Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-21
wELL.KNOWN MAINE EDITOR.
Iohn M. S. Hunter of Pennington Died,
Saturday.

Pennington Chronicle, and one of the
hes, known men in Franklin county.
d,..d AT mis- home in Pennington Satur-
aov from heart trouble, with which he
has been greatly troubled for number
,< Years. The malady has grown upon
him until all Of his friends as well as
Mr. Hunter himself vas fully prepared
for the end at almost any moment.
NJ Hunter was born in Pennington,
n-c "A. 1916. being the son Of Thomas
ond Sarah &. Hunter. He secured mis-
..,uIa;iou in the common schools of the
,own and in the old Pennington Acad-
eroy. attending the latter institution
during the IIincipalship of Jonas Burn
Lam Horatio O. Ladd and Ambrose Z.
Kelsey.
While a school boy he began his
newspaper education by being carrier
Of the Pennington Chronicle, under l..
Y Prescott during the years 1858. 80
md 50 For few years Mr. Hunter
was a clerk in several stores at differ
4nt tiu.s and then in September, 1867.
ne again entered the Chronicle Office.
where he finished learning the trade Of
q printer which he had partially picked
up during his carrier boy days.
IN 1903 ne went 10 rorI Erie. Ont.
with Mr. a. c. Phillips. the then pro-
prietor of the Chronicle, who had been
Amounted consul to act as his deputy
On a visit at home two years later he
received an advantageous offer to be-
come foreman in the office of the
Chronicle again and resigned his
consular position. Mr.. Hunter re-
NAMED as foreman during the term of
service OF Major Davis. later years as
editor and then STAYED with Capt.
Reyes until 1877. For a number of
years he hal acted as correspondent
for the Boston Journal and the Port
land Press. and in June. 1877. he was
called 10 Portland AMI given the posi-
ton of foreman of the Press office, be-
ing promoted to the position of tele-
graph editor in 1884. Two years later
he was called back to Pennington to
assume the management of the Chron-
icle as capt. Reyes was in such poor
health that it was impossible for him
to continue longer in the charge Of the
establishment
Mr. Hunter had scarcely become set
tied when the great fire of Pennington
swept away his entire plant and mis-
horne as well. but he soon recovered
and builded even better than before.
In 1879 Mr. Hunter bought out Capt
Reyes interests in the paper and from
that time until his 'eatl. he was the
sole proprietor of the lroseprOus paper
Mr.. Hunter has beo1 for some years
the Pennington correspondent of the
Associated Press also.
Mr.. Hunter was married Dec. 14th,
1874. To Eldora NichOlE, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Nichols. formerly
Of Nor,h Searsport. They have one
daughter living.
Mr.. Hunter was Il prominent men,
her of the Masonic fraternity. being d
member If Maine Lodge. No. 20;
franklin Royal Arch Chapter; Jeptha
Council, t. and =. NJ. and Pilgrim
commandpry. all Of Pennington: Of the
scottish Rit" bodies in Lewiston. and
the Maine Consistory. He has been
district deputy in the Eth district. but
from ill-health he resigned only a short
time ago. Mr.. Hunter was also n
member of kora Temple. n. o. NJ. s,
of Bath.
Mr.. Hunter was 4 member of the
hoard of trustees of tn" Maine Sol
diers' Orphans home ut Bath and was
several times secretary of the Re
publican State conventions. Mr.. Hunt
80 W"s Il prominent member of tn"
Main. Press Association and was an
'X-pr"sidci.t of that body. and nowhere
VIII he hr more sincerely nOurned than
IL ia" ranks of that Dolly.