of
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| History of Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume I, 1911, page 385
DR. C. O. WATERS' NEXT EDITION. Before coming to Bloomington, Russell had worked as a printer at Dubuque. He remained with the Herald until 1845, when he disposed of his interest to Dr. Charles 0. Waters. Later he drifted to Keokuk, where he died of cholera during the visitation of the plague there in 1850.
Thomas Hughes, his partner, seems to have been a man of quiet and retiring nature, as but little is heard of him. Though the senior member of the firm, he seems to have made but little impression upon the paper or upon the town during his residence here. He remained in partnership with Dr. Waters for about a year and then removed to Iowa City, where for a number of years he was engaged in newspaper work, and where he passed away March 13, 1881.
Under the management of Hughes & Waters the tone of the paper improved. Dr. Waters acted as editor and he is declared to have been both a good and scholarly writer.
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