Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Miller's Milwaukee Beer

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Fred Zander was the manager of the Sandusky branch of the Fred Miller Brewing Company of Milwaukee , according to the 1906-1907 Sandusky ...
Sunday, April 26, 2020

Knapp’s Balsamic Cough Syrup

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The advertisement above appeared in the Sandusky Register on February 8, 1875. John Knapp was associated with the Sandusky Medicine Com...
Thursday, April 23, 2020

Frances Lockwood Davis, Civic Leader and Suffragist

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Frances Lockwood was born in Elyria,Ohio in 1849, the oldest daughter of Judge and Mrs. William F. Lockwood . She married Thomas H. B. Davi...
Monday, April 20, 2020

Platt's Cemetery Stereographs

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An article appearing in the May 20, 1875 issue of the Sandusky Register read: Those who neglect to have stereographs of their cemetery...
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Friday, April 17, 2020

D.C. Powers, Pioneer Merchant

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Dewitt Clinton Powers was born in 1844 in Jefferson County, New York. After he came to Sandusky in 1865, he began working as a clerk in...
Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Clara Bock, Restaurant Proprietor

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Clara Halawachs was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Halawachs in Germany in 1856. She came to the United States in 1865, according to U.S. Cen...
Saturday, April 11, 2020

Judge George Morton and Dr. George Morton

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In the 1800s, there were two well-known gentlemen, both named George Morton, who called Sandusky home. This excerpt from a page from the 185...
Wednesday, April 08, 2020

Signs, Signs (A Preview of an Upcoming Library Program)

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Before television, the internet, and even radio, we still had advertising. But how did advertising reach its potential customers without ...
Sunday, April 05, 2020

Dairies in Sandusky

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Ohio dairy farms have been providing milk and milk products to residents for many years. In the nineteenth century, milk was made primarily...
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Thursday, April 02, 2020

William H. H. Herbert, Businessman and Civic official

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William Henry Harrison Herbert was born on April 24, 1839 in Hagerstown, Maryland. As a young man, he moved to Paw Paw, Virginia where...