The story of StreatorBeing an account of the growth of its institutions civic, social and industrial, with special reference to its manufacturing and business interests; together with an outline of its early history and life sketches of some of its leading citizens . er of the book shows at a glance itsdifference in conception and execution from theusual advertising write-ups. Who then is Mr. Meehan? He is a man who has given his whole life toeducational and newsj)aper work, the latter years having been devoted wholly to editorialwriting- and control. He was born in Lindsay,Ontari
The story of StreatorBeing an account of the growth of its institutions civic, social and industrial, with special reference to its manufacturing and business interests; together with an outline of its early history and life sketches of some of its leading citizens . er of the book shows at a glance itsdifference in conception and execution from theusual advertising write-ups. Who then is Mr. Meehan? He is a man who has given his whole life toeducational and newsj)aper work, the latter years having been devoted wholly to editorialwriting- and control. He was born in Lindsay,Ontario, Canada, in 1859, and received his edu-cation in the public schools and at St. BasilsCollege, Toronto. After a period in the booktrade, lie went into school work, the last sixyears of which was spent as county superin-tendent and principal of schools at Vermillion,seat of the State University of South teaching he went to journalism andbecame editor and publisher of the Carthage(AIo.) Daily Eeview. In 1896 he became editorof the Joplin, (Mo.) Globe, and remained therefor six years. In 1902 he assumed the editorialmanagement of the Concord, New Hampshire,Daily Patiiot, and remained in charge for aboutten years until the paper was sold. While there. M. Meehan. he was the intimate friend of iNlrs. Mary BakerEddy, and wrote a book of four hundred pagescalled History of the Great Mrs. Eddy Trial,which sold at $ per volume .He is also theauthor of a volume on the New Hampshire pri-maiy law. During his control of the Patriot thepaper celebrated its one hundredth anniver-sary. After the sale of the paper he came westami assumed the liusiness management of theQuincy (111.) Daily Journal, and remainedthere nearly a year until illness compelled himto undergo a serious ojieration in the recovering from his operation he wasmade publicity manager of the great Missis-sippi dam project at Keokuk, Iowa, and han-flled all the newspapers between Burlingtonand Hannibal
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