Highmore Herald, Hyde Co., SD


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THE HIGHMORE HERALD, one of the leading journals of Hyde county, South 
Dakota, was founded at Highmore, in 1882, by a Mr. Corey, and was given 
the name of the "Highmore Mirror." It remained under his management but 
a short time, however, when Eli Johnson became the owner, and in 1883 
changed the name to the "Highmore Herald," which is still retained. Mr. 
Johnson severed his connection with the paper in 1892, and it then went 
under its present management, a stock company, of which J. C. Stoner is 
president and George C. Stoner, active manager. It is a weekly paper 
with a circulation of five hundred and is now quite prosperous. 

J. C. Stoner is a native of Ohio, where he spent the first nine years 
of his life; he then accompanied his parents on their removal to 
Indiana. From there the family went to Wisconsin, and in 1857 became 
residents of Harrison county, Missouri, where Mr. Stoner continued to 
make his home until 1882. He was employed in a clerical position under 
the government during the Civil war, and for a time was also clerk of 
the federal court in Springfield, Missouri. On leaving Harrison county, 
Missouri, he came to Highmore, South Dakota, where he conducted a drug 
store for one year; he was then elected county judge, and subsequently 
served as clerk of the court for nine years, since which time he has 
been interested in the newspaper and stock business. The paper is a 
bright, newsy sheet and is the recognized organ of the Republican party 
in Hyde county. Under its present management it has steadily increased 
in circulation and power, and today ranks among the leading journals of 
this section of the state. In Missouri, Mr. Stoner was married, April 
6, 1862, to Miss Margaret Bush, and to them have been born two sons, 
George C. and J. C., Jr. 

George C. Stoner, the older son, was born in Missouri, in June, 1870, 
and was reared and educated in that state and South Dakota. He learned 
the printer's trade in Highmore, and since 1889 has been connected with 
the paper, of which he is now the able manager. In 1894 he was united 
in marriage with Miss Julia Milton, and they now have one daughter, 
Vivian.