John F. D. Aue Former Editor Dies In Calif.
Was Prominent Newspaper Publisher in Two States
John F.D. Aue, business manager and part owner of the Whittier, Calif. News, and former
prominent Iowa newspaper man, passed on Sunday night in Whittier, according to a message
from Mrs. Aue received here Monday by Dr. and Mrs. D.J. Gleysteen, long-time friends.
Mr. Aue's brothers, Fred of Sioux Center and Prof. Chris of Orange City were notified Saturday of his critical illness and Mr. Fred Aue left Saturday night for Whittier. Funeral services were at 3:30 Wednesday.
John F. D. Aue was born at Oosterbeek, the Netherlands March 19, 1881 and died, just one day before reaching his 64th birthday. His parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Aue who came to the U. S. and settled in Sioux Center when John was a boy of ten or eleven.
He taught rural schools in the Sioux Center and Hospers vicinities and then became bookkeeper in the general office of F.M. Slagle & Co. at Alton. It was here that he met Miss
Nell Warner, Alton school teacher, who became his wife. They have one daughter, Miss Marian of Whittier. Two sisters also survive him, Mrs. Minnie Feikema of Rockford, Mich, and Anna, Mrs. Rev. D. Hollebeek of Lynden, Wash.
It was in Alton that Mr. Aue got his start in the newspaper business, purchasing The Alton
Democrat in partnership with F.E. Fuller. In 1915 they sold The Democrat to Geo. E. Bowers,
Sr. and Mr. Aue went to Des Moines to become business manager of the Des Moines Register. Later he bought a paper at Ft. Smith, Ark. but returned to Iowa as publisher of the Bhrlington Hawkeye. He went to Whittier in 1928.
A hard worker himself, Mr. Aue had the gift of enlisting the loyalty of others. He accomplished things in the country newspaper field that seemed impossible. As publisher of The Democrat he followed Charles Barnette Wolf who was a well known humorist of the day as well as a practical printer. Under Mr. Aue the shop was completely mechanized and all the news matter set by linotype machine.
The new publisher who took over in 1910 was a thorough organizer and a remarkable business man. His shop, after a few years, was running so efficiently that he could leave it for several days or even weeks at a time and the paper came out on time, Bert Grimm was foreman of the shop, Venus Sheldon the linotype operator and Agnes McDonald bookkeeper, reporter and deputy manager.
About 1913 Mr. Aue became secretary of the Iowa Press Association and started building it up into an active force in the state. Much of his traveling over this county and later
throughout the state was done by car and he became intensely interested in good roads and when John became engrossed in a movement, something had to give.
The Iowa Good Roads Association was formed and Mr. Aue elected president. The plan of
issuing county bonds to pay for hard surfaced roads was conceived and swept the state like
magic. Most of the primary roads of the state were paved under this system. Only a few rural counties held back. Mr. Aue could cite you a list of reasons as long as your arm why the roads should be paved at once under a bond issue rather than wait.
He left Alton in October 1915, to become auditor for the Des Moines Register and Alton also lost his secretary, Miss Agnes McDonald who is now secretary of the Register & Tribune Co. at Des Moines.
After a year or so on The Register he bought an interest in the Ft. Smith (Ark.) daily paper and was there for several years. A strike of shop employes at Ft. Smith was costly to the publishers, and not long after Mr. Aue joined a syndicate which purchased the Burlington Hawk-Eye, with himself as publisher. Several years later he sold his interests at Burlington and bought into the Whittier News, Whittier, Calif., where he remained until his death.
Alton Democrat 1945-03-22.
Greetings,
Gert Scholten (GS)
AMsterdam, the Netherlands
Was Prominent Newspaper Publisher in Two States
John F.D. Aue, business manager and part owner of the Whittier, Calif. News, and former
prominent Iowa newspaper man, passed on Sunday night in Whittier, according to a message
from Mrs. Aue received here Monday by Dr. and Mrs. D.J. Gleysteen, long-time friends.
Mr. Aue's brothers, Fred of Sioux Center and Prof. Chris of Orange City were notified Saturday of his critical illness and Mr. Fred Aue left Saturday night for Whittier. Funeral services were at 3:30 Wednesday.
John F. D. Aue was born at Oosterbeek, the Netherlands March 19, 1881 and died, just one day before reaching his 64th birthday. His parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Aue who came to the U. S. and settled in Sioux Center when John was a boy of ten or eleven.
He taught rural schools in the Sioux Center and Hospers vicinities and then became bookkeeper in the general office of F.M. Slagle & Co. at Alton. It was here that he met Miss
Nell Warner, Alton school teacher, who became his wife. They have one daughter, Miss Marian of Whittier. Two sisters also survive him, Mrs. Minnie Feikema of Rockford, Mich, and Anna, Mrs. Rev. D. Hollebeek of Lynden, Wash.
