Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1913 — DIMM FAMILY MEET [ARTICLE]

DIMM FAMILY MEET

Senior Member in New York to Rejuvenate Name. C Seeks to * Rescue It From Any Blight Cast Upon It by the Newly Risen Hell Family In , Pennsylvania. # New York —After a 43-year absence, Adam Damm, Sr., a wealthy retired restaurant man of Sacramento, Cal., has returned to New York to rescue his family name from any blight cast upon It by the competitive fame of the newly risen Hell family of Pennsylvania, which is now advancing claims for superior public attention. Forty-three years ago Adam Damm followed his brother, August Damm, to America, - leaving behind him eight brothers and sisters in Bingen-on-the-Rhine, Germany, which is the home village of the Damm family. He paused a short time in New York, then went with three companions to Sacramento, where he married the daughter of a German “forty-miner,” who crossed the plains in a covered wagon. Thereafter he remained quiescent, amassing a comfortable fortune in the restaurant business. Two months ago various news services carried reports of the Hell family in Pennsylvania. Immediately Adam Damm, Sr., called a family reunion in Chicago, and with his Hell clippings, was there met by his nephews, Philip Strauss, a hotel man who is very proud of his mother’s maiden name. Damm, Sr., had planned to have a family reunion in Chicago two years ago, but was unable at that time to corral his bunch. On the last occasion, however, the uhcle and nephew came to New York to see Peter Damm. secretary and treasurer of the Fleischmann Vehicle company, and Miss Damm. Now Peter Damm, Adam, Sr., and Philip Strauss expect to go to Watertown,' N. Y.. to visit ♦ d •

another branch of the Damm family. August Damm’s sons, who lived at Fort Hamilton, near New York, have disappeared, but the other Damms hope to find them. Two Damm brothers also live in the central west, but their homes are xfot known. Adam Damm, Sr., declares that his family is long lived, and that be has

Damm relatives who aye from ninety to one hundred and seven years old. He is proud of the fact that the Damm family Is large and that all its members are artisans, mechanics or prosperous trades people. He confidently expects that other Damm men wilTbe found. He says he remembers very little of New York In 1870.