Der Deutsche Correspondent, Baltimore 1-16-1879 (translated):
Wilhelm Raine.
Yesterday evening, Mr. Wilhelm Raine, Colonel F. Raine's aged father, died after a long illness at the age of almost 80 years. Mr. Raine was not only one of the oldest and longest-standing Germans in this city, but also the earliest pioneer of German journalism in the United States, having founded and edited newspapers in this country when many of those active today in the German-language American press were not yet born. Mr. Wilhelm Raine was born at the end of the last century in the Minden “festung” [fortress, castle] and ran a bookshop and bookbindery there and also published a small circular. In the first half of the '30s he emigrated to America and, like all immigrants of that difficult time, struggled hard for existence. Back then, the German culture here was sparse and meager except for a few German shops; the attempt to found a newspaper in this small German settlement was by no means promising; Mr. Raine nevertheless dared the effort. He published a religiously political weekly paper, “Die Geschäftige Martha” [the busy Martha] and kept it up for years with great effort. Near the end of the '30s, he changed the paper into a very political “Der Demokratische Whig” [The Democratic Whig], but without better results. It was left to his efficient, restless son, who was gifted with a clear, practical eye for American life and the reading needs of a German-American audience, that made a German newspaper a success in Baltimore. Mr. Wilh. Raine retired from journalism about 38 years ago and has since led a mostly private life. For a number of years he had held the humble state office of a “Holzmesser” [1860 census calls him a wood corder].
Two years ago the “Baltimorer Schützen gesellschaft” [Baltimore rifle-shooting club-society] chose him as their captain, and the old gentleman presided over this office with such freshness and efficiency that he was re-elected by a large majority last November. Anyone who saw him at the head of the Baltimore rifle delegation at the New York Bunderschützenfest last summer had no idea that he had already seen 78 winters, because just a few months ago he looked as fit as a fifty-year-old.
He had been sick for several weeks as old age asserted its right, but even after a long illness it was not believed that his illness would end badly. The news of his death will therefore be a painful surprise for his numerous friends and relatives who live at a distance.
Mr. Raine was a co-founder of the Druid Order in Maryland and a reorganizer of the Harugari Order. He was humble, friendly and sociable and enjoyed great respect and was well-liked by everyone who knew him. Even if he did not gain the firm success in journalism and reap the fruits that his loyal diligence and self-sacrificing labors deserved, he had the satisfaction of seeing his son's work grow and prosper, and he has always taken the most active part in the prosperity of Der Deutsche Correspondent. – Peace to his ashes!
Der Deutsche Correspondent, Baltimore 1-18-1879 (translated):
Baltimore Schützen Gesellschaft [gun-hunting society-club].
Captain William Wilhelm Raine's Funeral.
The funeral of our departed captain will take place tomorrow, Sunday the 19th, but due to the circumstances, not at 2 p. m. as previously indicated, but at 1 p. m. The procession will be from the house-in-mourning, No. 8 South Ann Street, and moves from there to the gun club, where the body will be exhibited at the mansion-house and a memorial speech will be given by member Franz Gardner. All members are asked to gather in uniform around the park where possible, to pay our captain the last honors. After the burial at Baltimore Cemetery, members return to the park to express condolences.
By the Arrangements Committee, Joseph Letzer, Secretary.
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One daughter was married to Mr. John B. Adt. She apparently survived her father, but not her mother.
Wilhelm Raine.
Yesterday evening, Mr. Wilhelm Raine, Colonel F. Raine's aged father, died after a long illness at the age of almost 80 years. Mr. Raine was not only one of the oldest and longest-standing Germans in this city, but also the earliest pioneer of German journalism in the United States, having founded and edited newspapers in this country when many of those active today in the German-language American press were not yet born. Mr. Wilhelm Raine was born at the end of the last century in the Minden “festung” [fortress, castle] and ran a bookshop and bookbindery there and also published a small circular. In the first half of the '30s he emigrated to America and, like all immigrants of that difficult time, struggled hard for existence. Back then, the German culture here was sparse and meager except for a few German shops; the attempt to found a newspaper in this small German settlement was by no means promising; Mr. Raine nevertheless dared the effort. He published a religiously political weekly paper, “Die Geschäftige Martha” [the busy Martha] and kept it up for years with great effort. Near the end of the '30s, he changed the paper into a very political “Der Demokratische Whig” [The Democratic Whig], but without better results. It was left to his efficient, restless son, who was gifted with a clear, practical eye for American life and the reading needs of a German-American audience, that made a German newspaper a success in Baltimore. Mr. Wilh. Raine retired from journalism about 38 years ago and has since led a mostly private life. For a number of years he had held the humble state office of a “Holzmesser” [1860 census calls him a wood corder].
