when I was first married, I did a lot of sewing, even for hire. I bought a lot of machine needles. Then I didn't sew much for about 25 years. I'm back into it, and am not finding any problem using the needles I bought back then.
I have also not heard of any problems with using needles made back around 1900 for vintage machines. Many of these machines use sizes that can not be bought today. There are still quite a few packages of unused, 100 year old needles available.