John Adam Rittinger
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John Adam Rittinger
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John Adam Rittinger was a Canadian German-language-newspaper proprietor, editor and Pennsylvania-German humorist. In 1875, he and Aaron Eby purchased Walkerton, Ontario's German-language newspaper, the Walkerton Glocke. Affectionately known by locals as the "Glockemann", Rittinger was both a shrewd businessman and a popular writer. He became the paper's sole owner in 1878, renaming it Die Ontario Glocke in 1882. A staunch conservative, he used the editorial column to comment on domestic politica
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Canadian newspaper editor, humorist
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2021-05-17T13:06:00Z
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2024-09-02T13:56:37Z
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