Happy Birthday Labor Day 2019!
Do you wonder why I started with a birthday wish for the Labor Day Holiday? Well, it’s a very simple explanation: On September 2, 2019...
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Ruth Spayer
- Mar 29, 2018
- 6 min
Buyer Beware!
I bought a clock recently from an online site. It is very pretty and was described as a rare Big Ben. I didn’t buy it because I thought...
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Ruth Spayer
- Feb 26, 2018
- 4 min
Remembering Our Patriarch
A century ago, Westclox lost its patriarch. F. W. Matthiessen, who had faith in a fledgling, floundering clock factory and saved it from...
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Ruth Spayer
- Jun 26, 2017
- 5 min
You Couldn’t Get There From Here, but Now You Can!
When the Western Clock Company (a.k.a. Westclox) began producing its world-famous timepieces, about the only way to get from the factory...
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Ruth Spayer
- Apr 3, 2017
- 5 min
Remembering The Great War
One hundred years ago this week, the United States entered World War I. In the nearly two years that followed, 147 Westclox employees...
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Ruth Spayer
- Oct 21, 2016
- 3 min
“Woody Who?”
This is the first in a series of articles on “Things You Might Not Know About Westclox”. This first article is written in response to a...
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Ruth Spayer
- Jun 17, 2016
- 3 min
Why LaSalle?
One of the most frequently asked questions in the museum is, “Why does everything Westclox say LaSalle if the company was in Peru?”...
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Ruth Spayer
- Apr 3, 2016
- 3 min
Birthday Greetings and Hankies
As most of you know, I’ve spent a little over a year scanning and reviewing more than 50 years worth of Tick Talk Magazine - the monthly...
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Ruth Spayer
- Feb 22, 2016
- 3 min
PAYDAY!
I don’t care who you are or where you live or if you work or are retired, Payday is likely to be one of the most important days on your...
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Ruth Spayer
- Dec 31, 2015
- 2 min
Happy New Year!
As I write this, I find the lyrics of the Al Stewart song “Time Passages” floating through my mind. I guess it could be because it is...
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Ruth Spayer
- Oct 31, 2015
- 2 min
Defense Won’t Wait For the Nation That’s Late
I’m guessing that the majority of you who read this column are at least one generation removed from World War II, and many of you are two...
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Ruth Spayer
- Sep 29, 2015
- 3 min
Fire!
You might think I’m about to talk about the tragic New year’s Eve of 2011, when arson ignited a roaring blaze in a section of the...
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Ruth Spayer
- Aug 14, 2015
- 2 min
You Might Not Know
Have you been to the Westclox Museum? Are you even familiar with Westclox? Before you say no to the second question, consider this...
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Ruth Spayer
- Jul 23, 2015
- 3 min
A Museum Expedition
In my first Curator’s Corner article, I talked a lot about the Tick Talk magazines and our project with them. Today, I’d like to touch...
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Ruth Spayer
- Jul 13, 2015
- 3 min
You Never Know What You Might Find!
“You never know what you might find at the Westclox Museum!” It seems I’ve been saying that a lot lately, because it’s true. Every day...
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