Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Lydia Mahala Todd West

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Lydia Mahala Todd was born in 1824 to Amos and Lurana Strong Todd in Cortland County, New York, and moved to Sandusky as a youngster. In 18...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Kiwanis Christmas Party, 1926

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On Tuesday, December 21, 1926, the Sandusky Kiwanis Club hosted a party for forty-five children from the Erie County Children’s Home. The fe...
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Monday, December 15, 2008

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Charles Bauman was born in Ehrenstetten, Baden, Germany in 1835, and came to Sandusky when he was eighteen years old. Mr. Bauman was engage...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Miss Wilma Fernau

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While the photographer remains unknown, above are five different poses of Wilma Fernau, who was born in 1902. Wilma was the daughter of Henr...
Thursday, December 04, 2008

"Five-and-Ten" Stores in Sandusky

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According to the second edition of the Random House Unabridged Dictionary , the definition of a “five-and-ten” (also called “five-and-ten-ce...
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Monday, December 01, 2008

Sandusky Newspapers on Microfilm

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Two men are reading the Sandusky Register in December 1914. The front page headline story was about the fire which destroyed Thomas Edison’s...
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Saturday, November 22, 2008

Thanksgiving Concert in 1887

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On Thanksgiving Night, November 24, 1887, “Ye Old Folkes” Concert was held at the Opera House in Sandusky. Mrs. John Mack donated the origin...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Broderson’s Home Service Store on McDonough Street

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Adolph and Martin Broderson were partners in the grocery business in Sandusky for over fifty years. (Adolph G. Broderson died in February 19...
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Monday, November 10, 2008

General Henry A. Axline, “Father of the National Guard of Ohio”

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Henry A. Axline was the youngest soldier to serve in the Civil War from Muskingum County. He served in Company G of the 159th Ohio Voluntee...
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Veterans Day, November 11: J. Elmer Bauer and G. Lynn Hughes, Musicians in the Great War

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Two soldiers from Erie County, John Elmer Bauer and G. Lynn Hughes, both served in Infantry Bands during World War One. George Lynn Hughes w...
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