Perry Van Horne at Canton, Ohio, 1899

Perry Van Horne at Canton, O.

Is a Newspaper Man--Went West to Seek his Fortune

Bainbridge Republican, March 22, 1899

 

Perry Van Horne, son of Mrs. M.J. Van Horne, left Bainbridge [Chenango Co.,, NY] for Canton, Ohio, fourteen years ago.  He was then a young man eighteen years of age, ambitious, endowed with great energy, accompanied with industrious and moral habits.  He had worked for several years upon The Bainbridge Republican, for Harvey Ireland, who was at that time the proprietor, and thus equipped with a knowledge of type setting he had no difficulty in getting a situation as a compositor in a newspaper office, The News Democrat, a daily, which position he has retained until the present time.  Canton is a city of about 40,000 and the home of President McKinley.  That Mr. Van Horne has been an employee of integrity and had the esteem of The News Democrat is vouched for by his long retention.  He now severes his connection with the paper to enter upon another field.  We are in receipt of a copy of The News Democrat which announces his resignation with regret, and as evidence of his appreciation and success as viewed by other papers of the city we add the following from The Evening Repository of Thursday March 14.

 

"Perry Van Horne who has been connected with The News Democrat for the past 14 years, the last seven of which he has served in the capacity of reporter, advertising writer and solicitor, has resigned his position and will on Monday, March 20, assume a position with the Miller company as advertising manager and head of the furniture department.  As a newspaper man Mr. Van Horne enjoyed the confidence and esteem of the fraternity, was industrious and faithful to his employer and a ready writer, knowing a news item at a glance and always alert to get it.  He retires from the newspaper field with the highest regard and best wishes of his association and follow craftsmen for his success in his new field of labor."