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A nurses' "training school" is also connected with the hospital. Any reputable physician may bring his patients here for treatment or operation, and have complete charge of his own eases. The attending physicians are: N. M. Perey, M. D., Chicago; E. E. Irons, M. D., Chicago; W. H. MeDonald, M. D, Lake Geneva, Wis .; H. D. Hull, M. D .; W. C. Richardson, M. D .; Charles C. Peek, M. D .; II. D. Eaton, M. D .; G. W. Curless, M. D. The attending physicians are: C. M. Johnson, M. D., surgeon-in-chief; G. W. Foddard, M. D., surgeon C. & N. W. Railroad Company ; N. L. Seelye, M. D., ear, eye, nose and throat. Helen E. Johnson, R. M., is superintendent, and Emma Fraase, R. N., is super- intendent of mirses.
WOODSTOCK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
In 1906 there was a private hospital established in the city of Wood- stock by Dr. J. E. Guy, and he continued to operate it until 1912, when it was taken over by Dr. Hyde West, who also conducted it as a private
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hospital until 1914, when the Woodstock Public Hospital Association was formed and incorporated. This association took over the manage- ment and converted this private hospital into a public hospital. It was originally on Clay Street, but in 1915 was moved to West South Street, where the old homestead of the late Judge Murphy was purchased and remodeled for modern hospital work.
This hospital accommodates fifteen patients and the present officers of the association are: Rev. Roger Kaufman, president; Dr. G. E. Wright, vice-president ; Dr. C. F. Baccus, secretary ; Dr. E. Windmueller, treasurer; and the board of directors is as follows: Floyd E. Eckert (attorney), Dr. E. Windmueller, Dr. W. M. Freeman, Dr. C. F. Baccus, Dr. N. L. Seelye, Dr. HI. M. Francis, L. T. Hoy, and Mayor S. E. Olm- stead. The superintendent is Miss Ethel Hunt, R. N.
This hospital is a great accommodation for all surgical and medieal cases in the vicinity of Woodstock. It is located in a beautiful, quiet and attractive part of the city, away from the noise and unpleasant sur- roundings found nearer the city's center.
PRESENT PHYSICIANS
The following is a list of the physicians practicing in Mellenry County :
Algonquin-Martin H. Hubrig.
Crystal Lake-Ilarry D. Hull, George H. Pflueger, William II. Rupert.
Harvard-Charles W. Goddard, Iloward D. Eaton, J. W. Groesbeck, C. M. Johnson, Charles C. Peck, Henry J. Schmid, Norman L. Seelye, Jesse G. Maxon.
Woodstock-C. F. Baceus, H. C. Thon, William Hyde West, Glen Will Wright, Emil Windmueller, William M. Freeman, E. V. Anderson, A. F. King.
Marengo-Rozel M. Curtis, Walter S. Eshbaugh, G. Watson Fowler, William V. Gooder, Spencer C. Wernham, W. J. C. Casely.
Richmond-Walter E. Foster, Samuel R. Ward, C. W. Klontz.
Hebron-Edward V. Brown, C. W. Bailey.
Huntley-Oliver I. Statler, Arthur W. DeVry.
MeHenry-Charles II. Fegers, A. J. J. Froelieh, N. J. Nye, David C. Wells.
Ringwood-W. Hepburn.
Spring Grove-John C. Furlong.
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Cary Station-Frank John Theobald. Johnsburg-Arnold F. Mueller. Union-Phineas Renie.
MEDICAL SOCIETY
The MeHenry County Medical Society was organized at Woodstock in 1910. Its first officers were : president, Dr. C. M. Johnson, Harvard; secretary and treasurer, Dr. John F. Guy, Woodstock. The present officers are : president, Dr. E. Windmueller, Woodstock; secretary and treasurer, Dr. Howard D. Eaton, Harvard.
There are at present about forty-two physicians in the county, and of this number all but seven are members of this society. This society meets at various places within the county, each month, and at times has open meetings to which anyone is welcome.
CHAPTER XI JOURNALISM
BY CHARLES F. RENICH
FIRST NEWSPAPER-ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN-WOODSTOCK DEMOCRAT-WOOD- STOCK SENTINEL-WOODSTOCK CITIZEN-ANTI-MONOPOLIST-NEW ERA -MIC HENRY COUNTY DEMOCRAT-WOODSTOCK AMERICAN-MIC HENRY PLAINDEALER-MARENGO REPUBLICAN-NEWS-CRYSTAL LAKE HERALD -HARVARD HERALD-HARVARD INDEPENDENT-HEBRON TRIBUNE-RICH- MOND GAZETTE.
