Der Deutsche Canadier was a German-language weekly newspaper published in Berlin, Canada West, from 1841 to 1865. The Canadier was founded in January 1841 by Heinrich "Henry" Eby, son of Berlin's foun
Front page of Der Deutsche Canadier, 26 July 1860
A March 1848 extra edition of Der Deutsche Canadier covering the revolutions in Europe. The newspaper catered its coverage to recent German immigrants who remained interested in European political and social happenings.
The Berliner Journal was a German-language weekly-newspaper published in Berlin, Canada, from 1859 to 1918. The newspaper was founded by the German immigrants Friedrich Rittinger and John Motz, who op
Der Deutsche Canadier
…with competition. In 1859, the head of the Canadier's mechanical department, Friedrich Rittinger, abruptly left the newspaper to found the competing Berliner Journal. The Canadier folded in January 1865, with attempted revivals in the late 1860s failing quickly. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Waterloo…
Top of the Berliner Journal front page, 12 August 1914, reporting on the outbreak of the First World War in Europe
At left, the Berliner Journal printing office, 1863
The printing office at 42 King Street West, c. 1889; from the left, Herman Rittinger, William John Motz, John Motz and Friedrich Rittinger [de] stand second through fifth
Most German newspapers in Ontario issued an annual broadside with a long poem to celebrate the New Year. The Berliner Journal's poem of 1888 (pictured) was written in the local Pennsylvania German dialect.