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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-07-11

gift Of the people of the state had he been
blessed with ordinary health. For fifteen
years he battled with disease, and by
careful attention to diet and his habits of
life and by his unconquerable will and his
faith in God, prolonged his stay among
us several years. As has been said of him
here today he was honest and faithful and
true in discharging the duties Of life. He
was highly honored by the citizens of his
county and of the state and the memory of
his grand and noble life is precious in
heritance to his family, his friends and
to the state which he honored and loved
so we'll"
As an illustration of his ability and
fairness as a parliamsntarian, II might be
stated that he was the only president of
the Iowa Senate whose decisions were
never reversed. As president of the Os-
kaloosa school board during several years,
as Mayor of the city IN 1860 and 1861, as
trustee for three years of the Iowa Insane
Asylum, he discharged lesser public du-
ties with care, kindness and enter
terprise in keeping with his character and
good name.
But not alone in his political life did
Gov, Needham receive the suffrage of his
fellow citizens, and the ecomiums of his
friends. To him belonged 'the two rarely
united qualities of good craftsmanship
and practical Christianity. He was an
earnest worker in the Methodist church,
of which he was both officer and member,
and also superintendent of the Sunday
school.
His death occurred at the early age of
forty-four, on July 8, 1868. His funeral
was attended by almost the entire popu-
lation of the town and county, and by
friends from all over the state who in
cerely mourned his untimely end. His
widow, Mrs. Evaline Houtz Needham,
who had been the partner of his life since
September 80, 1852, still survives and
lives in 0sk aloosa, esteemed not alone on
account of her own graces, but also in
memory of him whose death she has not
mourned alone,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-07-11

Lamented Editor OF tEae Herald, and
HOnored Citizen Of OsIxaIoOsa

Lamented EditOr OF the Herald, and
HOnorei Citizen Of OsAaIoOsa
The HEHALD Of today stands as mon
ument to the tireless energy and the hard
work OF the former editors. Several of
them have ruined their health in their de-
votion to duties it has demanded Of them,
while Que, Henry Q. Leighton, was a mar
tyr to it's destiny. The stormy political
times during the years he was editor ex-
acted too much of his strength, and though
he guided the craft triumphantly through
the storm, he was not destined to live to
enjoy the fruits Of his labors. As has
been said Of him
occasionally we find man who has
been the pride Of community in his
youth, a brother and friend to his neigh
bors in his manhood and yenerated as
father in his old age, who, when in the
fitness Of years and honor has wrapp ed
the drapery Of his couch about him and
lain down to pleasant dreams, an entire
section of country mourns his loss and
experiences, in common. with his kinsmen
the feeling of genuine affection. But
rare, very rare, is the case in which one
so young as the subject of this sketch is
so universally mourned as was Henry
Leighton, who died January 81, 1873, at
the early age Of thirty five."
Mr.. Leik hton was born in Mt. Sterling,
Ills, November 81, 1912, his parents re-
moving to Oskalooss in IS47. With only
a common school education, which, by
the way, has furnished equipment for
some of the greatest journalists of the
country, he entered the HERALD Office at
seventeen years OF age in which he learn
ed and mastered his trade, In August,
1862, when not yet twenty years of age,
he enlisted as private,in Company ID of
the gallant 38d Iowa infantry and soon
took his place among those who mani
tested their love for the Union by facing
the enemy's guns. Immediately after his
enlistment he was appointed Corporal
and rose from that to be First Lieutenant
of his company, and afterwards was made
adjutant of his regiment. He was mus
tered out with his regiment on the 9TH of
August, 1865.
Upon his return from the army be re-
entered the HERALD Office as one of the
proprietors, and from that time until the
day of his death his devotion to his pro-
fession was most constant and untiring
He sacrificed to his paper his energy, his
ability and life. Chlvalrons in editorial
debate,enterp- Using in management, first
in every moral REFORM his journalistic ca
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-07-11
DIR CHARLES BEARDsLEY
Distinguished Editor who Received
His training ON the Herald

