TY - THES KW - Newspapers KW - Biographies KW - Germans KW - World War I KW - Berlin (Ontario) KW - German language KW - Rittinger Friedrich KW - Rittinger John Adam (1855-1915) KW - Motz John KW - Berliner Journal KW - Ontario Journal AU - Maria Featherston AB - An examination of the newspaper's history, founders, policies, community role and contents for the years 1906 to 1915. The author discusses the journal's role in preserving German language and culture and describes editor John A. Rittinger's character, "Joe Klotzkopp," whose humorous letters were written in the Pennsylvania German dialect. C1 - Rittinger, Friedrich; Rittinger, John A.; Motz, John; "Klotzkopp, Joe" C2 - Berliner Journal; The Ontario Journal C3 - Berlin C4 - 1906-1915 C7 - English(30) DP - Elizabeth Bloomfield. WATERLOO REGIONAL HISTORY BIBLIOGRAPHY SYSTEM. Most pre-1993 items are also included in the print work Waterloo County to 1972: an Annotated Bibliography of Regional History. Kitchener: Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation, 1993. ID - 1537 LA - English M1 - Dissertation/Thesis M3 - Print(0) PB - Wilfrid Laurier University (M.A. thesis, History) PY - 1977 SP - 88 l. bibl. T1 - The Berliner Journal: a study of a German- language newspaper ER -