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    1. [RI] Printers and Printing in Providence (part 199)
    2. Beth Hurd
    3. from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907" prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution printed in 1907 "The Journeymen" (part 199) p. XCIV. "A. H. WILTZ - Born Princeton, Ill., Jan. 13, 1851; began to learn printing in 1862 at Peoria, Ill.; worked in New York city in 1872; wintered in Meriden, Conn., in 1872-'73; admitted to Providence Union May 10, 1873, and worked here on the Journal until December; located at 1274 West Van Buren street, Chicago, in 1905. JOHN O. WINTERMUTE - Died New York city May 18, 1880. He was admitted to Providence Union by card Oct. 12, 1874, and worked on the Journal. ALVAH WITHEE - Born in Maine; served in the Civil war in the 5th Maine Regiment and was severely wounded in the leg at the battle of South Mountain; admitted to Providence Union by card April 22, 1883; worked for many years on the Journal as compositor and copyholder; also worked in Boston. CHARLES A. WITTING - Born Chicago, Ill., Oct. 31, 1866; learned printing in office of Witting & Sons, Chicago, beginning in 1882; worked in Providence at Remington's and in Central Falls at E. L. Freeman's; initiated into Providence Union Jan. 25, 1903; located in Worcester, Mass., in 1905. HERMAN J. WOLFERS - Was drowned at Dunkirk, N. Y.; he worked in Providence on the Journal in 1874. WILLIAM M. WOOD - Was admitted to Providence Union by card in 1877; he worked on the Journal for several years; lived in Syracuse in 1906. ALBERT WALLACE WOODCOCK - Born England Feb. 2, 1869; learned printing in Manchester, England; has worked in Providence since 1892; initiated into Providence Union January, 1899; manager of the printing firm of Wm. R. Brown in 1907. JAMES WRIGLEY - Born Oldham, England, Feb. 17, 1863; learned printing in that city, beginning in 1876; admitted to Providence Union by card in February, 1886, and again in 1903; employed on the New York Herald in 1907. DAVID P. WYMAN (Pete) - Born New York city, where he also learned the printing trade; worked in Providence on the Journal 1884 to 1886; admitted to No. 33 by card Aug. 27, 1884; located in Boston on the Herald in 1907." continued in part 200.

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