Sewing Machine West & Wilson seen in Elyria 1860 ad
An 1860 Elyria Independent ad spotlights the West & Wilson sewing machine sold for 30 dollars and manufactured at LaPorte on March 14 1860. Editor George Washburn praised the factory, noting simple design and rising production. the item reflects era home crafting and durability. The piece also links to local memory of Elyria’s early manufacturing and a museum example in the Smithsonian.
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West & Wilson
Elyria
Ely’s
Lake Lodi
Washington Avenues
LA Mason
LaPorte
George Washburn
West & Wilson Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Mary Beebe Hall
Ohio
HB West
HF. Wilson
Smithsonian
Cats Becomes Home to 200 Felines in Washington Pa
Neighbors report Sam Mancuso hosts about 200 cats in a five room house with basement and patio leading to a health nuisance charge. A magistrate ordered him to reduce the cat population to ten, neuter them and have the home cleaned by next Wednesday. Mancuso offered cats free to good homes while awaiting compliance.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Sam Mancuso
Mancuso
Washington Board of Health
JOLLY 60S Picnic Meet at Vermilion Roadside Park Route 2
Town group JOLLY 60S holds annual picnic on Thursday at Vermilion Roadside Park Route 2. Meeting point and time 9 30 a m at Elyria Baptist Church 276 Washington Ave to board buses. Reservations call 3231771 by noon tomorrow.
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Jolly 60’S
Vermilion Roadside Park
Elyria Baptist Church
Washington Ave
Pen pals broaden horizons for seniors on the road
Hal Speer a TIME Inc retiree from New York and his wife Eileen share how a simple ad led to friendships and a community near Lake Corona and Cerro Gordo while another couple in Eureka Springs Arkansas joined a campfire visit and a waterfall outing. Dolly Lee Crount Fort Lauderdale notes loneliness among educated women seeking male companionship through personals and urges more senior social clubs. Readers are invited to write Bard Lindeman in New York with club or association ideas for 50 plus people.
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Hal Speer
Time Inc
New York
Hal
Bveen
America
Long Island
N.Y
Oregon
Speers
Lake Corona
Cottage Grove
Cerro Gordo
Speer
Eileen
Eureka Springs
Ark
Dolly Lee Crount
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Dolly
Bard Lindeman
Third Ave
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Ernie
Walt
Dick Elliott
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Myron Briggs
Alan Davies
Ketcham
Mary Louise Harrison
Lois Ketcham
Annie Davidson
Ben Davidson
Harlie Stevick
Baptist
United Presbyterians
The
Baptists
LaGrange Road
NYE House
Agnes Mallory
Horace
Ruby Nye
Coons Mill
Lorain County
Connie Davis
Amblin
Jon Anderson
Chicago Tribune
North Olmsted Democratic Club
Great Northern
Great Northern Mall
North Olmsted
North Ridgeville
Senior Citizens Club
Cleveland
Bendix
Hilltop Park
Gulf and
Burns Road
Kay Magda
Betty Barnsworth
Mary Schneider
RNI Rainn Com Vocational Center
Ashland College
Mort
Stria
Crete
Munny Ridge
Lomart
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Elyria East River Medical
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Lorain Concord Station
Oberfin Ava
Sandusky
Sycamore Ling
Burling
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