Keeping The Family Clean in the Susquehanna Valley
Hygiene habits of 19th-century Middle Susquehanna families is discussed in this episode of Susquehanna Footprints, Treading Lightly. We also identify some early soap manufacturers in the region and discuss the origins of a couple of familiar bath-related phrases.
November 13, 2026
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Terry Diener
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Additional Credits:
word histories.net; wordorigins.org; History of Northumberland County Pennsylvania, Part 30; Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts, 1876; J.F. Meginness History of Lycoming County, Chapter XLVIII, Biographical Sketches; History of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Vol. I, Part 26, Page 265 Schalck Adolph W. Schalck, 1907; Photo Credit: The National Museum of American History
