First Ohio Newspaper The Centinel Opened Northwest Territory
Maxwell founded the Centinel of the Northwest Territory in Cincinnati on November 9, 1793. It announced a cash bounty for scalp takings and highlighted frontier dangers. Nancy Robins Maxwell aided him, later marrying Maxwell and aiding printing and distribution as operations moved to Chillicothe and beyond.
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Ohio
Northwest Territory
Centinel
Northwestern Territory
Sentinel
Cincinnati
North-Western
Maxwell
Arthur St. Clair
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Co. B. Galbreath
Ohio Archaeological and Historical Publications
Nancy Robins
Wheeling
Fort Henry
Betty Zane
Betty
Nancy
L Ebenezer Zane
Edmund Freeman
Freeman's Journal
Chillicothe
Freeman
Nathaniel Willis
Sciote Gazette
The
Gazette
Little Miami River
Beavers Creek
Green County
Hamilton County
General Assembly of
John White
White
Sidell
Lost Friends Column Tracks Elyria Memories Across Ohio
The column updates readers on “lost” residents from Elyria and nearby areas who seek old friends. It lists names like Kenneth Bills, Florence Clawson, Walter Hilton, Ida Springer, Helene Haseroot, Marjorie Tillifson, Lydia and Paul Stenz, and the Chauncey Wales family, plus others with current locations and requests for contact. The piece notes partial success, with 22 of 25 items answered and ongoing appeals for information.
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John Dunn
Henry March
Massing Persons Bureau
Service Personnel Pvt Douglas H Mitchell Leaves For Tacoma
Pvt. Douglas H. Mitchell of Elyria returns from a 15 day furlough and heads to Tacoma Wash to await shipping orders. He was stationed at Camp Pickett Va en route to Tacoma and planned to visit his sister Mrs Josephine Johnson in Chicago. He is the son of Mr and Mrs James Mitchell Sr of Elyria.
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Douglas H. Mitchell
West 15Th Street
Elyria High School
Tacoma
Wash
Mitchell
Camp Pickett
Taco
Josephine Johnson
Chicago
James Mitchell
Elyria
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Cleveland
Willem J
Kolff
Frederick J. Olmsted
Cleveland Clinic Research Foundation
George H. A. Clowes
Cleveland City Hospital
Clowes
Howard Peacock
Heart
Ana
Ihe
Mississippi
William Mexlwell
New York
Front and
Sycamore Streets
Dayton
Alpha
Dayton-Kenia
Elyria Savings & Trust CO
Federal Reserve System
Avon Lake
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Cwsvrarre Rercklye
ATW. Ce
E. Bridge St
Stor
Middle Avenue
Fifth Street
Los
Kenneth Bills
L. A
EHS
Walter Hilton
Denison Avenue
Ida Springer
Helene
Paul Haseroot
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Nee Buck
East Eighth Street
Marjorie Tillifson
E. M.F
Lydia
Paul Stenz
Eileen Buck
Paul Stentz
Chauncey Wales
E.M.J
William
Mr. Wales
Clarence
Red) Rowland
Stanford Avenue
Red
Lorain
Jack Goodman
Jack
Old
Willys Overland Company
Neo
G. W. Krause
St. Paul's Evangelical and
S. S. Squires
Squires
N. D. Black
Akron
Congress Lake
Hartville
Harry Schnitzer
Phyllis Agate Wentz
Kirkwood Avenue
Joseph Gethin
Birs. W.il.m
Joe
Joseph H. Gethin
Locust Street
Garden City
N. Y
Fox Furniture
Robert A. Fox
Bob
Oberlin
Iation
Ralph D. Fox
Dana J. Fox
Elyria and
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