W. R. Ronald Biography


	This biography appears on pages 17-18 in "History of Dakota 
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				W. R. RONALD. 

	W. R. Ronald, who, since 1909, teas been at the head of the 
business now conducted under the name of the Mitchell Publishing 
Company at Mitchell, South Dakota, is closely associated with 
journalism and is also an active factor in the book-binding business 
and other similar enterprises. He was born in Grandview, Iowa, in 1879. 
His grandfather was one of the pioneers of that state and assisted in 
locating the capital at Iowa City. W. R. Ronald was but three years of 
age when heft an orphan and was given a home and education by his 
aunts. He supplemented his early educational privileges by a course of 
study in Monmouth College at Monmouth, Illinois, from which he was 
graduated with the class of 1898. He has since been identified with 
newspaper work and his progress in the field of journalism has been 
continuous. He has at all times kept in touch with the trend of modern 
thought and of progressiveness along the line of newspaper publication. 
He has been city editor of dailies published at Marion, Indiana, was on 
the Sioux City Tribune for eight years, holding positions ranging from 
that of Cub-reporter to managing editor. He became editor of the Sioux 
Falls (S. D.) Press in 1908 and so continued for two years. 

	In November, 1909, Mr. Ronald bought out the Mitchell Printing 
Company and reorganized the business under the name of the Mitchell 
Publishing Company, in which connection he not only publishes the 
Mitchell Daily Republican, one of the leading journals in this part of 
the state, but also conducts a general printing, book-binding and 
office supply business. The Daily Republican is one of the popular 
papers in its section of the state and because of its extensive 
patronage is an excellent advertising medium. It has been said that the 
newspaper is both the mirror and the molder of public opinion, which 
fact finds exemplification in the Republican which has been an 
influential factor in support of many worthy public projects, while at 
the same time it is an excellent medium of disseminating local and 
general news. 

	Mr. Ronald was married in 1901 to Miss Ethel Bowman, of Marion, 
Indiana, and they have a son and daughter. The parents are widely and 
favorably known in Mitchell where they have gained an extensive circle 
of friends and Mr. Ronald is in close touch with all that pertains to 
the city's welfare and an earnest champion of everything that promotes 
substantial advancement for the community.