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Howard (1907), Vol. 2 biographies
b. 8 Mar. 1872 in St. Joseph County, fourth of five children of Horace P. (b. 1842, Hornellsville, Steuben Co., N. Y.; Civil War soldier from La Porte County; landowner at Walkerton) and Sarah C. (Roberts) Woodward (Part 77, pp. 1029–1030). Self-educated while working in a printing office before and after school; at sixteen a printer (“typo”) at Saint Peter, Minn., at $4 a week plus board/washing for six months; then Chicago — Donohue & Henneberry for two years as cataloguist/typo; cases on the Chicago Evening Post and the Times during the World’s Fair; employed by Carter Harrison when Harrison was assassinated (Part 77). In 1895 located in North Liberty and established the North Liberty News; the biography as transcribed dates its first appearance “the 23d of March, 1905” — conflict P-C1 against Howard Vol. 1’s 23 Mar. 1895 and the Sources settlement; first plant in one end of a carpenter shop (Washington hand press, Gordon jobber, a few fonts); a six-folio weekly grown to a six-quarto; in 1899 erected his present substantial brick plant; in 1903 put in a 2½-hp gasoline engine; circulation 1,200 (Part 77). Owns the plant building and the adjoining building; in 1900 erected his residence at Maple and Elm streets; a summer cottage on Koontz’s Lake (Part 77). M. 20 Nov. 1894 Ida Hutchings (b. 12 Dec. 1869, Fayette, Ohio; graduate of Parson’s Horological Institute, La Porte; practised her profession three years in Walkerton; an aid in the business) (Part 77). Offices at pointer: justice of the peace, elected 1898; member of the board of education in North Liberty, appointed 1906 (Part 77). A Mason, Blue Lodge No. 266 of North Liberty (senior deacon), Chapter No. 29, R.A.M., South Bend; Republican, state/county convention delegate (Part 77). [PROFILE] Carrying fact: the News founder whole — printer’s apprentice to brick-plant publisher in four years in North Liberty (1895–1899). The News file (NL-2 Sources: LCCN SN87055772, OCLC 15560289, 1895–1962, office 137 N. Main St.) is his firm’s record; People is his home.