Two years ago the “Baltimorer Schützen gesellschaft” [Baltimore rifle-shooting club-society] chose him as their captain, and the old gentleman presided over this office with such freshness and efficiency that he was re-elected by a large majority last November. Anyone who saw him at the head of the Baltimore rifle delegation at the New York Bunderschützenfest last summer had no idea that he had already seen 78 winters, because just a few months ago he looked as fit as a fifty-year-old.
He had been sick for several weeks as old age asserted its right, but even after a long illness it was not believed that his illness would end badly. The news of his death will therefore be a painful surprise for his numerous friends and relatives who live at a distance.
Mr. Raine was a co-founder of the Druid Order in Maryland and a reorganizer of the Harugari Order. He was humble, friendly and sociable and enjoyed great respect and was well-liked by everyone who knew him. Even if he did not gain the firm success in journalism and reap the fruits that his loyal diligence and self-sacrificing labors deserved, he had the satisfaction of seeing his son's work grow and prosper, and he has always taken the most active part in the prosperity of Der Deutsche Correspondent. – Peace to his ashes!
Der Deutsche Correspondent, Baltimore 1-18-1879 (translated):
Baltimore Schützen Gesellschaft [gun-hunting society-club].
Captain William Wilhelm Raine's Funeral.
The funeral of our departed captain will take place tomorrow, Sunday the 19th, but due to the circumstances, not at 2 p. m. as previously indicated, but at 1 p. m. The procession will be from the house-in-mourning, No. 8 South Ann Street, and moves from there to the gun club, where the body will be exhibited at the mansion-house and a memorial speech will be given by member Franz Gardner. All members are asked to gather in uniform around the park where possible, to pay our captain the last honors. After the burial at Baltimore Cemetery, members return to the park to express condolences.
By the Arrangements Committee, Joseph Letzer, Secretary.
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One daughter was married to Mr. John B. Adt. She apparently survived her father, but not her mother.
Der Deutsche Correspondent, Baltimore 1-16-1879 (translated):
Wilhelm Raine.
Yesterday evening, Mr. Wilhelm Raine, Colonel F. Raine's aged father, died after a long illness at the age of almost 80 years. Mr. Raine was not only one of the oldest and longest-standing Germans in this city, but also the earliest pioneer of German journalism in the United States, having founded and edited newspapers in this country when many of those active today in the German-language American press were not yet born. Mr. Wilhelm Raine was born at the end of the last century in the Minden “festung” [fortress, castle] and ran a bookshop and bookbindery there and also published a small circular. In the first half of the '30s he emigrated to America and, like all immigrants of that difficult time, struggled hard for existence. Back then, the German culture here was sparse and meager except for a few German shops; the attempt to found a newspaper in this small German settlement was by no means promising; Mr. Raine nevertheless dared the effort. He published a religiously political weekly paper, “Die Geschäftige Martha” [the busy Martha] and kept it up for years with great effort. Near the end of the '30s, he changed the paper into a very political “Der Demokratische Whig” [The Democratic Whig], but without better results. It was left to his efficient, restless son, who was gifted with a clear, practical eye for American life and the reading needs of a German-American audience, that made a German newspaper a success in Baltimore. Mr. Wilh. Raine retired from journalism about 38 years ago and has since led a mostly private life. For a number of years he had held the humble state office of a “Holzmesser” [1860 census calls him a wood corder].
Two years ago the “Baltimorer Schützen gesellschaft” [Baltimore rifle-shooting club-society] chose him as their captain, and the old gentleman presided over this office with such freshness and efficiency that he was re-elected by a large majority last November. Anyone who saw him at the head of the Baltimore rifle delegation at the New York Bunderschützenfest last summer had no idea that he had already seen 78 winters, because just a few months ago he looked as fit as a fifty-year-old.
He had been sick for several weeks as old age asserted its right, but even after a long illness it was not believed that his illness would end badly. The news of his death will therefore be a painful surprise for his numerous friends and relatives who live at a distance.