FIRST NEWSPAPER
The first newspaper to be issued in this county was the Ilinois Re- publican, published at Woodstock, in 1846, by Josiah Dwight. This paper was continued under various names and with several suspensions for ten years, Mr. Dwight continuing as its editor, but in 1856 the name was changed to the Woodstock Sentinel. In 1854 the paper was called the Republican Free-Press.
OTHER EARLY WOODSTOCK PUBLICATIONS
The Woodstock Democrat was the second paper started in the county. It was issued until 1856, in the interests of the Democratic party, its editor being F. D. Austin, a very able editorial writer.
M. L. Joslyn and E. W. Smith founded the Woodstock Argus in the spring of 1856, and with its entrance into the field of journalism, the Demoerat passed out of existenee, the stoek being bought up by the new firm. The Argus was later absorbed by the Free-Press, but in turn it was absorbed by the Woodstock Sentinel, in July, 1857, a Mr. Edson then being its proprietor.
Mr. Austin, after the purchase of the Argus, revived the Woodstoek Democrat, and published it from August, 1858, to July, 1859, when it again fell by the wayside, thus leaving MeHenry County with but one
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newspaper. The Democrats, however, desiring an organ during the campaign of 1860, revived the journal, and it was continued until 1862, James L. Martin becoming its editor in October, 1860. With its passage from the history of journalism in Mellenry County in 1862, its demise was final.
WOODSTOCK SENTINEL
The first editors of the Sentinel were G. L. Webb, and T. F. Johnson, and the first issne bore the date of July 17, 1856. The owners were an association of Republicans who recognized the necessity of a strong organ of their party to educate the people in the principles of their plat- form. Mr. Webb sold his interest in the paper October 9, 1856, and Mr. Johnson was the sole proprietor. He made Josiah Dwight his editor, and the paper was intensely partisan. In April, 1857, J. W. Franks & Son became the proprietors but Mr. Dwight continued as editor in charge. Another change was effected with the purchase of the paper in November, 1858, by Abraham E. and William E. Smith, who edited it as well. In 1862, the junior member of the firm went into the ranks of the Union Army, leaving Abraham E. Smith in sole charge. The Sentinel obtained possession on December 1, 1862, of the MeHenry County Union that had been published for about a year, and was owned by J. II. Holder. In January, 1866, Mr. Smith sold to Frank M. Sapp and George B. Richardson, and in February of that year the size was changed from a seven-column folio to nine columns. Once more the paper changed hands, William E. Smith becoming its proprietor and editor. G. S. Southworth bought the paper April 1st, 1872, and enlarged it to a seven- column quarto, with "patent insides." In May, 1873, the paper was changed to a six-column quarto, J. Van Slyke being then associate editor for five years. On June 5, 1879, E. T. Glennon purchased a half in- terest. and the firm beeame Southworth & Glennon. From that date on the various changes have been as follows:
On January 1. 1891. a corporation was formed which purchased the paper. This corporation was called the Woodstock Sentinel Company; L. T. Hoy, president and manager ; Judge C. H. Donnelly, vice-president ; E. C. Jewett, treasurer, and E. T. Glennon, since a prominent capitalist of Chicago. Charles A. Lemmers was local editor and foreman of the office. The active management of the plant continued under Mr. Hoy as manager and Mr. Lemmers as local editor for about twelve years until November, 1902.
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After Mr. Lemmers left the Sentinel in 1902, the paper had various editors during the next few years, among the number being Walter T. Wheeler and I. C. Wells.
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In 1906 the Sentinel Company purchased the local German paper called Das Volksblatt, which was established in Woodstock in 1885 by Fred Renich. After the death of Mr. Renich in 1890, the publication was continued by his sons, Charles F. and Fred L. Renich. Later, Ernest F. F'nes, now assistant cashier of the American National Bank, beeame the editor and manager, but the ownership remained with the Reniel estate, until its sale to the Sentinel Company. The Volksblatt was a prosperous newspaper for many years and at one time had a circulation of 1500 subscribers. With the acquiring of the plant and business of Das Volksblatt, Charles F. Renich, then postmaster at Woodstock, be- came editor and manager of both the Sentinel and Volksblatt, but the latter publication was discontinued in August, 1916.