One of the brightest men and most able
writer's ever connected with the HERALD
in the capacity of editor was DR.. Charles
Beardsley. His term of service was from
1858 to 1855. He was partner with Mr..
Needham in the business, and by their
combined efforts the paper grew wonder
fully in power throughout the state.
DIR, Beardsley was born in Knox coun-
ty, Ohio, February Is, $780, His ances-
tors we're colonial settlers in Connecticut,
to which place they came in 1886 from
Standardization, England. Until 16
years of age Mr.. Beardsley assisted in the
ordinary farm work and at the age men
toned began to learn the carpenters
trade. After working for two or three
years he attended the academy at Gran
vile, experimenting the opportunity for
learning with years course in the Ohio
Wesleyan University. He then commence
ed the study of medicine, and in 1855 he
graduated at the Cincinnati College of
Medicine. In September of the same
year he came to Iowa and began the prac-
tice of his profession at MuscatIne. In
March, 1856, he came to Oskaloosa and
continued to practice here until 1851.
Shortly after his arrival here he became
interested with Mr.. Needham in the HER-
AID and in 1858 became it's editor. From
1e61 to 1865 he was postmaster and was
also United States examining surgeon.
In 1865 he sold his interests in the HER
AID and sought larger field for his gem
ius in Burlington, where he became editor
and part owner at the Hawkeye, at that
time the leading paper west of the Miss
-issippi, with the exception of those In st,
Louis. His connection with the Hawkeye
continued nine years, during which time
the paper was unusually successful. From
1870 to 1874 he represented Des Moines
county in the state legislature and was
one Of the influential members of that
body, Upon his retirement from the
Hswkeye he made an extensive tour of
Europe and became very active in ma
tional politics, He was afterwards hon
ored by appointment by President Hayes
a member of the Coinage Commission,
and as a member of the commission to
prepare the war records for publication.
After serving in this capacity for six
weeks, he resigned to become Fourth Aud
itor of the National Treasury. Mr..
Beardsley resigned when the change of adj
ministration came and returned to Bur-
lington. Fer two successive terms he
was then elected chairman Of the Iowa
state republican committee and served
with ability and tact, In April, 1856, he
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-07-11

reer made him the idol of his friends, the
admired of his rivals and opponents In
1870 be was chosen chairman of the re-
publican central committee of Mahaska
county and subsequently served two years
as chairman of the state committee and
for his able management of the campaign
received the encomiums of the press
throughout the state,
Mr.. Leighton was honored in many
ways by his fellow citizens and by those
in authority. He was appointed postmas-
ter in 0skaloosa and was serving his
term when he died. As Secretary of Tri-
Luminar lodge A. f. and A. NJ, from 1872
to 1874. as Senior Warden from 1874 to
1876 and as Grand Master from 1876 to
1877, he grew in high esteem among his
fellow masons. He was Eminent Com
mander of De Payens Commandry K. T..
from 1874 to 1876.
His death at the date above mentioned
was sudden and unexpected. The HER
AID issued just one week prior to his
death, January "a, 1878, was in part the
work of his hands and copy of the same
was fixed in their cold clasp under the
coffin lid. Inside was paper on which
was written the following stinza:
1.-THE good alone are truly great,
To him will virtue yield the prize,
Who seeks to better mans estate,
And renders earth paradise"
A meeting of the citizens, another of
his fellow soldiers, his brother Sir Knights
and members of the lodge, fastened to
assemble upon his death to do honor to
his memory aad express sympathy to his
family, The press of the entire state con-
tanned expressions of mourning and re-
greet. But the testimony of esteem which
surrounded his bier was the most tender
and touching of all. No such aconcourse
ever before attended a Mahaska county
citizen to his grave The Secretary and
Auditor of State, the Lieutenant Governor
and his fellow editors from all parts of
Iowa, testified their mourning by their
presence on Monday, February 4, when
his funeral took place. Two hundred
Sir Knights and four hundred masons as
sisted in the ceremonies at the grave, in
GLIDING the recitation Of the Lords prayer
by the entire assembly, service never to
be forgotten by those in attendance.
Thus did Iowa bury one of her represent
tative men and Iowa journalism lose one
of its brightest ornaments.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-07-11