Mr. Raine was a co-founder of the Druid Order in Maryland and a reorganizer of the Harugari Order. He was humble, friendly and sociable and enjoyed great respect and was well-liked by everyone who knew him. Even if he did not gain the firm success in journalism and reap the fruits that his loyal diligence and self-sacrificing labors deserved, he had the satisfaction of seeing his son's work grow and prosper, and he has always taken the most active part in the prosperity of Der Deutsche Correspondent. – Peace to his ashes!
Der Deutsche Correspondent, Baltimore 1-18-1879 (translated):
Baltimore Schützen Gesellschaft [gun-hunting society-club].
Captain William Wilhelm Raine's Funeral.
The funeral of our departed captain will take place tomorrow, Sunday the 19th, but due to the circumstances, not at 2 p. m. as previously indicated, but at 1 p. m. The procession will be from the house-in-mourning, No. 8 South Ann Street, and moves from there to the gun club, where the body will be exhibited at the mansion-house and a memorial speech will be given by member Franz Gardner. All members are asked to gather in uniform around the park where possible, to pay our captain the last honors. After the burial at Baltimore Cemetery, members return to the park to express condolences.
By the Arrangements Committee, Joseph Letzer, Secretary.
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One daughter was married to Mr. John B. Adt. She apparently survived her father, but not her mother.
Wilhelm Raine.
Yesterday evening, Mr. Wilhelm Raine, Colonel F. Raine's aged father, died after a long illness at the age of almost 80 years. Mr. Raine was not only one of the oldest and longest-standing Germans in this city, but also the earliest pioneer of German journalism in the United States, having founded and edited newspapers in this country when many of those active today in the German-language American press were not yet born. Mr. Wilhelm Raine was born at the end of the last century in the Minden “festung” [fortress, castle] and ran a bookshop and bookbindery there and also published a small circular. In the first half of the '30s he emigrated to America and, like all immigrants of that difficult time, struggled hard for existence. Back then, the German culture here was sparse and meager except for a few German shops; the attempt to found a newspaper in this small German settlement was by no means promising; Mr. Raine nevertheless dared the effort. He published a religiously political weekly paper, “Die Geschäftige Martha” [the busy Martha] and kept it up for years with great effort. Near the end of the '30s, he changed the paper into a very political “Der Demokratische Whig” [The Democratic Whig], but without better results. It was left to his efficient, restless son, who was gifted with a clear, practical eye for American life and the reading needs of a German-American audience, that made a German newspaper a success in Baltimore. Mr. Wilh. Raine retired from journalism about 38 years ago and has since led a mostly private life. For a number of years he had held the humble state office of a “Holzmesser” [1860 census calls him a wood corder].
Two years ago the “Baltimorer Schützen gesellschaft” [Baltimore rifle-shooting club-society] chose him as their captain, and the old gentleman presided over this office with such freshness and efficiency that he was re-elected by a large majority last November. Anyone who saw him at the head of the Baltimore rifle delegation at the New York Bunderschützenfest last summer had no idea that he had already seen 78 winters, because just a few months ago he looked as fit as a fifty-year-old.
He had been sick for several weeks as old age asserted its right, but even after a long illness it was not believed that his illness would end badly. The news of his death will therefore be a painful surprise for his numerous friends and relatives who live at a distance.
Mr. Raine was a co-founder of the Druid Order in Maryland and a reorganizer of the Harugari Order. He was humble, friendly and sociable and enjoyed great respect and was well-liked by everyone who knew him. Even if he did not gain the firm success in journalism and reap the fruits that his loyal diligence and self-sacrificing labors deserved, he had the satisfaction of seeing his son's work grow and prosper, and he has always taken the most active part in the prosperity of Der Deutsche Correspondent. – Peace to his ashes!
Der Deutsche Correspondent, Baltimore 1-18-1879 (translated):
Baltimore Schützen Gesellschaft [gun-hunting society-club].
Captain William Wilhelm Raine's Funeral.
The funeral of our departed captain will take place tomorrow, Sunday the 19th, but due to the circumstances, not at 2 p. m. as previously indicated, but at 1 p. m. The procession will be from the house-in-mourning, No. 8 South Ann Street, and moves from there to the gun club, where the body will be exhibited at the mansion-house and a memorial speech will be given by member Franz Gardner. All members are asked to gather in uniform around the park where possible, to pay our captain the last honors. After the burial at Baltimore Cemetery, members return to the park to express condolences.
By the Arrangements Committee, Joseph Letzer, Secretary.
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One daughter was married to Mr. John B. Adt. She apparently survived her father, but not her mother.
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