Bio of HAMBLIN, Charles H. (d.1918), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

CHARLES H. HAMBLIN - Vol II, pg 430-433
For twenty-eight years before his death, which occurred July 21, 1918, Charles
H. Hamblin had been connected with the Minneapolis Tribune. Almost by chance he
obtained a position on the paper but his capability soon asserted itself and his
advance was rapid. Through the last sixteen years of his life he was secretary
of the Minneapolis Tribune Company and both business manager and managing editor
of its publications and the place which he made for himself in journalistic
circles of the country is a matter of history. Mr. Hamblin was a native of
London and came to America when twenty-three years of age. His interest from
that time forward centered in the land of his adoption and there was no one more
truly American in thought and spirit, or who labored more consistently through
the medium of journalism for the progress and upbuilding of his adopted city and
state.
Mr. Hamblin began his newspaper career as a reporter on the Grand Rapids Times
of Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the year of his arrival in the new world-1882- and
a little later was made city editor. In the following year he accepted a
position as press agent for Jacob Little in the theatrical business and worked
earnestly in connection with the development and interests of the stage, gaining
a wide acquaintance among theatrical people that increased steadily in his later
life. While still a resident of Grand Rapids, Mr. Hamblin was married, on the
19th of November, 1888, to Miss Nellie O'Connell of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The year 1889 witnessed his arrival in Minneapolis and his initiation into
news­paper circles of this city as a reporter on the old Star News, which
afterward was transformed into the Evening Tribune. At that time Carroll S.
Bartram was city and managing editor of the Star News and to him Mr. Hamblin
made application for a place on the staff, in regard to which Mr. Bartram said
many years later: "We had no opening just then and I told him so, assuring him
that his name would be put on the list for future consideration. Not long after
that one of our regular men quit, suddenly, and giving us not much notice. And
just when I was wondering how I was going to fill his place Mr. Hamblin dropped
in to ask if anything had turned up. . 1 put him to work at once. It was not
long before his accuracy in news gathering and his direct style of presenting
his material made him the star reporter of the staff. His advance was rapid and
he became managing editor of the paper when I resigned to take up a position on
a St. Paul paper." His early experience as a reporter was far different from
that which falls to the lot of the news gatherer of today. At that time
Minneapolis was little more than a large country town and its news items were of
a much more personal character. The telephone had not come into use as a medium
of gathering information and the reporter made his rounds, calling on all the
people whom he felt could furnish him an item of newspaper interest. Such was
the work which Mr. Hamblin undertook but according to Mr. Bartram's testimony
his advance was rapid. In 1891 he became the mapaging editor of the Evening
Tribune, filling that position until 1892, when further duties and
responsibilities were entrusted to him in his advancement to the position of
managing editor of the Morning Tribune, a position which he most acceptably and
creditably filled for a decade. In 1902 he Mr. Hamblin continued to fill the
position of secretary of the Minneapolis Tribune Company until about four years
prior to his death, when he retired from active newspaper work. To his business
associates Mr. Hamblin was known as a man of imperturbable self-control, of
remarkable poise. In his work he learned to deal with the world as it is, to
meet things as they are and he found satisfaction in winning friends by his
journalistic work and in averting enmities. The position of any editor of a
large daily paper is a responsible one, as his influence is far-reaching and
this Mr. Hamblin recognized. He never lightly regarded his duties in this
connection, nor neglected an opportunity through the columns of his paper to
support those interests which he deemed of essential worth to the com­munity and
vital to its upbuilding. His associates in every relation of life entertained
for him the highest regard and his friends treasure the memory of his
companionship.