''Der Wahrheitsfreund'' or ''Der Wahrheits-Freund'' ("The Friend of Truth") was the first

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in the

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, and one of many German-language newspapers in

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during the nineteenth century. It was published by the

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, and proceeds went to the St. Aloysius Orphan Society.

History

At the time of the paper's first issue on July 20, 1837, the Diocese of Cincinnati covered the entirety of Ohio and its English-language weekly, ''

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'', had circulated for several years. The ''Wahrheitsfreund'' founder,

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, served as editor from its founding to his appointment as the first Bishop of Milwaukee in 1843. By 1875, the paper had 14,400 subscribers. In 1907, the ''Wahrheitsfreund'' merged with Rev. Joseph Jessing's '' Ohio Waisenfreund'' (Ohio Orphan's Friend).

Notable people

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*Most Rev.

editor/publisher from 1837 to 1843 * John James Maximilian Oertel editor from 1844 to 1846 * Hermann Lehmann, publisher from 1846 to 1850 * Joseph A. Hemann publisher from September 1850 to December 1865 *H. Baumstark ()

Writers

*Rev.

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(1854–after 1862) – missionary to the Ottawa and Ojibwa

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