ARNOLD, Charles J. - Putnam

CHARLES J. ARNOLD grew up in the atmosphere of a newspaper office and newspaper work has been his occupation and business since early manhood. Mr. Arnold is owner and publisher of the Greencastle Herald. He was born at Greencastle, Indiana, January 21, 1879. His father, Frank A. Arnold, in was also a newspaper publisher. He was born in London, Ontario, Canada, and came to Putnam County, Indiana, more than forty-five years ago. He was for a number of year’s editors and publisher of the Greencastle Herald and was also vice president of the Central National Bank. He exemplified all the qualities of an upright and influential citizen and exercised much influence in public affairs. He died at Greencastle in April, 1917. He married, at Indianapolis, Elizabeth Boley, and they had a family of five children. The four daughters were: Ethel, wife of Prof. Francis Tilden, of Greencastle, and mother of three children; Frances, wife of J. L. Scripps, of Peoria, Illinois, and they also have three children; Edna, the wife of Jasper Killough, of Chicago; and Dorothy, deceased. Charles J. Arnold was educated in the public schools of Greencastle, and from high school entered DePauw University, where he remained until graduating, with high standing in scholarship.

He had been through a general routine of newspaper work and after leaving college he went to Kansas City, Missouri, and was a reporter on the staff of the Kansas City, Star and Kansas City Journal. He has shown a natural aptitude for journalism. After returning to Greencastle he became associated with his brother-in-law, Francis C. Tilden, in the ownership of the Greencastle Herald, but later bought out Mr. Tilden and is now sole owner and publisher. The Herald is a newspaper that has been long established and has been a potent molder of public opinion. Mr. Arnold is a forceful and energetic businessman, and possesses many of the engaging personal qualities of the experienced men of his profession. He is a member of the Democratic Editorial Association, is a Beta Theta .Pi, and a member of the Greencastle Merchants Association. He married, October 12, 1906, Miss Mabel Herring, of Kansas City, Missouri. They have reared as their own child the son of Mr. Arnold’s sister, Joseph James Adams, who is now eleven years old.