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, th
In 1873, Rittinger graduated from St. Jerome's College (pictured, 2012). His education under the school's founder, Louis Funcken, influenced his writings and political views.
The Rittinger family home in 2021, where Rittinger died in July 1915
St. Jerome's University
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St. Jerome's University is a public Roman Catholic university in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It is federated with the University of Waterloo. St. Jerome's, within the University of Waterloo, combines a
John Adam Rittinger
…while his sister married a Lutheran minister, Julius Badke. Rittinger attended public school in Berlin before going to the local Roman Catholic school, St. Jerome's College. Studying under Louis Funcken, a Friar and the school's founder, Rittinger's later views were heavily influenced by Funcken's teachings, especially…
The Choate Common featuring the statue of the Fr. Louis Funcken, CR.
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