Missemer, J. R
journalist, was born March 24, 1851, in Mount Joy, Pa. He is the editor and publisher of The Advocate of Steelton, Pa.; and for the past twenty years has been engaged in journalism. In his early days he taught school; at the age of twenty-two years was elected a justice of the peace; and in 1874 became editor of the Milton Grove News. In 1878 he established the Mount Joy Star and News, and during the following ten years also conducted a newspaper syndicate. In 1888 he purchased The Advocate, which he still edits and publishes with the assistance of his son, George W. Missemer.