Historical clue formulations

• Brand with a lonely repairman — 2020-10-06
• Kenmore alternative — 2016-04-12
• 2006 Whirlpool acquisition — 2013-07-09
• Company that introduced coin-slide washers in laundromats — 2012-08-16
• Idle repairman's employer, in ads — 2010-02-16
• Company with a "lonely repairman" — 2003-05-20
• Whirlpool alternative — 2002-06-30
• Employer of commercialdom's idle repairman — 1999-08-25
• Jenn-Air maker — 1996-05-11