The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-04

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Mrs. O!lendorfer, vile Of Oswald Often
dorler, publisher and proprietor of the
Stauts ZsiIung, died at about o'clock last
evening at her residence, No. I East Sew.
enteenth street. Mrs. O.tcndorier was
widely known and highly esteemed, espe.
cially among the Germans OF tho city, for
her business ability and her numerous
charities. She was born February Is, 1876,
in Wurzburg, Bavaria, her maiden name
being Sartorius. She married Jacob Uhl.
q printer, and the couple came to this coun.
try in 1911 and started q job printing office
al No. II Frankfort street, Their business
prospered. and in 1916 they purchased the
the Ne1u. Yorker Stats Z.iiung, then d week
ly paper with very limited circulation
and edited by Gustav Adolph Neumau,
They Immediately enlarged the Sheet, and
in little while it made its appearance asa
daily paper, with steadily increasing cir.
culation. Her husband died in 1852, and
Mrs. uhl received numerous offers from
business and literary men for the purchase
Of her property. High prices were offered,
but sho refused them all, seeing in the
steadily growing German population of
this city and State II great future for the
paper. So she settled down as its chief
editor and manager. lE - ts;st55 ,Sti.,,}lsg
In July, 1850, she married Mr.. Often
dorler, who was on the staff OF the paper
at the time, and she resigned to him the
chi. { edi'orship, but still she came down
10 tho office daily and took q very active
part In tho business management. She
had several children by her first husband,
hut none by Mr.. Oaendorfer. Other chill.
dren. two are dead, Gen. Hermann Uhl
and Miss Isabella. Those who survive her
are Mrs. Emma Sehalk, Edward Uhl, the
present business manager OF the Stats hi.
lung; Mrs: Mathilde Won Riedl, now in DO.
hemia, and Mrs. Anna WoerishofFsr, vile
OF the banker. Aiter her second marriage
Mrs. Olterdorfer was relieved OF many OF
her cares, and she devoted much OF her
time and money to charities. In 1874 she
built the Isabella Home for Aged Women,
in Astoria, in memory OF her dead daughter,
at cost OF over 100000. y 1t has now
twenty.one inmates. In 1881 she gave
about $4,000 toward the support OF the
German Teachers Seminary, in Milwan:
kee, and to secure the teaching OF German
in the public schools. The following year
she built and furnished a wing OF the Ger
man Hospital, at Fourth avenue and Sew.
enty.seventh street, at cost OF about $780,.
900, calling 1t the Woman's Pavilion. She
paid out over Sl50. 600 for the German Dis.
pensary and Free Readipg.rooms, that are
now in course Of construction in Second
avenue, near Ninth street She also con.
tributed very literally to other charities
and was.for a number OF years President
Of the German Ladies'! Society for the Re.
liet Of Aged Widows. She was member
several other charitable associations, IL
(which she was one Of tho chief contribu
tors. She established tho O,tendorle,
Medal, given for the hest German scholar
ship In the Normal College. Last year sh,
received q medal from, the Empress OF Ger
many in recognition OF her many charities
1t, her country = ia u. .92 n.