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“Jews in the News” in the State of Washington, 1885 to 1915 – From Primary Resources Soon Afterwards

“Jews in the News” Word from Walla Walla, Washington Territory, 1885 Once a year, that is at Rosh Hashanah, the Jews here congregate in the Odd Fellows Hall, where they hold services and atone for all their sins until after Yom Kippur, when they begin again sinning

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Solomon Levinson: Jewish Boxing Glove Manufacturer of San Francisco

Solomon Levinson Values Codes I – E – L   Solomon Levinson was born in 1867 in Lake County, California. He was the fifth child of Abraham and Henrietta Boukofsky Levinson. Abraham Levinson was born in Zempelburg, Prussia in 1826, and settled in Napa, California, in 1850, where

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David N. Walter: Early Pioneer Jewish Home Furnishing Merchant of San Francisco

David N. Walter Values Codes I – E – L   David N. Walter was born in 1837 in Reckendorf, Bavaria.   Along the way . . . Early in his life, David N. Walter came to the United States, where he lived in Albany, New York

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Anthony Zellerbach: Jewish Paper King of the American Wild West

Anthony Zellerbach Values Codes I – E – L – P   Anthony Zellerbach was born in 1832 in Bavaria.   Along the way . . . In 1846, at the age of fourteen, Anthony Zellerbach came to America. He lived in Philadelphia for a while. In

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Adolph A. Son and the Spitz Brothers: Pioneer Jewish Tobacco Merchants of San Francisco.

Adolph A. Son Values Codes I – E – L    Adolph A. Son was born in Hildesheim, Hanover, Germany, in 1838.   San Francisco In 1853, at the age of 15, Adolph Son journeyed to San Francisco and opened a cigar and pipe store. While vacationing in

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