O.O. (Oscar Odd) McIntyre was a pioneer syndicated columnist and leading journalist of the 1920's and '30's. His daily column, "New York Day by Day," was distributed to 550 newspapers throughout the United States. By 1938, he had 104 million readers. McIntyre was born February 18, 1884, in Plattsburg, MO. He moved to Gallipolis at an early age, making it his boyhood home. At the turn of the century, while attending Gallia Academy High School, he began his reporting career with his first job for the Gallia News. In 1902, he made $2 a week as a reporter for the Gallipolis Journal. He left Gallipolis to work at the Dayton Herald in 1906 and then the Cincinnati Post the next year. Shortly after moving to New York in 1912, McIntyre began to write the "New York Day by Day" column which first appeared in a Connecticut newspaper. McIntyre married his chilldhood sweetheart, Maybelle Hope Small, a Gallia County native, in 1908. Maybelle's talents in business management and contract negotiations contributed greatly to his success. O.O. McIntyre died February 14, 1938, in New York without seeing Gallipolis again. He is buried in Mound Hill Cemetery overlooking the city. A stone bench bears the inscription "Beloved of a Nation" to mark this site. *From the Bossard Memorial Library Website
O.O. (Oscar Odd) McIntyre was a pioneer syndicated columnist and leading journalist of the 1920's and '30's. His daily column, "New York Day by Day," was distributed to 550 newspapers throughout the United States. By 1938, he had 104 million readers. McIntyre was born February 18, 1884, in Plattsburg, MO. He moved to Gallipolis at an early age, making it his boyhood home. At the turn of the century, while attending Gallia Academy High School, he began his reporting career with his first job for the Gallia News. In 1902, he made $2 a week as a reporter for the Gallipolis Journal. He left Gallipolis to work at the Dayton Herald in 1906 and then the Cincinnati Post the next year. Shortly after moving to New York in 1912, McIntyre began to write the "New York Day by Day" column which first appeared in a Connecticut newspaper. McIntyre married his chilldhood sweetheart, Maybelle Hope Small, a Gallia County native, in 1908. Maybelle's talents in business management and contract negotiations contributed greatly to his success. O.O. McIntyre died February 14, 1938, in New York without seeing Gallipolis again. He is buried in Mound Hill Cemetery overlooking the city. A stone bench bears the inscription "Beloved of a Nation" to mark this site. *From the Bossard Memorial Library Website
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