Verna Mersereau
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Verna Mersereau, also known as Verna Mersereau Capra, was an American actress, dancer and pantomimist who performed on stage and screen. She appeared in several films with multiple forms of ancient da
Mersereau c. 1912
The Morning Call
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The Morning Call is a daily newspaper in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1883, it is the second-longest continuously published newspaper in the Lehigh Valley, after The Express-Times. The newspape
The front page of The Morning Call's July 27, 2005 edition
A 1900 advertisement for The Morning Call after its rebranding, showcasing the newspaper's former headquarters at 16 South 6th Street
David A. Miller, a Muhlenberg College senior, was the newspaper's first reporter; in 1904, he and his brother Samuel acquired the newspaper, owning it until 1920, and later serving as its president from 1934 until his death in 1958.
In 1920, The Morning Call moved into its headquarters at 101 N. 6th Street in Center City Allentown; in 2020, after allegedly failing to pay four consecutive months of rent, the newspaper announced that it was abandoning the building.