fee, and up until his retirement from the
business ID 1889, he was business mana-
ger Of the paper. II August, 1889, be and
his brother, VIM. Leighton, who owned
five eightha Of the HHRAID, sold their in
terests to their partners, Albert VI, and
Pauline G. Swain, the consideration be-
ing on the basis Of a yefAak f0n 81 $4,000
for the plant. After Fet8ing from the
HERALD, Mr.. Leighton engaged il the
coal business, ana prospeeted for and eaS
tablished the hiisles now located in Lost
Creek. Selling pnt here he for while
was engaged IN the retail coal business
ia Oskaioosa. In the summer Of 1897 Mr.
leighton, w. II. Vernon and a. O. Berkeys
all Of Oskaloosa, went to Klondike, maxi
log the trip successfully and meeting fair
success in that far northern country. Mr..
Leighton is still there and is doing we'll.
iss.. ...s1ss intensely .sss-
esting aud have proven source Of great
FseaAnret To his friends.
Upon his return from the west in 1870,
Mr Ilaighton was nnited in marriage on
September 81 with Miss Hester Al. Wray.
To them were born two children, both Of
whom died young. Mr.. leighton is
member of the Masonic fraternity and has
attained the knight Templar degree, be-
ing member of DePayens Commandery.
He is thorough, practical business man,
who as citizen and friend commands
the respect 81 all. Politically he il a
''true blue.republican.n
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-07-11

In the Oskaloosa cemetery lie buried
the mortal remains of my father, mother,
brother, sister, soA and daughter. Since
my residence there Oskaloosa has grown
from a little country village with dirt
roads and plank sidewalks, without rail-
road or telegraph facilities, to be love-
ly little city with paved streets, miles of
shade trees, institutions of learning, man
ufactories and at least three frst-class
railroads and telegr lph stations within
its corporate limits. That the HERALD
has contributed full share to this pros
perity no one can doubt and that it will
continue in the van of every movement
looking to the welfare and progress of the
city is safe prophecy. That both may
live long and prosper" is the prayer of
Your old time friend,
Cyrus W. FISHER.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-07-11

own resources. and in 1859 he apprenticed
himself TO the Times and afterwards the
HERALD Office to learn the art preserva-
tive. BY diligent and hard study at night
he made up for his lack of school advan-
tages and achieved fine education. In
the summef ct 1862 Mr. Swain offered
himself as soldier for his country but
by reason of his slight frame he was re-
iected. Again seeking to enlist he was
accepted and on the 9th of November,
1868, he became member of Co. ID, 3sd
Iowa, serving his country for three years.
He left the army as he had joined II,
private soldier hayipg refused the pro-
motion to orderly Sergeant, Soon after
the close of the war Mr.. Swain removed
to Indianola, where he worked at the
printers trade until 1868, when he was Of
fered and accepted the position OF city
editor of the Des Moines Register. His
health beginning to show signs of failure,
he gave up his work in the city and went
to Grand Junction, Iowa, in 1870, where
he founded the Headlight, which under
his energetic management attained unus-
ual prominence. In 1871 he purchased
the Jefferson Bee and was it's editor for
about three years, On the first Of Oc-
tober, 1872, Mr.. Swain was united III mar
rage with Miss Pauline Given, Of Des
Moines, the associate editor of the Reg.
lister, and graduate of Iowa College. In
1874 they purchased the Fort Dodge Mes
senger and continued with the paper nm
til 1877. His health again failed and they
sold out their property and spent two
years in Europe.
In 1881 Mr.. Swain returned to his cho-
sen profession and purchased an interest
in the HERALD, his partners being Chas
and VIM. leighton. This partnership con-
tinued until August l, 1899, when Mr.. and
Mrs. Swain bought out his partners and
became sole proprietors. At this time
the DAILY HERALD had scarcely passed its
experimental stage, but they continued il
and it became factor in Iowa journal
ism. Both daily and weekly under their
management developed finely and were
very successful. During his long resi-
dence in oskaloosa Mr.. Swain was honor
edin various ways, being postmaster,
president of the Board of Trade and Lieu
tenant Colonel in the Iowa National Guard.
he was also regent of the State Univer-
sity and was always prominent in tae pol.
itics of the state. In 1896 Mr.. and Mrs.
Swain sold the HERALD to its present
owners and shortly thereafter he was APP
pointed United States Consul to Uruguay,
a position he still holds and hlls with
honor,
As an editor Mr., Swain had a style that
was strikingly original aud his personal
ity was attractive. Mrs. Swain was also
one Of the ablest writer's that has graced
Iowa Journalism and her pen has aIso
teen heard through some of the leading
magazines Of the country. To them has
been born one daughter, Miss Nina, Who
is with them in the far south. At the ex-
piration Of Mr., Swalm's tenure of offioe
the family expects to return to Iowa aud
make this state their permanent future
home.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-07-11