With the purchase of the German paper by the Sentinel Company, the capital of the corporation was increased from $6,000 to $12,000. The stock was widely distributed by sale among the prominent men of the community, the records of the company showing the following names as stockholders, on January 1, 1906: L. T. Hoy, Judge C. II. Donnelly, E. C. Jewett, E. T. Glennon (Chicago), Charles F. Renich, G. E. Still, R. J. Beatty, E. B. Losee, G. F. Rushton, Fred G. Schuett, A. K. Bunker, F. A. Walters, W. S. Thorne, A. S. Wright, E. J. Heimerdinger, J. M. Iloy, S. L. Ilart, Theo. Hamer, W. S. McConnell, G. W. Conn, Jr., Otto E. Seiler, James F'. Casey, Judge D. T. Smiley. Emil Arnold, George L. Murphy, D. F. Quinlan, A. J. Dietz, W. T. Wheeler. L. T. Hoy, was elected president, Judge Donnelly vice-president, Theo. Hamer, Secre- tary, E. C. Jewett treasurer and Charles F. Renieh, edifor and manager. With the passing of years the above stockholders all sold their stock to Mr. Renich, the editor.
In 1916 Editor Renich and others associated with him purchased the Woodstock Republican, and in 1917 the subscription list and business of the Republican was merged with the Sentinel.
Woodstock Daily Sentinel, MeHlenty County's first daily newspaper, was established by Charles F. Renieh, as editor and publisher, August 23, 1921. The Daily Sentinel started as the little brother to the weekly Sentinel, which has been published continuously sinee 1856. From the very beginning the daily received a hearty welcome by the people of Woodstock and vicinity, present indieations are that the daily will soon be big brother eventually outstripping-the weekly in size.
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J. W. Dyer, formerly of Mount Carmel, Illinois, an experienced daily newspaper man, is city editor and with the hearty co-operation of the publisher and the entire organization of the Sentinel plant, is putting out a newspaper with which the people of Woodstock and Mellenry County are well pleased. The Daily is receiving liberal support from the merchants, is filled each day with the day's news, and bids certain to be a success.
On April 1, 1919, the eapital stock of the Woodstock Sentinel C'om- pany was increased from $12.000 to $18,000. The gross business trans- acted for 1920 was $34,000. The equipment of the plant consists of two linotypes, models 5 and 8, two two-revolution presses, two jobbers, one (equipped with Miller antomatie self-feeder) stitching machine and punching machine, dust-proof type cabinets, large quantities of new job and advertising type, and everything else needed or useful in an up-to- date country newspaper office. Although only printing a twelve-page weekly paper, the company is mechanically prepared to launch a daily paper at any time the company consider the field will warrant such a venture. The property is under the personal management of Charles F. Renich, president of the company and editor.
In 1916 editor Renich received the award and prize money for the best "first-page" newspaper in Illinois, the same being given by the department of Journalism in the Illinois University.
OTHIER NEWSPAPERS
The Woodstock Citizen was issued in 1873, but it was published only . a part of a year.
The Franklin Printing Company of Chicago founded a paper issued in the interest of the Grange movement, at Woodstock, and named it the Anti-Monopolist. Its first issue bore date of October, 1873, and on November 6, 1873, the Sentinel made notice of its demise.
Another Grange organ was the New Era, founded on Thanksgiving Day, 1873, under the management of Ringland & Price, the latter a clergyman, being the chief organizer. In a short time he left the manage- ment, and in February, 1874, W. D. Ringland beeame its sole proprietor. Later, it embraced the doctrines of the Greenback party, and still later, like all of that class of mushroom newspapers, esponsed the cause of the then dominant political party, and the "loaves and fishes" there might be in it, thus it became a Republican paper. In 1876, it suspended publication, for a time, but was resumed later in the year. In October.
Nellie & Dodge
Un a. Dodge
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1878, Mr. Ringland moved the plant to Elgin, III., and soon thereafter suspended publication, Again he resumed publication at Woodstock, but in March, 1880, the plant was destroyed by fire. The subscription list was then sold to the Sentinel.
MIC HENRY COUNTY DEMOCRAT
In April, 1877, the Mellenry County Democrat came into existence, being established by A. R. Bradbury, and it passed into the hands of John A. and M. C. Dufield, in October of that year. On August 12, 1882, M. C. Dufield retired, leaving John A. Dufield as sole proprietor, Among the early employes of the Democrat under Mr. Dufield were M. F. Walsh, who in December, 1877, founded the Harvard Ilerald and whose career is covered in another paragraph. Another employe was Charles A. Lemmers, who for many years afterwards, was destined to play an important part in the newspaper activities of the community. Mr. Lemmers became loeal editor of the Democrat, which at that time was an influential factor in the politieal affairs of its party in the northeastern counties of Illinois. On January 1, 1891, Mr. Lemmers left the Demo- crat. taking up a similar position with the Sentinel, the opposing Republican newspaper. The Democrat continued under Mr. Dufield's ownership, with several changes among its editors, until Mr. Dufield's appointment as postmaster at Woodstock, under President Cleveland's second administration, At about that time John W. Metzger took charge of the paper and conducted it successfully until 1902. At the present time Mr. Metzger is employed with the Sentinel.
