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What U.S. governor once ran a company that had been a major competitor of the maker of the Liberty Free Reel?

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Steve wrote:What U.S. governor once ran a company that had been a major competitor of the maker of the Liberty Free Reel?
Well, let’s approach this logically. Per Ron Gast’s website it appears the Liberty Free Reel was popular around the turn of the century.



What reel would have competed for sales with Liberty’s maker?
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Guessing that Ohio and New York were the two states most know for mass-production of fishing reels around 1900, I checked Wikipedia governor biographies for those states during that time period and came up empty...

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What reel would have competed for sales with Liberty’s maker?
Aye, there's the rub. It wasn't a competing reel.

Liberty Bell Co. made bells, some of which competed with bells made by Bevin Bros. Mfg. Co., a much older bell manufacturer also in Connecticut. Gov. Matt Bevin, Ky., became president of Bevin Bros. in 2011.

Liberty Bell bell and Bevin Bros. bell:



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