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Show COMMEMORATE ASTOR'S BIRTH Merlin Jul 2". - The memory of John .la.ub Astor founder of the great Astor fortune i bring honored In Waldorf near Heidelberg The little town Is on fete in commomora tion of h la birth there just 160 years .no He wa6 the fourth son rt a butcher and worked In his fathers shop in Waldorf until he was 10 years old. In 173 hr- went to Ameri ca and started In the fur business, whirh was the source of his fortune He remembered his birthplace by es tablls'ninq almshouses here, tho foundation nf which William Waldorf Astor of Ixmdon has Just Increased by a gift of $12.5"i"1 |