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Lorain Journal Front Page – Dec. 24, 1953
Three days after the front page featured on yesterday's post, Lorain Journal readers were greeted with the Christmas Eve edition shown above on December 24, 1953.Front and center is an incredibly cute...
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Lorain Journal Front Page – Dec. 24, 1963
Sixty years ago, this was the Christmas Eve edition of the Journal on Dec. 24, 1963.The big news, of course, was the impending merger of Thew Shovel Co. and Koehring Co. In 1964, Thew would become the...
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Lorain Journal Front Page – Dec. 24, 1973
Fifty years ago, this was the front page of the Christmas Eve edition of the Journal on Dec. 24, 1973.For years, the Journal dependably featured the special illustrative border of the Three Wise Men...
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Merry Christmas!
Christmas 1966Here's wishing all of you a most meaningful and Merry Christmas!Above you see a photo of my younger brother and I visiting Santa Claus from Christmas 1966. Midway Mall had just opened a...
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New Year's Eve 1943
Eighty years ago, the year 1943 was drawing to a close. The United States was still engaged in World War II, and this was reflected in the way New Year's Eve was observed in the Dec. 31, 1943 Lorain...
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New Year's Eve 1953
Seventy years ago, the year 1953 was coming to a close.The Lorain Journal celebrated the occasion with a detailed month-by-month recap of Lorain news over the past year with its "City News Parade of...
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"Don't Meet '64 Head On!" Safety Ad – Dec. 28, 1963
Well, it's New Year's Eve – so I'd better post this before everyone heads out for a night of fun and frivolity. "Don't Meet '64 Head On!" is the theme of the annual, full-page safety ad, which ran in...
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Happy New Year!
Here's wishing all of you a most Happy New Year! Thanks for making this blog a regular stop! A special thank-you goes out to all of the regular commenters and contributors that make things much more...
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New Year’s Day 1864 with the 103rd O.V.I.
The Civil War seems to show up in the news fairly often in the last few years. Unfortunately, mentions of it always seem to dwell on negative aspects of the War, rarely focusing on the incredible...
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First Baby of 1964
Well, I've already done posts on the First Babies of 1944 and 1954, so I'd better add 1964 to this baby bundle. The contest rules for the First Baby of 1964, however, were a little different from its...
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First Baby of 1974
Just out of curiosity, I thought I'd check and see if the Journal was still sponsoring the First Baby Contest in January 1974. Sure enough, it still was – although the prize list has a stripped-down...
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Another (Former) Bait Shop Bites the Dust
I don't subscribe to the Morning Journal, but I get little snippets of news from the newspaper delivered to my email daily. One of the stories a few days ago involved one of the city's favorite...
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Lorain Sunday News Front Page – Jan. 3, 1954
It's always fun to take a look at Lorain's other local newspaper, the Lorain Sunday Times for an alternate view of what was going on in the city during the 1940s and 50s. The above front page from...
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Avon Lake Food Center Ad – Jan. 7, 1954
From seventy years ago, here's a nice nearly full-page ad for the Avon Lake Food Center, which was located in the shopping center on Lake Road. As you can see, our old pal Sparky– mascot of the Sparkle...
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Buckeye Beer Ads – January 1954
This vintage bottle is currently on eBayBuckeye Beer, the Toledo-based brew that dates back to 1836, has been the subject of a few blog posts as the brand was featured occasionally in advertisements in...
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Lorain Journal Front Page – Jan. 11, 1954
Seventy years ago today, this was the front page of the Lorain Journal. As usual back then, it's loaded with local, national and international news (as opposed to today's Morning Journal news stories,...
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On Area Movie Screens – January 10, 1964
We'll close out the week here on the blog with yet another look at what movies were playing at the local theaters – in this case, a mere sixty years ago. Above is the movie page from the January 10,...
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Jack LaVriha Profile – Feb 1972
A blog post last week featuring a Lorain Journal front page from January 11, 1954 included an article that mentioned Jack LaVriha. I thought it would be a good time to post this profile of the...
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Lorain Journal Front Page – Jan. 12, 1954
Well, we had our first taste of real sub-zero temperatures the last few days. It certainly makes things interesting, especially when so much of the country is also in a deep freeze. It's not unlike the...
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Journal Entertainment Page – Jan. 10, 1964
Judging by this page of advertisements from the January 10, 1964 edition of the Journal, there were still a lot of entertainment options to choose from in the Lorain area, even in the mid-1960s. It's a...
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