{Old Newspapers} Home Comfort Range
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
United States
July 5, 2020 8:02am CST
Clipped from The gold leaf March 14, 1895. Found on LOC.GOV
It has been awhile since I've done one of these. I haven't really been looking through the old newspapers lately, but I went through one today and I liked this ad. I've seen these types of stoves in action before. In all honesty, I would love to try one out just once, just to feel closer to what the ancestors may have dealt with.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45939)
• United States
5 Jul 20
There was a post in the Facebook Marketplace that had a stove/refrigerator/sink unit for sale. Took me a minute to realize that I once rented an apartment that had one of these units.
Then I saw an older gas stove that looked well used. I didn't remember seeing a stove like that, but am sure that it was a big item back in the day!
Amazing how far we have come in such a short period of time.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45939)
• United States
5 Jul 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum there were some inquiries about it. It is an interesting looking unit.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
5 Jul 20
@ElusiveButterfly To be honest, I have once thought about buying a pie safe. I like the way they look, but of course I have no room for it.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
5 Jul 20
Yes, it really is amazing. People were and still are eager to make the every day chores easier for us. I wonder if that stove/fridge/sink combo ever found a home?
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
5 Jul 20
There is a man and woman who live in Washington (state) and they live like Victorians. They own one of these ranges. One of my grandmothers' had a wood stove as it came with the home she rented. It was interesting to me as a kid.
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@gr8nana6 (6614)
• Conyers, Georgia
5 Jul 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes that is an old relic for sure, people in the olden days sure didn't have it easy.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
5 Jul 20
@gr8nana6 No, they really didn't. Had to order ice for the icebox, matches and coal or wood. Washing was an all day affair etc. Got to appreciate those men and women who were tired and just wanted a more convenient way to do things. We owe a woman for the invention of the dishwasher, for instance.
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@LindaOHio (156271)
• United States
5 Jul 20
Those old stoves are worth a mint these days. I remember them.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
5 Jul 20
I am sure that they are. I've seen them in action (via youtube). I'd love to see them in action up close.
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Grandma still using fire and firewood with the cooking place.... Ahh I don't know how to explain it exactly though 
It's similar like in the attachment.@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
5 Jul 20
I Think I can imagine. There were several different types of cooking with fire in the old days.
@sitia1 (135)
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5 Jul 20
I remember my grandma kitchen, cooking with fire woods make foods good taste.
@Suhendra7 (494)
• Indonesia
5 Jul 20
Wow from the looks of it, it looks like bigger and needs more space than the stove nowadays 
I guess technology makes stuffs getting smaller yet the function is getting better 
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
5 Jul 20
It is a bit wider, yes. There weren't really countertops in that time period.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
5 Jul 20
I agree. I love it! I even look at the things around me and see hints of the past. I like travelling by car because I can glimpse these things.
@Sathyabo (866)
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5 Jul 20
Really good. I don't store newspapers usually. I used to give it to the provisional stores.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
5 Jul 20
I don't store them either... This is found online (hence the first line saying it was found on LOC.GOV)
