. Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. In 1864 he came to Iowa andpiuxhased seventy acres of land in Keokukcounty on which some improvements had beenmade. He further improved this property ande\cntually he improved and sold four farms,making his first real start in business life intil is wav. In September. 1891, he went to \Y\\-toii Junction, Iowa, and purchased the ^^i]tc)nChronicle. He had always wanted to engagein newspaper business but had never seen anyt^•pe or been in a newspaper
. Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. In 1864 he came to Iowa andpiuxhased seventy acres of land in Keokukcounty on which some improvements had beenmade. He further improved this property ande\cntually he improved and sold four farms,making his first real start in business life intil is wav. In September. 1891, he went to \Y\\-toii Junction, Iowa, and purchased the ^^i]tc)nChronicle. He had always wanted to engagein newspaper business but had never seen anyt^•pe or been in a newspaper office, but he pur-chased the paper and conducted it iov twoyears. In January, 1873, he sold out fordouble what he paid for the plant and paperand at that time came to New Sharon, where heestablished the New Sharon Star, the first issueapi^earing on the 22d of January, 1873. Hecontinued this until April 22. 1885, when hesold out to his brother David and went to livein California for the benefit of his daughtershealth. In 1886 he established the PasadenaStar and the following year began the publica-tion of the Pasadena Daily Star, which he. H. T. VAIL. PAST AND PRESENT OF MAHASKA COUNTY. 471 coiicluctcil until 1890, wlicn he sold both papersand afterward gave his attention to the pul^lica-tion of the Daily Press at Santa Anna for oneyear. In 1896 he returned to New Sharon amiin 1901 he jjurchased the Xew Sharon Starfrcni R. .\. Nicholson, who had owned the of-lice aijiiut two years, and has since conductedtlie paper. Mr. Vail served as postmaster under Presi-dents Grant and Hayes, and in 1903 was ap-])(iinted to the same otfice by President Roose-velt and is nnw acting in that capacity. Hefilled the ofrice of mayor in 1874, but did notlike the irksome duties and retired from theiiftice nil the of his term. He wasniiniinated ioy representati\e from this districtInit declined the honor, and has been promi-nently spoken of as a senatorial candidate, andyet he has nev
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