Max and Ethel Kravitz lived at 1250 Knox Road in Wynnewood. On Friday, July 4, 1958, Max Kravitz's brother-in-law, Morris Passon, reported that Max was shot, beaten and dead. By the next day, Ethel was confined in a Montgomery County jail cell, awaiting her hearing, on July … [Read more...] about In 1958, Everybody In Philly Was Talking About Ethel Kravitz. She Allegedly Murdered Her Husband In Their Wynnewood Home
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Merion Tribute House – Almost 100 Years Old
Red Cross Ladies Roll Bandages in the Merion Tribute HousePhoto source - Lower Merion Historical Society Wedding 1941Photo Source Merion Tribute House Bar Mitzvah 1994 … [Read more...] about Merion Tribute House – Almost 100 Years Old
Ty Cobb Rented This House In Cynwyd, 1927-1928
According to Zillow, the house Cobb rented at 17 E. Newfield Way has a value today of $1,115,500, Writer and historian William C. Kashatus wrote in the Main Line Times in 1998 - Determined to be the greatest ballplayer of his era, [Ty] Cobb refused to leave the sport when he was forcibly retired by the Detroit Tigers in 1926 for allegedly conspiring to fix a game earlier in … [Read more...] about Ty Cobb Rented This House In Cynwyd, 1927-1928
Luden’s Cough Drops Founder Lived In Villanova, Is Buried At West Laurel Hill
In April of 1930, at the depth of The Depression, the Allentown Morning Call reported that "former Reading candy Manufacturer, William H. Luden, will build a $200,000 home on Spring Mill Road at Villanova." That would be the equivalent of $3,100,000 in 2020, when the property was purchased from Andrea Kantor by Martha Benitez and Dean Cafiero - for $3,132,500. Luden made his … [Read more...] about Luden’s Cough Drops Founder Lived In Villanova, Is Buried At West Laurel Hill