are revived after considerable thought on
the subject. In the spring Of 1868 the
HERABD was seven column weekly re-
publican newspaper owned BY quite a
number of stockholders joint stock
company and ally edited by DR.. Boards
ley and j. r. Needham. Judge VIM.
Loughridge, who was one of the stock
holders, was DESTROYS Of receiving the re-
publican nomination for congress, and
not receiving from those editors such as
surauce of their support in obtaining the
delegation from Mahaska county as salts
him, consulted with the stockholders
(OBpt. j.. n. Warren, q. t. Fisher and w.
Fl. Sewers, as now remember) and they
decided to make an effort to change the
management of the paper. Negotiations
we're at once opened with Beardsley and
Needham with the purpose of buying
their interest, which ended in Loughridge
getting possession of the property. In
the meantime the Judge had agreed with
me that the control Of the HRRALD should
be turned over to me on the basis Of $4,000
for the whole property.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-07-11
"We mourn the death Of friend, a bal

triotic citizen, successful journalist, a
noble man, Held in the highest esteem
by his fellow citizens for his integrity of
character, his resoluteness of purpose,
his devotion to principle, his consistent
moral life, DR.. Beardsley requires no pub
lie eulogy t. establish his name in high
repute with his fellow men. All this was
his while living, and in death it is the
rich heritage left to his family and friends
a priceless memento, at once an example
and an encouragement to all who knew
and to those who, knowing him not in
life, shall read of his civic virtues in the
achievements of his life work. vigor-
GUS writer, he dealt with current events
in a manner that supplemented the news
columns of the paper to the great adyan-
tage of the reader. He dealt with prob
lens of state, with legislation, with politi-
cal and economic events, the administra-
ton of federal and state governments. He
spared no labor to attain accuracy and
fulness of statement, DIR. Beardsley's
writings were permeated with the earnest
nature of the man. He had no use in his
editorial columns for the floatsam and
jetsam of newspaper literature, To him
the problems of life we're too serious to be
dealt with lightly"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-07-11

was appointed Auditor Of State by the
Governor aud served in this capacity for
three months, during the trial Of the
elective to this Office. In 1888 he was APP
pointed state OH Inspector and served
the state faithfully in that capacity un-
Gil 1880.
During the Iowa semi-centeniai cele-
bration at Burlington in 1896 Mr.. Beards-
ley was chairman Of the Pioneers and
Old Settlers and to his untiring efforts is
due great credit for the success Of their
part Of the program.
Mr.. Beardsley was married in Oska-
loosa November %, 1865, to Miss Eliza
Pool. Five children born to them sur
vive him. They are Florence, the wife OF
Edward McNeally. and four sons, Charles,
of Burlington, George, Of Bloomington,
Ills, Simeon and John. Mr.. Beardsley
! died al ale home Ia Burlington OF Tuss-
day, December 20, 1896, and was buried
with imposing ceremonies in that city,
On the morning after his death the Hawk
eye said editorially
ave mourn the death Of a friend, a pa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-07-11
CHARLES LEIGHTON
A Former Business Manager and Part
owner Of the Herald

