Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-02
NEWSPAPER CHANGE.
The Davenport Times Makes An Inter
estng Announcement.

The Davenport Times Makes An Inter
esting Announcement.
The Davenport Times makes the
following announcement which will be
read with much interest by the many
friends in Ottumwa and vicinity of
Messrs. c. d. Reimers, e. P. Adler and
j. E. Hardman, all of whom formerly
resided in this city:
ANNOUNCEMENT.
&c. D. Reimers has sold his interest
in The Times to E. P. Adler, Geo. w.
Bawden and others, and has rendered
his resignation as editor of the paper
and president of The Times company.
At a special meeting of the company
held yesterday, George W. Bawden
was elected director and president
Of the company to succeed Mr.. REIN
ers. e. P. Adler remains as secretary
of the company and becomes the pub
Usher of The Times.
at is with genuine regret that The
Times parts with Mr.. Reimers, who,
for two years and half has given
| to the business of this paper his I'M
divided attention and effective efforts.
He is newspaper man of splendid
ability and The Times wishes him the
fullest measure of success in the fu
| ture. During the period that he has
been president of The Times company.
The Times has developed into metro
politan city daily, fully equipped with
Mergenthaler typecasting machines,a
complete stereotyping outfit and Hoe
Iperfecting press, printing four. six,
eight ten or twelve pages, as desired,
| n 1Nf~
per hour It's circulation has been
trebled and is now close to the 5000
mark, and it has taken it's place as one
Of the leading daily newspapers of
Iowa. Reliability, enterprise and pro
gressiveness are it's watchwords and
the future will show both a continue
ton and enhancement of the methods
that have produced such remarkable
results during the past two and half
years.
George w. Bawden, the new presi-
dent of The Times company, was
raised in Davenport, is member of
the prominent law firm of fischer,
Bawden & Neal, and one of the lead
ing attorneys of the second congress
ional district Mr. Bawden is a repub'
Elican whose counsels have always been
sought by the party management, and
is a firm believer in Davenport's great
future.
"E. P. Adler. who is now one of the
heaviest stockholders of The Times
company, and who has been business
manager for the past year, becomes
the publisher of The Times, and will
be its active manager. Mr.. Adler
learned the newspaper business in the
school of practical experience, is him
self an expert printer and knows eve
ry detail of the business from top TO
bottom. He has come to Davenport
to make this city his home, sincerely
4 believing that it is today the best city
in Iowa, with a greater future before
it than any other in the state.
Games E. Hardman, who for the
past two years has been city editor of
The Times, assumes the position of
managing editor and will direct the
news policy of the paper. Mr.. Hard
man is graduate of the State Univer
sity of Iowa, has keen nose for
news, and is a careful and polished
writer. During his residence in this
city Mr.. Hartman has made many
friends who will be much pleased to
learn of his advancement.
az. Gait Cary, who has been with
line Times IOf many years DIS UOoh-
keeper, takes the position of assistant
business and advertising manager, a
place for which he has developed
marked ability and this is a merited
promotion which will be gladly noted
by TIE business public.
1.-THE Times has the vigor of youth
and believes in developing and push
ing young men to the front. 1t be.
lieves that the tri-cities offer a fed
for a strictly first-class, up-to date. pro.
gressive daily newspaper. The Times
proposes to be Just such newspaper,
and day in end day out, for every
week day in the year. to advertise te
he world the manifold business, man
rfacturing. educational and social ad
yantages of the three sister cities.
'In this connection The Times de,
Tres to thank the people of the tri-
cities and their business men for their
splendid patronage and support. The
Times is run strictly as business in
stitution, and seeks business only
from the standpoint of giving full val
Eue received for every dollar expended
with 1t '"The Times Comnany"