Elyria 1836 ads list fabrics nails cheese and books
The Elyria newspaper from 1836 features ads for fabrics at 25 cents a yard and gingham 16 cents with calico 10 cents. Be Old Cash Store hawks nails crockery glass and timothy seed alongside heavy food shipments including cheese 14 000 pounds and mackerel butter lard and sugar syrup. Cultural notices promote Waldes Library and American Monthly Magazine plus Godeys publications with reading and arts focus.
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Old Cash
Re- Gon
Matson’s Drug Store
New York
Hay
Dr. Spohr
Green
P. Stephens
London
Paris
Elyria
Waldes Library
American Monthly
Harpers
Atlantic Monthly
New England Magazine
Philadelphia Saturday News
Louis A Godey
Godey
Interrupted Conversations and Poems in a 19th Century Paper
A long, unsigned item recounts a tale of intemperance titled Interrupted Conversations Memoirs of 4 Water Drinker and a mournful poem called The Wife in alternating meter. It notes ownership details, then lists social happenings, visits, and anniversaries across Ashland Wellington New London and Elyria with residents like C. H Fischer L. H Leveland and Dennis Ross.
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C. H Fischer
Ohio Street
L H Leveland
Donna
Walter
William Murray
Rochester
George Pleska
John Ryan
Don Barry
Elyria
Gordon Greene
Brookside Park
Ashland
New London
Greene
Dennis Ross
R. S. Ross
David
Wakeman
Allen Harrison
Virgil de Fields
Ralph Beebe
Andrew Slatinsky
Penfield
A. Honorka and
Sherrell
Andrew Sulek
Eaton
FIX IT YOURSELF By Hubbard Cobb Handy Man
Practical home hacks cover basic repairs and DIY tips such as heating tank elements to prevent condensation, using an iron pipe as a masonry drill substitute, preventing chair dents by secure caster use, and dust control with calcium chloride. Readers are invited to submit new repair ideas.
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Hubbard
Brighton Students Present Bible School Program
Students of the Bible school conducted jointly by the Congregational and Methodist churches presented a program last Friday evening. Rev John Bontrager pastor of the Congregational church led a duplicate session of the week's morning program, introducing classes and having each group share what they learned.
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Brighton
Congregational
John Bontrager
Congregational Church
Former Elyrians Write Song About Florida Debuts on Kiwanis
Don L. Granger and Jack Flynn, longtime Elyria residents now in Hollywood Florida, wrote and composed a new song praising Florida as vacationland and home. The piece debuted recently at a Kiwanis meeting in Hol.
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Florida
Don L. Granger
Jack Flynn
Hollywood
Fla
Granger
Hall-Granger Insurance Agency
Kiwanis Club
Hol
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H. Anderson
Cleston Ander
Donald Day
The
Institute of Life Insurance Reports
Maytag Elyria CO
Middle Ave
Mr. Cobb
George Matthew “Adams
Waderwea Sale
Rayon
America
Dolly Fashion Show
Cowboy Boots
Twit
Spee
Broad ST
Big
Merle
Chrysler
Dodge
Chevrolet
Ford
Plymouth
Pontiac Motors
Oberlin Rd
Nixon's Barber & Beauty Shop
Second St
Elyrians
ronicle-Telegram
Ohio
Lywood
Swiers and Son Coal CO
N. Maple
Valley City
Lodi State Bank
Dick Wachtel
Mgr
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