It was in Alton that Mr. Aue got his start in the newspaper business, purchasing The Alton
Democrat in partnership with F.E. Fuller. In 1915 they sold The Democrat to Geo. E. Bowers,
Sr. and Mr. Aue went to Des Moines to become business manager of the Des Moines Register. Later he bought a paper at Ft. Smith, Ark. but returned to Iowa as publisher of the Bhrlington Hawkeye. He went to Whittier in 1928.
A hard worker himself, Mr. Aue had the gift of enlisting the loyalty of others. He accomplished things in the country newspaper field that seemed impossible. As publisher of The Democrat he followed Charles Barnette Wolf who was a well known humorist of the day as well as a practical printer. Under Mr. Aue the shop was completely mechanized and all the news matter set by linotype machine.
The new publisher who took over in 1910 was a thorough organizer and a remarkable business man. His shop, after a few years, was running so efficiently that he could leave it for several days or even weeks at a time and the paper came out on time, Bert Grimm was foreman of the shop, Venus Sheldon the linotype operator and Agnes McDonald bookkeeper, reporter and deputy manager.
About 1913 Mr. Aue became secretary of the Iowa Press Association and started building it up into an active force in the state. Much of his traveling over this county and later
throughout the state was done by car and he became intensely interested in good roads and when John became engrossed in a movement, something had to give.
The Iowa Good Roads Association was formed and Mr. Aue elected president. The plan of
issuing county bonds to pay for hard surfaced roads was conceived and swept the state like
magic. Most of the primary roads of the state were paved under this system. Only a few rural counties held back. Mr. Aue could cite you a list of reasons as long as your arm why the roads should be paved at once under a bond issue rather than wait.
He left Alton in October 1915, to become auditor for the Des Moines Register and Alton also lost his secretary, Miss Agnes McDonald who is now secretary of the Register & Tribune Co. at Des Moines.
After a year or so on The Register he bought an interest in the Ft. Smith (Ark.) daily paper and was there for several years. A strike of shop employes at Ft. Smith was costly to the publishers, and not long after Mr. Aue joined a syndicate which purchased the Burlington Hawk-Eye, with himself as publisher. Several years later he sold his interests at Burlington and bought into the Whittier News, Whittier, Calif., where he remained until his death.
Alton Democrat 1945-03-22.
Greetings,
Gert Scholten (GS)
AMsterdam, the Netherlands
John F. D. Aue Former Editor Dies In Calif.
Was Prominent Newspaper Publisher in Two States
John F.D. Aue, business manager and part owner of the Whittier, Calif. News, and former
prominent Iowa newspaper man, passed on Sunday night in Whittier, according to a message
from Mrs. Aue received here Monday by Dr. and Mrs. D.J. Gleysteen, long-time friends.
Mr. Aue's brothers, Fred of Sioux Center and Prof. Chris of Orange City were notified Saturday of his critical illness and Mr. Fred Aue left Saturday night for Whittier. Funeral services were at 3:30 Wednesday.
John F. D. Aue was born at Oosterbeek, the Netherlands March 19, 1881 and died, just one day before reaching his 64th birthday. His parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Aue who came to the U. S. and settled in Sioux Center when John was a boy of ten or eleven.
He taught rural schools in the Sioux Center and Hospers vicinities and then became bookkeeper in the general office of F.M. Slagle & Co. at Alton. It was here that he met Miss
Nell Warner, Alton school teacher, who became his wife. They have one daughter, Miss Marian of Whittier. Two sisters also survive him, Mrs. Minnie Feikema of Rockford, Mich, and Anna, Mrs. Rev. D. Hollebeek of Lynden, Wash.
It was in Alton that Mr. Aue got his start in the newspaper business, purchasing The Alton
Democrat in partnership with F.E. Fuller. In 1915 they sold The Democrat to Geo. E. Bowers,
Sr. and Mr. Aue went to Des Moines to become business manager of the Des Moines Register. Later he bought a paper at Ft. Smith, Ark. but returned to Iowa as publisher of the Bhrlington Hawkeye. He went to Whittier in 1928.
A hard worker himself, Mr. Aue had the gift of enlisting the loyalty of others. He accomplished things in the country newspaper field that seemed impossible. As publisher of The Democrat he followed Charles Barnette Wolf who was a well known humorist of the day as well as a practical printer. Under Mr. Aue the shop was completely mechanized and all the news matter set by linotype machine.
The new publisher who took over in 1910 was a thorough organizer and a remarkable business man. His shop, after a few years, was running so efficiently that he could leave it for several days or even weeks at a time and the paper came out on time, Bert Grimm was foreman of the shop, Venus Sheldon the linotype operator and Agnes McDonald bookkeeper, reporter and deputy manager.
