Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-27
END 70 THIRD VENTURE IN 10.
CAL NEWSPAPER FIELD IS
ANNOUNCED.
EDITOR MAKES NOTHING
BUT BARE ANNOUNCEMENT
Paper Has Proved Losing Venture,
According to Editors Statement, But
Cause is Declared Immatsrial-
Would Have Been Two Years Next
May-End Not Unexpected.
ANNOUNCEMENT.


Tine Herald Printing Company
has decided 10 discontinue the is
suance of The Daily Herald, hut to
continue the operation of the job
department. of the business.
The explanation is simple-The
daily has proved a losing venture,
while the job department has al
ways been profitable, and the
management can see no reason why
it should not continue to be profit
able in the future.
"Why the daily has not been
profitable, as we'll as the job de-
partment, Is not material The fact
remains that it has not been.
Whether it is due to the fact that
Marshalltown is one-paper town
or TO other causes is not material
The fact Is all we have to deal
with"
With the above announcement, APP
pearing In its issue OF Saturday, the
end came to the Marshalltown Daily
Herald, an evening paper started in
opposition to the Ties Republican or
May II, 1909. The announcement was
not unexpected for those conversan'
with the situation had realized for some
time that the paper would not be able
to stem the tide much longer.
Has Nothing to Say.
Mr.. James McNally. editor of the
Herald. when seen today. said that he
had nothing further to say concerning
the suspension than was told in his an
nouncement Saturday.
When asked what would be done
with the plant Mr.. McNally replied tina,
most of it would be used in the opera
ton of the job department. The per-
fecting press he said, would be sold
as would also one Of the company's
two linotype machines. Mr.. McNally
said that he did not expect to run even
a weekly paper in connection with the
business.
The Daily Herald was founded thru
the efforts of Mayor Ingledue and sew
eral OF his political friends, nominally
as a personal organ for the mayor. who
subscribed for stock Some saloon
keepers of the city who did not like the
attitude Of the Times Republican to-
ward their business were likewise
stockholders. as We're also few bust
ness men Of the city.
The circulation OF the paper was
confined almost exclusively to this city
having little or no circulation even or
the rural routes leading out of the city
and practically none on the other rura
routes in the county. Many people In
this city who regularly received the
paper were made no charge for it.
Third in Fifteen Years.
The action of The Herald marks the
third venture in the local newspaper
field in fifteen short years to suspend
Fortunately in this case however, the
suspension is attended with no tragic
results, as was the case in the Other
two when the editors Of the papers
killed themselves. The Morning Press
later named the Statesman Press. wa.
the first of the papers to suspend. ant
Charles Beverly of Belvidere, H.. sho
himself in the basement Of his news
paper office The second suspension
was of the first Evening Herald ant
later S. P. Ayres, its editor and princi
pal owner. killed himself by shooting.
Before taking charge Of The Herald
Mr. McNally was owner and editor o
the Weekly Post at Edgar, Neb.. nov
the property of Charles Ayres. Of thi!
city. son Of the late s. p. Ayres. Mr.
McNallv was also postmaster at Ed
gar. relinuushing the office shortly be
fore moving here.