The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-08-02
Asaph Mathers Wallace

The Sank Centre community was
sadly shocked Friday when the
news of the death of Asa Wallace,
editor of the Herald, was made
known throughout the city,,
He and Mrs. Wallace had been en-
joying a vacation in Minneapolis
and WayZata, with their son, Hugh
E. Wallace and their daughter, Mrs.
B. J. Schramm, and family, and ex-
pected to be gone about ten days.
They went to Minneapolis Thurs
day to spend few days at the home
of their son, and Asa spent most of
the day in st. Paul visiting with
old friends. He returned home in
the afternoon, and that evening at
tended a show with his son, after
which he retired apparently in
good health. Early the next morn
ing he awoke and upon inquiry
from Mrs. Wallace remarked that
he had slight pain in his chest,
and shortly after passed away.
Death came to him at Gas a. M,
Friday, July u, 1884.
Asaph Mathers Wallace was born
October 20, 1858, at Marble Rock,
Iowa, and was the next to the
youngest of family of twelve chill
dren. His mother passed away
when he was eight years old, and
after several years spent at odd
jobs, he started as "devil' on the
Marble Rock Weekly.
When Asa was thirteen years old
he went to Minneapolis and enter
ed the employ of the Tribune as
an apprentice printer. After two
years he transferred to the Journ-
al, where in 1886 he completed his
apprenticeship and became a jour
neyman printer. He remained with
the Journal as compositor until
1891, when he left for Macon, Mo,
to become the foreman of a weekly
newspaper and job office.
In 1892 he went to Preston, where
with a partner by the name of
Kngsbury, they established the
Preston Courier. Within a little
over a year he left Preston and
went to Chatield, where with his
sister, Mrs. Eva Harmon, the Chat
field News was established. Asa
remained at Chatfield for five years,
and then purchased the Preston
Courier and combined it with
equipment at Wykoff, to publish
the Messenger, which he continued
for two years. Upon disposing of
this plant he spent the balance of
the year at Grand Meadow, editing
the Record for a friend during the
political campaign.
In 1902 a company of Fairfax
business men engaged Mr.. Wallace
to edit the Standard. In 1904 he
purchased the newspaper, and re-
tanned ownership of the same until
1921. He operated the paper per-
sonally until 1911, at which time he
was appointed Chief Assistant Fire
Marshall by Governor Eberhart. He
served one term of two years in
that capacity and was reappointed
Tor two years, but resigned from
office having purchased the Sank
Centre Herald from Editor A. M.
Welles August 1, 1913. For twen-
ty-one years he has been the editor
at Sank Centre, and was engaged
in that capacity at the time Of his
death. Eight years ago the Herald
was incorporated under the name
Of Sank Centre Publishers, Inc,
with Mr.. Wallace, M. ]. Fleming
and Ed L. Rattle as the owners.
On September 8, 1888, Asa was
united in marriage to Effie e.
Dodds, at Macon, Mo. To this un-
ion four children were born, two
of whom, son and daughter,
passed away in early childhood,
while the family resided at Chat
field. Besides the sorrowing widow,
Mrs, Effie e. Wallace, he is sur
vived by one daughter, (Maza)
Mrs. B. J. Schramm, Of Wayzata;
one son, Hugh e. Wallace, Mime
apolis; grandson, Jack Schramm,
Wayzata; one sister, Mrs. Ella