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500 Pairs Of Stockings Produced Daily At Fay Hosiery Mills
Fay Hosiery Mills in Elyria operates what may be the state’s last active knitting mill. William Van Oster, longtime president, oversees 20 workers, mostly women, as machines knit 500 pairs daily in cotton stock ings for 1,000 accounts. Finished stockings are sewn, inspected, dyed, dried, and packed, with black stockings popular for convent use.
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Elyria
William van Oster
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Ethel Williams
Tel Avenue
Minnie Brown
Madison Street
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Fay Hosiery
United States
William H. van Oster
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W. K. Fay
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