Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
ANNOUNCEMENT.

EN- u. r
e. P. Adler, business manager of the
Courier, has rendered his resignation
to take the business management of
the Davenport Times, and at the same
time will take general charge of the
foreign advertising of a syndicate of
Iowa evening newspapers, comprising
the Davenport Times, the Muscatine
Journal and the Ottumwa Courier.
This will give Mr.. Adler a broader
and greatly enlarged field for the ex-
ercise Of his splendid and fully recog-
nized abilities as newspaper bust
ness manager.
Mr.. Adler is an Ottumwa boy who
has simply grown up" in the news.
paper business, having begun as
devil in the Office of the Ottumwa
Weekly Journal (German) some
fourteen years ago. From the first he
did good work and in few years he
became a first-class printer and one OF
the most expert compositors on the
road. Four years ago he was taken
off the case to succeed Harry Lesan
as city editor of the Courier. He lat
er became managing editor, and about
year and half ago he was made
business manager Jack" Adler, as
he is Familiarity known by his asso-
ciates, never forgot the injunction of
his late, lamented father when he took
him to the Office of the German week
ly paper to begin life as a printers
devil at salary of 81 per week, and
this dollar was paid by the father, tho
the boy did not know it. my boy,
whatever you do, do WELL" said the
father, and the boy did it. The Cours
Ter unhesitatingly pronounces p. P.
Adler one of the best equipped young,
newspaper men, in a practical knowl-
edge Of every detail of the business,
that we have ever known.
G. d. Reimers, publisher of the Dav-
export Times, is to be sincerely con-
graduated on securing the services Of
Mr.. Adler. The Times, under Mr.. Rel
mers' able and progressive management
during the past year and half, has
forged ahead with great rapidity and
success. Davenport is city of over
$4,000 people and the Times is today
It's leading and most largely circulated
newspaper AS stated in Courier
editorial a few weeks ago. the Courier.
has reason to be proud of the able
and successful young men who have
gone out from this Office to enter into
business for themselves in larger
fields of action. Publisher Reimers
is himself graduate of the Courier
office, and as president of the Iowa
Evening Press association, is recog-
nized as one of the best news and edi-
torial men in Iowa. With G. D.
Reimers as editor and publisher, and
e. P. Adler, as business manager, the
Times will have newspaper team
that can not be discounted anywhere.
They will make the paper power, not
only in its immediate field and the.
Second congressional district, but
turnout the state as well.
James F. Powell will succeed Mr..
Adler as business manager of the
Courier. Mr.. Powell, like his prede.
cessor, has grown up in the printing
business and knows every detail of the
same. He has been Mr.. Adler's as
sistant for the past year and it is
scarcely necessary to say has demon
strated special abilities as newspa.
per business man. Mr.. Powelps many
friends will be pleased to learn Of his
promotion to the important position
of business manager.
Ralph Mccullough, who has been in
the Courier's employ almost continu-
ously since he was small boy, takes
Mr.. Powell's former position as super
intendent of the job department and
9ccictant f0 tho h,,eiyace