HARTMAN, John C. 1861-1941
HARTMAN, HUMMELL, CLARK
Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 10/10/2011 at 23:55:17
Hartman, Waterloo Courier
Editor, Dies at Age of 79Pioneer Journalist of
Iowa Saw Advances
in Printing BusinessWATERLOO, IOWA - John C. Hartman, editor of the Waterloo Daily Courier, died at 6 a.m. Friday at his home after an illness of several weeks. He was 79 years old.
For many years editor of the Waterloo Daily Courier, John C. Hartman spent nearly his entire life in the business of putting out a newspaper - and always the same newspaper.
He saw the development from the hand power cylinder press used to print the weekly paper when he started as a printer's devil in his father's shop, to the perfecting rotary press of today, and from the hand case where in his youth he spent many hours setting type to the linotypes and stereotypes of the modern plant.
Through the years he not only kept pace with the growth of his community but he pioneered in adopting many of the developments that have come with the application of science and invention to the newspaper business.
Born in Waterloo, June 21, 1861, he was the son of William H. and Dorinda Z. Hartman. His father was editor and owner of the Courier, which had been founded in 1954 as the Cedar Falls Banner and moved to Waterloo by the elder Hartman in 1858.
During the progress of his education in the public schools young Hartman worked in the Courier office, becoming a practical printer and familiar with all departments of the business.
The Courier became a daily paper in 1890 and in 1891 the W. H. Hartman Company, which no owns the paper, was formed with W. H. Hartman and his sons. J. C. and W. D. Hartman, as officers and directors.
At the death of W. H. Hartman July 1, 1895, John C. Hartman succeeded him as editor of the paper and president of the W. H. Hartman Company.
Mr. Hartmas was married in Waterloo November 8, 1886 to Ida M. Hummell of Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob P. Hummell. The couple had no children.
During his many years as editor he continued an active personal direction of the conduct of the newspaper. As the paper grew, he developed specialized departments and gave his close attention to the local news, the telegraph news, the syndicated features and the business department.
[Mason City Globe Gazette, Friday, January 3, 1941]
Note: John's mother's maiden name was Clark. (Research credit cbs)
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