In November, 1902, Charles A. Lemmers left the Sentinel and asso- eiated himself with seven other men : C. P. Barnes, F. B. Bennett, F. R. Jackman, V. S. Lumley, James F. Casey, D. R. Joslyn and George L. Murphy, in the purchase of the Democrat from John A. Dufield. They changed the name to the Woodstock Republican. With this change the Democratic party lost its only newspaper in this part of Illinois. Mr. Lemmer's co-partners gradually sold out until the ownership of the paper was virtually in his hands. In 1913 Mr. Lemmers was compelled to relinquish the management on account of ill health and removed to Colorado where he has sinee resided, and is now secretary to Governor Shoop. W. H. Simpson took charge of the Republican when Mr. Lemmers left it, and a year later the paper was sold to George W. Conn, Jr., Mr. Simpson continning as manager.
In December, 1916, the property was purchased by Charles F.
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Renich and Theo. Hamer and April 1, 1917, the Sentinel and the Republican were combined under one management by the Sentinel Company, both papers being continued for a number of months until January 1, 1919, when the name Republican was dropped.
WOODSTOCK AMERICAN
This is the latest newspaper publication in the county. It was established in 1918 by Al F. Hock, of Random Lake, Wis., and James E. Brown, of Sauk Center, Minn., assisted by prominent Woodstock men. It is a well-printed, ably-edited weekly paper which seeks to gather and print all of the important news of the county. Its up-to-date office is opposite the City Building. Its first issne was run from the presses May 31, 1918. In October of that year Mr. Brown withdrew and is now publishing a weekly paper at Walker, Minn. The American's plant is equipped with excellent and thoroughly up-to-date machinery. The subscription rate is $2.00 per year in advance. Al S. Hock is the present editor and manager. This newspaper is of the seven-column eight page quarto class.
MIC HENRY JOURNALISM
The MeHenry Plaindealer was established August 4, 1875, by J. Van Slyke, an early-day newspaper man of this county. It was launched in the interest of the Republican party, and was later purchased and con- ducted by a company which had for its president the now retired banker. James B. Perry. This company sold the plant to the present owner. November 1, 1906, and since that date the Plaindealer has been published and edited by F. G. Schreiner. In size and form it is an eight-page paper and is half home and half "patent" print and is published in a leased building. Its cireulation is largely in MeHenry, Johnsburg, Ringwood, Volo, Spring Grove, Solon Mills and Terra Cotta. It has a subscription rate of $2.00 per year in advance. Its publication day is Thursday. The equipment of the office, newspaper and job department, is a 10 by 15 Chandler & Price jobber : a 24 inch paper entter, hand stapler, Cranston cylinder press, a No. 15 Mergenthaler linotype and the whole is operated by eleetrie motor. Let it be said of the Plaindealer that its name indicates its style. It is a elean local paper which strives in every possible way to build up the interest of the community in which it is published.
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MARENGO REPUBLICAN-NEWS
The ouly newspaper now published at the thriving city of Marengo is the Republican-News. This paper is a combination of the old Republican and the News and has in brief the following history : In 1867 the Repub- liean was established by J. B. Babcock, an able writer and publisher and a veteran of the Civil War. The same continued until 1906 when both the News and the Republican were purchased by the Republican-News Company, with Charles Scofield as editor and principal owner. Charles Scofield purchased the News in 1896 from M. C. Dufield.
In the summer of 1919 Mr. Seofield sold the paper to Albert L. Johnson, who had previously been associated with the Sentinel at Wood- stock, as manager of the job printing department. Mrs. Albert L. Johnson has personal charge of the editorial and news department, while Mr. Johnson looks after the business and mechanical department. Mrs. Johnson is a gifted writer, and had seven years' experience in newspaper work as associate editor of the Sentinel.
This is a Republican newspaper of the seven-column quarto style. It has six page home and two pages of "patent" print. Its eireulation is largely in the southwestern part of the county. Its subscription rate is $2.00 per year; its publication day is Thursday; the power for running the machinery of the printery is electrie. The equipment includes a Model 8 Linotype, Potter and Gordon presses, folder, etc. The Repub- lican-News is a bright, snappy and clean home paper, giving all the news of the community in which it is published, that is suitable for insertion in a high elass local newspaper.
Marengo had a newspaper as early as 1852, in which year the Marengo Journal was established. It was continued for five years by Edward Burnside, and suspended in 1857. It was succeeded by the Marengo Weekly Press, but it too, passed out of existence in a few years.
