This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Ravenna period notices mix festivity and old pioneer tales
Local items report community sleighing crowds and festive commerce amid stones of a 19th century town. A former Meyers Merts & Riddle employee, Ma Greenoe Gextuvitz, returns for a warm reception, while rumors warn of traveling agents and counterfeit spectacles. Sheriff Risdon detains a young man linked to Christmas thefts. Jubilee Singers perform at the Opera House with high praise. An interview recalls early Medina County pioneers, highlighting Judge Harrie and James Redfield as enduring links to frontier life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenoe Gextuvitz
Meyers Merts & Riddle
California
Prospect Setreet
Prlehy
Coece
Mr. Redfield
Middletown
Conn
Ohio
Randolph
John
Campbeild Conbpbey
Sirbe
Fort Stephenson
Lower Sandusky
Fremont
River Raisin
Hull
Cleveland
Col. Doud
Nathan Scare
Margaret Erwin Shewell
Henry Shéwal
Will
Henry Knapp Redfield
Elizabeth Katura
Chauncey Stanford
Samuel Cornelius Redfield
Creagoydeon
William Caragai
Usfriet Abigail
Chauncey Tupper
Randolphh
Ravenna
Sarah L, Wislow
Jacob Stough, Jr
Samuel Redfield
James Redfield
Samuel Medfield
Lodi
Medina County
Joseph Harrie
Portage County
Medina
Lie
Albert Harris