About 1913 Mr. Aue became secretary of the Iowa Press Association and started building it up into an active force in the state. Much of his traveling over this county and later
throughout the state was done by car and he became intensely interested in good roads and when John became engrossed in a movement, something had to give.
The Iowa Good Roads Association was formed and Mr. Aue elected president. The plan of
issuing county bonds to pay for hard surfaced roads was conceived and swept the state like
magic. Most of the primary roads of the state were paved under this system. Only a few rural counties held back. Mr. Aue could cite you a list of reasons as long as your arm why the roads should be paved at once under a bond issue rather than wait.
He left Alton in October 1915, to become auditor for the Des Moines Register and Alton also lost his secretary, Miss Agnes McDonald who is now secretary of the Register & Tribune Co. at Des Moines.
After a year or so on The Register he bought an interest in the Ft. Smith (Ark.) daily paper and was there for several years. A strike of shop employes at Ft. Smith was costly to the publishers, and not long after Mr. Aue joined a syndicate which purchased the Burlington Hawk-Eye, with himself as publisher. Several years later he sold his interests at Burlington and bought into the Whittier News, Whittier, Calif., where he remained until his death.
Alton Democrat 1945-03-22.
Greetings,
Gert Scholten (GS)
AMsterdam, the Netherlands
Was Prominent Newspaper Publisher in Two States
John F.D. Aue, business manager and part owner of the Whittier, Calif. News, and former
prominent Iowa newspaper man, passed on Sunday night in Whittier, according to a message
from Mrs. Aue received here Monday by Dr. and Mrs. D.J. Gleysteen, long-time friends.
Mr. Aue's brothers, Fred of Sioux Center and Prof. Chris of Orange City were notified Saturday of his critical illness and Mr. Fred Aue left Saturday night for Whittier. Funeral services were at 3:30 Wednesday.
John F. D. Aue was born at Oosterbeek, the Netherlands March 19, 1881 and died, just one day before reaching his 64th birthday. His parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Aue who came to the U. S. and settled in Sioux Center when John was a boy of ten or eleven.
He taught rural schools in the Sioux Center and Hospers vicinities and then became bookkeeper in the general office of F.M. Slagle & Co. at Alton. It was here that he met Miss
Nell Warner, Alton school teacher, who became his wife. They have one daughter, Miss Marian of Whittier. Two sisters also survive him, Mrs. Minnie Feikema of Rockford, Mich, and Anna, Mrs. Rev. D. Hollebeek of Lynden, Wash.
It was in Alton that Mr. Aue got his start in the newspaper business, purchasing The Alton
Democrat in partnership with F.E. Fuller. In 1915 they sold The Democrat to Geo. E. Bowers,
Sr. and Mr. Aue went to Des Moines to become business manager of the Des Moines Register. Later he bought a paper at Ft. Smith, Ark. but returned to Iowa as publisher of the Bhrlington Hawkeye. He went to Whittier in 1928.
A hard worker himself, Mr. Aue had the gift of enlisting the loyalty of others. He accomplished things in the country newspaper field that seemed impossible. As publisher of The Democrat he followed Charles Barnette Wolf who was a well known humorist of the day as well as a practical printer. Under Mr. Aue the shop was completely mechanized and all the news matter set by linotype machine.
The new publisher who took over in 1910 was a thorough organizer and a remarkable business man. His shop, after a few years, was running so efficiently that he could leave it for several days or even weeks at a time and the paper came out on time, Bert Grimm was foreman of the shop, Venus Sheldon the linotype operator and Agnes McDonald bookkeeper, reporter and deputy manager.
About 1913 Mr. Aue became secretary of the Iowa Press Association and started building it up into an active force in the state. Much of his traveling over this county and later
throughout the state was done by car and he became intensely interested in good roads and when John became engrossed in a movement, something had to give.
The Iowa Good Roads Association was formed and Mr. Aue elected president. The plan of
issuing county bonds to pay for hard surfaced roads was conceived and swept the state like
magic. Most of the primary roads of the state were paved under this system. Only a few rural counties held back. Mr. Aue could cite you a list of reasons as long as your arm why the roads should be paved at once under a bond issue rather than wait.
He left Alton in October 1915, to become auditor for the Des Moines Register and Alton also lost his secretary, Miss Agnes McDonald who is now secretary of the Register & Tribune Co. at Des Moines.
After a year or so on The Register he bought an interest in the Ft. Smith (Ark.) daily paper and was there for several years. A strike of shop employes at Ft. Smith was costly to the publishers, and not long after Mr. Aue joined a syndicate which purchased the Burlington Hawk-Eye, with himself as publisher. Several years later he sold his interests at Burlington and bought into the Whittier News, Whittier, Calif., where he remained until his death.
Alton Democrat 1945-03-22.
Greetings,
Gert Scholten (GS)
AMsterdam, the Netherlands
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