In 1867 (one account states) the Marengo Republican was first published, although the plant was located at Belvidere, being moved to Marengo in May, 1868, when D. C. Potter was its editor. In the same year J. B. Babcock became its editor, and continued to hold that position for many years. A large job office was opened when the paper was moved to Marengo. The subsequent history of this paper has already been shown above.
NUNDA NEWSPAPERS
Before Crystal Lake had taken the field of journalism in the south- eastern part of MeHenry County, the town was styled Nunda and had
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several experiences with newspapers and among these early journals are : the Nunda Herald, established in July, 1880, by I. M. Mallory; the Weekly Advocate, established in November, 1883, by M. C. Dufield, as a neutral organ, but in 1884 it became the advocate of the principles of the Prohibition party, and Rev. George K. Hoover of Woodstock assumed the editorial duties. It was not many years before these newspapers ceased to exist, doubtless having partly filled the high mission for which they were established.
NEWSPAPER OF HARVARD
The city of Harvard, has been the home of excellent local newspapers from its earliest days, The Harvard Herald was founded December 23, 1887, by M. F. Walsh. It has been owned and published continuously by Mr. Walsh and P. E. Whittleton ever since it was established about a third of a century ago. At present its form and size is that of an eight and ten page, seven column paper. It is handsomely printed on electric motor power propelled presses and is issued each Thursday at a sub- scription rate of $2.00 a year, strictly in advance. It has a good circula- tion in Harvard and surrounding territory. It was the first newspaper within MeHenry County to discard the use of "patent" print and has long since been an all-home-print newspaper. Its equipment is strictly modern as its pages testify. The office is within a handsome building erected by Mr. Walsh expressly for a newspaper office. With Mr. Walsh as its founder and present editor, it goes almost without saying that the Herald is a Republican newspaper.
"One star differeth from another," and the same is true of news- papers whether published in the city or country towns. The Herald is an exceptionally well edited, well managed, mechanically perfect and clean local newspaper of which any community may well be proud. Not alone does it stand high in Mellenry County as a first class journal, but abroad it is appreciated as will be seen by the following production of an article which appeared in the organ of the Department of Journalism for the Ohio University, the same being a photo-letter :
MIARVARD INDEPENDENT
The Independent at Harvard was established in 1866, just at the end of the great Civil War, by Rev. II. V. Reed and Lon MeLaughlin. It had many owners within a decade from 1870 to 1880. Among those who owned and conducted it were J. C. Blake, George H. White, A. M. Leland
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AMERICAN"ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF JOURNALISM ...... .. ... .........
January 23, 1917. Mr. Y. 7. Valab, Presideat. Harvard Herald Company. Harvard, 111. Deer Mr. Valøb:
The Harvard Herald 1. the best country newepaper I have ever examined. 1 oan cey that without any qualification. By a country cewepeper I mean one that fe published but once · week in . comparatively emall community.
At one time I edited . country newepaper in Western Vechiogton which io tedey regarded as one of the moet crediteble weekly newepapere in the west. Because of ite cleen typographical appearance, our newepaper gained national recognition .. i shall be glad to obtein a copy of this paper for you.
The Harvard Herald appeals to me because of its clean, typographicel appearence. ite eplendid makeup, ite excellent ad makeup and loetly because of the high quality and clean character of your advertisemente. if the people of Harvard are not giving yeu their unqualified support == a study of your advertising columne would lead to believe that they are -- theo there ie indeed something wrong comewhere. A newepaper euch se youre ought to be regarded ee the town'e principal oceet. I am going to send the copiee of the Herald which you sent to me. to friende of mine who are teaching oleccee 10 country journaliam io come of the etate universities.
] would be indebted to you if at some time you would write to me and let me know something about your tora. ite population, what opposition you have, how fer are you from @ large city, do city newepapere come into your town, how many men do you employ and how largo a plant have you.
With all good winhee.
Yours cordially. Carl ! Leta
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N: B. Burtch, G. W. Hanna & Son, O. M. Eastman, Emerson and Saund- ers, and M. J. Emerson.
It is now a seven-column quarto. all home-print. It is run from presses propelled by an electric motor. Its publication day is on Thurs- day of each week, and the yearly subscription rate is $2.00. Its circu- lation is mostly in Harvard and surrounding towns and country. Politically, the Independent is Republican. The office is fully equipped with modern machinery, such as a two-revolution Potter job and news- paper press; three Chandler & Price Gordon printing presses, each equipped with the Kimble motors; a 33-inch Chandler & Priee paper eutter, newest style stapling machine, ete. In every detail the Inde- pendent is fitted to do almost any kind of job work that may come to its office.
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