Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-10

family came to Lancaster, and Ed
ward Pollock became a joint pub
Usher with John Cover, son of the
former publisher. The management
soon passed to Edward Pollock AT
the end of four years politicians who
sought the support of the paper in
vain paid him a price for the paper
considerably more than it was worth,
and he sold them the Herald, agree
ing not to start another paper in Lam
caster within two years.
At the end of the two year period
the money received in the sale of the
Herald had all been used up but a
number of Lancaster men, including
David and John Schreiner, John j Os-
valid, Geo. W. Ryland and Richard
Meyer Sr. loaned him money to pur-
chase a new equipment. On the night
of January 10, 1883, he was in Mil
waukee to negotiate tie purchase of
the printing plant He was a guest at
the Newhall House on that fateful
night when the hotel burned with the
loss of nearly 100 lives-the heaviest
loss of life at that time in any con-
fagratiOn in the United States. Ed
ward Pollock succeeded in reaching
the ground from his room on the
fourth floor by dropping from an icy
window ledge to cornice and from cor
nice to balcony. Not till twenty-five
years later, when the newspaper he
founded celebrated its twenty fifth
anniversary, did he make known that
the money borrowed to start the Tel
Ter was burned up i'll the Newhall
House fire.
The Teller was started, however.
Everyone knew newspaper was COM
ing to Lancaster. It's name was not
divulged until the paper appeared. 1t
was a success from the start. The two
elder sons worked with their father
early and late The Clark building,
in which the post office is located,
was built in part for the Teller. The
first elevator in Lancaster carried the
forms of the paper from basement to
composing room.
Sixteen years ago the publisher
erected the present home of the pap
e..
The ability of the deceased in the
editorship of his publication is too
we'll known to Lancaster people to
requires an extended statement here.
He acquired local and to some extent
statewide fame as an editorial writ
err
In 1906 the deceased was appoint
ed to the position of State Treasury
Agent by Governor LaFollette, and he
served in that position for four years.
The appointment came as a surprise.
No thought was further from his
mind than that of applying for a state
appointment. AT the conclusion of his
term the publisher of The Teller
came back to Lancaster and resumed
active charge of the paper. But age
and the cares of years Of business
were telling on him. 1t was almost
impossible to get him to give up the
work He could not be made to be-
lieve that any of his strength or men
tai capacity had been. lost Two of
his sons finally purchased the paper
from him, much against his will, and
compelled him to take a vacation.
They made him go back for visit to
his birthplace and the scenes Of his
school days. He took no enjoyment
in the visit, opposed the plans which
had been made for him to make a
long stay in the east, and re-appeared
to resume his work on the paper
though he was no longer the publish
err Again he was virtually persuad-
ed against his will to give up his
work, and this time spent a year in
the home of his son, Eden, in Seat
tie, Washington. When he came back
to Lancaster he seemed to have for
gotten all about the paper which had
been his life work. He never spoke of
the paper, asked no questions about it.
He seemed glad to be back in Lancas-
ter again, enjoyed his books, and
spoke over and over again of what a
nice place his home was. For four
years he had appeared happy and con-
tented, free from care and anxiety
During the warm weather he would
doze in his big chair on the porch or
ramble about his yard and watch the
squirrels and birds When the wealth
er was cold he wanted a warm corner
and when shut in he spent all his time
reading.
About a month ago the sons decided
that their aged parents could not long
er be permitted to remain in their
home in Lancaster. The mother went
to Milwaukee to be with Burne. The
son, Walter, came and took his faith
er to his home at Germantown, a sub
urb of Philadelphia. A cold acquired
couple of weeks later developed in
to pneumonia and death came peace
fully in few days. On breaking up