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Joseph Shiffka 1897 - 1978

Joseph Shiffka of Glen Lyon, Luzerne County, PA was born on March 13, 1897, and died at age 80 years old in February 1978.

Joseph Shiffka
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Glen Lyon, Luzerne County, PA 18617
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In 1897, in the year that Joseph Shiffka was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1918, when he was 21 years old, on November 1, an elevated train on the Brooklyn line of the subway - driven by an inexperienced operator because of a strike - tried to navigate a turn at 30mph. The limit on the curve was 6 mph. The 2nd and 3rd cars of the 5 car wooden train were badly damaged and at least 93 people were killed, making it the deadliest crash in New York subway history.
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Shiffka, Mary (Dec 13, 1903 - Feb 1985) Shiffka, Helen (Mar 22, 1928 - Dec 5, 2004) Shiffka, Clarence (Feb 3, 1926 - Apr 11, 1992) Shiffka, Bernard (Nov 7, 1927 - Dec 20, 1995)
Shiffka, Richard (Aug 14, 1946 - Jan 19, 2010) Shiffka, Barney (Oct 22, 1902 - May 1980) Shiffka, Angeline (Jul 14, 1905 - Oct 1987)
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