BIOGRAPHIES:  Albert G. HUHN, Turtle Lake, Barron Co., WI

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Albert G. Huhn, editor of the Turtle Lake Times, was born at Gaylord,
Minn., May 25, 1888, son of August and Rosa (Barr) Huhn, natives of Berlin,
Germany, who came to the United States in 1879, and located in Henderson,
Minn., going from there to Gaylord, Minn., and from there to St. Paul,
Minn., where the father still follows his trade as a blacksmith, and where
the mother died in 1918. In the family there were eight children, all of
whom are now living. Anna is the wife of Joseph Kimmel, of St. Paul; Frank
lives in Minneapolis; Paul lives in St. Paul; Helen is the wife of Frank
Sherman, of St. Paul; John T. lives in San Francisco; August lives in
Superior, Wis.; Clara is the wife of Thomas Rogers, of St. Paul; Albert G.
lives in Turtle Lake. Albert G. was reared in St. Paul, and attended the
public and parochial schools. As a youth he was variously employed. He
learned the printers' trade with the Standard Printing Co. of St. Paul and
worked for them a while. Then for some years he worked for the Pioneer
Press, and in this connection became a member of the Typographical Union,
No. 38, A. F. L. In 1912 he came to Turtle Lake, and opened a restaurant.
The next year he bought the Turtle Lake Bugle. He changed the name to the
Turtle Lake Times, and issued his first number Oct. 6, 1913. He has a newsy
paper, of eight six-column pages, well filled with stories of local
interest. The circulation is about 600. Being an expert printer, Mr. Huhn
has paid particular attention to the job department. He has three job
presses, and a Prouty power press, and carries a good line of type, paper
and supplies, for various kinds of business, social and personal printing.
He is a subscriber to the Franklin price list and bases his prices upon the
scientific system established by that organization. Mr. Huhn was married at
St. Paul, June 30, 1908, to Gertrude Zimmerman, daughter of Peter J. and
Gertrude Zimmerman, natives respectively of La Crosse, Wis., and Caledonia,
Minn. Mr. and Mrs. Huhn have two bright children, Virginia, born March 17,
1911, and Wesley, born March 19, 1913. Mr. Huhn exerts considerable
influence in the community both as an editor and as a man. His utterances
are regarded with respect, and his paper is growing in circulation and
importance. His job department is growing still more rapidly. He has
practically all the local printing, has a good handbill and letter head
business from the farmers, and is even getting business from other
villages. Like several other of the prominent citizens who have come here
from other places and identified themselves with the progress of the
village, he has faith in its future, and is taking his part in every move
which has for its object the growth and improvement of this vicinity.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 160-161.


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