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| H. M.Trussell, proprietor of the Mecosta Co. Advance, and also of the Morley Advance, was born in Jackson, Ohio, July 12, 1857. He is the son of Jasper S. and Sarah A. (Stout) Tressell, and until the age of 16 years was a student at school. He was early disposed to his present calling, and at the age named he went into a printing office in Clifton, W.Va., and remained there several months, afterward becoming local editor of the Ironton, (Ohio) Commercial. He went from Ironton to Pittsburg, where he again entered a printing office to complete his knowledge of the details of the business. His next advance was in the position of proof-reader, and in 1881 he became reporter for the Daily Chronicle, published at Pittsburg. In August 1882, he came to Mecosta Co., and September 1, following, he became proprietor by purchase of the Mecosta County Advance. He issued the first number of the Morley Advance, a popular local journal, April 13, 1883. The Mecosta County Advance was founded by F.W. Harrison, the first number being issued April 7,1881. It was a eight-page sheet, but afterwards was enlarged to a five column quarter. Upon the failure of the proprietor’s health he sold out to Mr.Trussell. The paper has always been well received and now has a circulation of 600 copies. |