All Hands On Deck!! The Lima Historical Society’s 2024 Membership Campaign

Bring This Coupon To Tennie Burton Museum 1850 Rochester Street Downloadable Coupon (pdf) Memorial Day 10am-1pm or Any Sunday this summer June thru Sept 15th-2-4 pm Become a Member Enter Free Raffle for All New and Current LHS members Dinner for Two Served in your own home ($200+ Value) Provided by Spinelli Catering. https://spinellichefservices.com Drawing at LHS member Picnic Sept 15th – 4 PM

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The Lima Recorder (1869-1989)

A Three Generation Van Gelder Family Enterprise “The Lima Recorder,” Lima’s long-time weekly newspaper was first established in 1869 when Elmer Houser began publication. Over subsequent years, a number of Lima publishers: Houser and Dennis, Dennis and Dennis, and Dennis and Deal took over the publication. In 1875, A. Tiffany Norton, a prolific publisher of local history who eventually became one of the editors of Rochester’s Democrat & Chronicle, purchased the paper and edited it until 1881. That year, 1881, Phineas C. Van Gelder purchased the paper and it remained under the management of the Van Gelder family for three…

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