mahoning Township. CREDITS: Producer and Narrator: Terry Diener Music: Van Wagner Sources: Danville Morning News/Historian Helen “Sis” Hause
Podcast 31 of History Speaks: A partial History of Mahoning Township
By: Terry Diener
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In Podcast 30 of History Speaks, Terry Diener talks about “Hungry” Sam Miller of Strawberry Ridge, whose eating exploits were legendary far beyond Montour County! CREDITS: Producer and Narrator: Terry Diener Music: Van Wagner Sources: Danville Morning News
Podcast 30: “Hungry” Sam Miller, The Human Gormandizer of Montour County
By: Terry Diener
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In Episode 29 of History Speaks, Terry Diener discusses some past celebrations of Thanksgiving in Danville and Montour County. CREDITS: Narrator and Producer: Terry Diener Music: Over the River and Through The Wood by the Northmen Lyrics: Lydia Maria Child (1844) Poem “The New England Boy’s Song About Thanksgiving Info: November 1992 Bicentennial Gazette
History Speaks: Podcast 29 Looks at Some Thanksgivings in Years Past in Montour County
By: Terry Diener
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Podcast 28: “History Speaks” Looks at Armistice Day and Veterans Day Celebrations in Montour County Producer and Narrator: Terry Diener Music: “God Bless America” Irving Berlin and Kate Smith Sources: Danville Historian Helen “Sis” Hause
Podcast 28: Armistice Day and Veterans Day Celebrations in Montour County
By: Terry Diener
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In Episode 11 of the podcast “History Speaks,” Terry Diener takes a look at the duties and wages of ironworkers at the Big Mill in Danville in 1877. Credits: Creator and Narrator: Terry Diener Music: Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford
Duties and Wages of Ironworkers at Danville’s Big Mill in 1877
By: Terry Diener
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In Podcast 27 Terry Diener talks about the imposing Danville Opera House which stood at the corner of Mill and East Mahoning Streets for sixty years. Credits: Producer and Narrator: Terry Diener Sources: Danville Bicentennial Gazette MCHS President: Lynn Reichen
Podcast 27:The Danville Opera House
By: Terry Diener
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Podcast 26 of History Speaks takes a look at Robert N. Pursel for whom the annual community service award is named. CREDITS: Producer and Host: Terry Diener Music: The Cicadas (Rodney Crowell) – Our Little Town ( + lyrics 1997) Information: Sunbury Daily Item Danville: The Bicentennial History
Podcast 26: History Speaks looks at Robert N. Pursel and the Award Named In His Honor
By: Terry Diener
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In Podcast 25 of History Speaks, Terry Diener discusses the Spanish Flu Epidemic that strikes Pennsylvania and Montour County in the fall of 1918. Credits: Producer and Narrator: Terry Diener Music: Van Wagner Content: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Danville Intelligencer Newspaper October/November 1918
Podcast 25: Spanish Flu Epidemic Strike Montour County in Fall of 1918
By: Terry Diener
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In Podcast 24 of History Speaks, Terry Diener discusses 1857 labor strife in Danville and the National Panic of 1857 Credits: Narrator and Producer: Terry Diener Music: Hazel Dickens “Fire in the Hole” Danville Intelligencer
Podcast 24: History Speaks Looks at 1857 Labor Strife in Danville and the National Panic of 1857
By: Terry Diener
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Podcast 23 of History Speaks focuses on the Beaver Stoves and Danville Stove Works Credits: Producer and Narrator: Terry Diener Music: Van Wagner Information: Montour County Historical Society/Lynn Reichen
Podcast 23: Beaver Stoves and the Danville Stove Works
By: Terry Diener
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