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The history of the Pomeroy Herald dates back to March 21, 1889, when G.W. Wilkinson published No. 1, Volume 1, and it has been published every week since that time. (It is understood that T.B. Hotchkiss printed a paper in Pomeroy prior to this but there is no definite record of it. It seems that Mr. Hotchkiss first published the paper in Lake City, then moved it to Rockwell City, later to Pomeroy and finally to Manson.) Mr. Wilkinson published the Herald until 1894 when he sold it to Edwin B. Larmon. Evidently Mr. Wilkinson liked Pomeroy, and didn't care about antagonizing his successor, because in the late 1890's he started a competitive paper called The Pomeroy Gleaner. However, it was of short duration and was soon absorbed by the Herald. The Herald was apparently printed on time Thursday, July 6, 1893, as that issue carried no news of the terrible cyclone which struck Pomeroy about 6:30 that evening. The storm damaged the Herald office somewhat as the following week's issue was printed in the Manson Journal plant and carried complete details of the destruciton and deaths caused by the cyclone. Mr. Larmon continued at the helm of The Herald until July 1904 when he sold the paper to Harry Nelson and Eric Larson. They were at Pomeroy only a short time, however, and L. B. Cunningham of Kearney, Nebr., took over in May, 1905. |
Scott McLure became publisher of the Herald in 1909. In October, 1917 he accepted a position with the Storm Lake Register and A. L. Salsbury became editor of the Herald. The period from 1917 to 1919 appeared to be a trying time for the Herald. Feelings ran high during the war period and a number of unfortunate incidents occured involving persons of German ancestry. In reporting these incidents the Hearld publishers were also subjected to a great deal of criticism and abuse. Mr. McClure returned to the Herald in April 1918 and later that year leased the paper to Flint & Hillary. J. Ralph Armstrong took charge of The Harald in June 1919. In 1920 a linotype was installed and the Herald changed from hand set type to machine type. A. C. Flint returned to the paper in Feb. 1922 and later that year Earl Huntington joined the paper as editor. Billy Cornell took over publication of The Herald in Feb. 1924. He sold the paper in May 1931 to I. E. Coleman of Farnhamville, who was succeeded in Jan. 1938 by R. L. Ross of Dysart. In Jan 1946 the present publisher, Robert G. George, purchased a half interest in the paper and in Jan. 1950 purchased the remainder fo Mr. Ross' Interest. This article was in the 1870 - 1970 Pomeroy Centenial Booklet. At present there is no Pomeroy Herald, however there is the Journal Herald published in Manson which covers news for the surrounding area including Pomeroy, Iowa. |