HILL, Howard Clinton "Clint" 1890-1942

HILL, SWENEY, CROWTHER, HANSON, DELANEY, GAINES, TUCKER

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Date: 1/26/2011 at 14:36:43

Howard Clinton “Clint” Hill 1890-1942

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CLINT HILL, OSAGE, IN CRITICAL CONDITION

Osage – Clint Hill of Osage is seriously ill in a Rochester, Minnesota hospital. He was taken to Rochester April 13, suffering acute leukemia. Mr. Hill is reported by physicians at the hospital to be weakening daily.
Mason City Globe Gazette, Saturday April 25, 1942

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Minnesota Death Index:
Name: Howard Clinton Hill ; Death Date: 26 Apr 1942 ; Death County: Olmsted
State File Number: 010129 ; Certificate Number: 010129 ; Certificate Year: 1942
Record Number: 892720

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HILL SERVICES HELD IN OSAGE
PROMINENT EDITOR OF MITCHELL COUNTY PRESS DIED IN ROCHESTER

Osage – Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Champion Funeral Home in charge of the Rev. John D. Kern of the Osage Baptist Church for Clinton Hill, 52, who died Sunday afternoon at St. Mary’s hospital in Rochester, Minn.

Born and reared in Little Cedar he bought the Mitchell County Press in February 1912, and had been owner and editor since. He was married to Faith Sweney.

Survivors are his widow and two daughters, Jean Hill of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Mrs. Robert Hanlon of Des Moines; one grandchild, Charles Hanlon of Des Moines; his stepmother, Mrs. Will DeLaney of Little Cedar; a sister; Mrs. Willis Gaines of Osage; four brothers, Jay of Minneapolis, Minn.; Grand and Fred of Riceville and Stannard of Osage.
Burial was in the Osage Cemetery.

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TWO EDITORS PASS

I have been double-saddened by the news this week about the death of two of my very good editorial brethren---Clint Hill of Osage and R. V. Lucas of Oelwein.
Both have been distinguished in their fields, Mr. Hill in the country weekly area, and Mr. Lucas in the small city daily area.

Few weekly editors in Iowa have been more widely quoted than Clint Hill. Some of his editorials have made the rounds not only in Iowa but throughout the nation.

Clint’s editorial products were unique in one respect. All of them were composed by him as he sat at the keyboard of a linotype.

Another distinguishing mark borne by Clint Hill as a journalist was his capacity for seeing the other fellow’s point of view. He loved to chide his editorial brethren (including us) when they tried to cut off debate on a debatable question.

Both in his editorials and in his public addresses, Clint Hill exhibited a delicious sense of humor. Never would he permit himself to take life too seriously.

His passing leaves a large void in the ranks of North Iowa editors. Neither he nor his works will be forgotten.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Wednesday April 29, 1942

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WWI Draft Registration: June 5, 1917
Howard Clinton Hill 27, living at 703 Mechanic St., Osage, Mitchell, Iowa; born May 13, 1890 in Little Cedar; Publisher; wife and 2 children.

Howard Clinton Hill was the son of Fred Edward Hill and Alice (Crowther) Hill.
He married Faith Sweney, the daughter of James Irvine Sweney and Sophia Tucker Sweney.