Though Charles Leighton never aspired
to be an editor, during his connection
with the HERALD, he wrote some of the
most finished and comprehensive articles
that ever appeared in its columns. His
forte was that of business manager, and
during the eleven years. from 1878 to 1889
that he filled this de partment on the pa
per, the Herald enjoyed season of great
prosperity. Fair and obliging to his GUS
toners, and strict but courteous with his
employees, he won friends every day, of
the kind whose friendship will last
through life. Mr.. leighton is brother
of the lamented Henry leighton, and it
was at the latter's death that he became
interested in the HERALD as an owner,
though he had learned the printers trade
in this Office,
Mr.. leighton was born in Wapello
county, Iowa, January % 1916. As an
infant he came with his father, Tobias
Leighton, to 0skaloosa, and has since
made this his home. The public schools
and the "poor mans college," the print
ing office, we're the only educational adj
vantages enjoyed by HIM, but in the lat
ter institution he has ac,i uired knowl-
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-07-11

edge of men and events scarcely to be had
elsewhere. When but fifteen years of age
he left the public schools and entered the
HERALD Office to serve three years APP
premiership at the printers trade. Be-
fore the expiration Of that time, however,
with the consent of his employer, he en-
listed as soldier in Co. /, 47th Iowa Vol-
unteer Infantry, ana served from May un-
ill October. He was one of the large
number of young men who went forth
from this Office to serve their country,
making it difficult at times to get the
mechanical part of the work done on
the paper.
After returning from the army, Mr..
Leighton again took up his work in the
office, where he remained for about a year
when he went west i4to Montana, Wyo-
ming and Colorado, remaining about five
years. In 1870 he returned to Oskaloosa
and engaged in the lumber business at the
yards now owned by the Porter Lumber
Co, He continued in the lumber business
until 1878, the first six years alone and
then with II. @. Moore as partner. In
1878. On the death Of his brother, H. G.
Leighton, he was appointed administra-
tor of his estate and at once took bust
ness control of the HERALD. Ia January,
1879, he purchased an interest in the Of
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-07-11
ALBERT W swALm
y 5 Consul 70 Uruguay, Former
Editor OF the Herald

Editor OF the Herald
Among the able men who are now I'LL
ing the offices Of United States ConsuIs
to foreign countries. and who are uphold
ing the dignity Of American citizenship
abroad, is A, w. Swain, stationed at Mon
tevideo, Uruguay. With him is a reprea-
entatiye An erican woman, his wife, Mrs.
Pauline Given Swain. Through them
and their long connection with the paper
the HERALD moved on in its upward
course and was given an Individuality
throughout the state. enioyediby few other
papers. The HERALD had hoped to have
a letter from them for its semi-centen-
NAL, but through some delay in the long
distance that intervenes it is doomed To
disappointment, disappointment that
will be shared by their many friends hero
and elsewhere.
Mr.. Swain was born at Womalsdorf,
Pa. Nov. 80, 1s45. At tae age of nine he
came with his parents to oskaloosa,
where as child he was thrown upon his
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-07-11
COL G w FISHER
writes EntertainingIy of his Work as
Editor ofthe Herald
Bucyrus, Ohio, June 20, 1900,

DEAR HERALD:-
Your kind letter of the 18th ult. request
ing me to write you a letter giving some
"reminiscences of the time when l was
editor of the HERALD--its ups ard downs,
and recollections of oskaloosa during the
time from March, 1865, until February,
1868, duly came. Well that was a long
time ago, 1915 years, the full life of gen.
Grafton, and as have been very busy
man during that time, outside of newspa-
perdom and politics, very naturally many
experiences Of those days have faded from
nv memory. Some OF them, however,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-07-11

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