BIO:  Isaac W. PEARSON, Jr., Huntington Township, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Page 462

ISAAC W. PEARSON, Jr., editor and proprietor of the York Springs Comet, York 
Springs, was born September 26, 1858.  He was educated in the schools of his 
native place and completed his studies at Shippensburg Normal School; then for 
three years followed civil engineering on railroad construction.  January 10, 
1878, he became the proprietor of the Comet, a six-column folio, with a 
subscription of about 200.  It was neutral in politics and is so still.  In 1880 
Mr. Person enlarged the paper to a seven-column folio and it has gradually 
gained in popularity, having now a circulation of about 1,200 copies, 450 in the 
surrounding counties and other States and the balance in Adams County.  Mr. 
Pearson recently erected a new building on Main Street, York Springs, and 
occupies the ground floor for his editorial and printing rooms.  June 9, 1885, 
he married Hannah M. Fickel, only daughter of William A. Fickel, of York 
Springs, born June 28, 1860.  On July 24, 1886, were born of this union, Jean 
and Hazel, twin daughters, an event which occasioned considerable stir in the 
village.  Mrs. Pearson is a member of the Lutheran Church.  Mr. Pearson is a 
member of the I. O. O. F., at York Springs.  The predecessor of the York Springs 
Comet was established at Gettysburg in 1874, by A. L. Heikes, and moved to York 
Springs in 1877.  The Comet office at present (1886) is fitted with a Rankin 
Cylinder press, its full capacity being about 600 per hour.  The office also has 
two job presses with other fixtures of the most improved kinds.