Lawrence. of Pennsylvania. and business and industrial leaders. the Altoona Mirror celebrated its 85th birthday. June 13. 1959. Founded in 1847 by Harry Slep. a youthful German immigrant with a determined purpose in life and unbounded faith in America. the Altoona Mirror from its humble beginning as a fourpage paper of five columns steadily grew in importance in the newspaper field under the inspired leadership of its founder. Today daily issues of the Mirror contain many pages of eight columns each in presenting practically every facet of news found in the metropolitan daily papers. The largest edition of the Mirror consisted of 128 pages and was published August 6. 1949. in heralding Altoonas centennial celebration. while the 85th anniversary issue published last Saturday was an 80page edition replete with interesting articles tracing the Mirrors history and progress and likewise the business and industrial growth of the Altoona area since its first issue over threequarters of a century ago.
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