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{{Infobox newspaper 
| name               = Tyrone Daily Herald
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| type               = [[Daily newspaper]]
| format             = [[Broadsheet]]
| owners             = The Sample News Group, LLC
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| editor             = Mark Leberfinger
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| foundation         = {{Start date|1867|8|15}}<br />{{age|1867|8|15}} year ago<br />as '''''The Tyrone Herald'''''
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| circulation        = 1,700 (2017)
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| oclc               = 12684400
| website            = {{url|http://samplenewsgroup.com}}
| publishing_city    = [[Tyrone, Pennsylvania]]
| publishing_country = United States
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| founders           = [[H.R. Holtzinger]] (1833–1905)<br />J.L. Holmes (1823–1894)<br />C.S.W. Jones (1842–1905)
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The '''''Tyrone Daily Herald''''' is a newspaper serving [[Tyrone, Pennsylvania]], and region – northern [[Blair County, Pennsylvania|Blair County]] and nearby portions of [[Centre County, Pennsylvania|Centre]] and [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania|Huntingdon]] Counties.  The newspaper has been running for {{number to word|{{age|1867|08|15}}}} years – the latter {{number to word|{{age|1887|04|16}}}} as a daily.

== History ==
The Tyrone Daily Herald was founded as a weekly newspaper August 15, 1867, by [[H.R. Holtsinger]] (alternatively spelled Holtzinger and Holsinger; ''né'' [[Henry Ritz Holsinger]]; 1833–1905) and J.L. Holmes ''(né'' Jonathan Lorenzo Holmes; 1823–1894).  In 1868, Holtzinger and Holmes took on a partner, Charles Sullivan Worrell Jones (1842–1905), as half owner. Shortly thereafter, in 1868, Jones purchased the interests of [[Henry Holsinger|Holtzinger]] and Holmes.<ref name="DailyHerald 1962 May 7" />  Jones served as the editor from 1868 until ??<ref name="DailyHerald 1987 Jul 18" /><ref name="Tyrone-of-Today 1897" /><ref name="Africa 1883" /><ref name="ReportStateLibrarian PA 1900" />  [[Henry Holsinger|Holtzinger]] was a [[German Baptist Brethren|Brethren]] minister who, after selling his interest in the ''Herald,'' founded a denominational paper, the ''Christian Family Companion.''

The Daily Herald became a daily publication April 16, 1887.

== Selected holding companies, publishers, managers, and editors ==
=== Holding companys ===
: 1867–1868: Holtzinger & Holmes
: 1868–1871: Holmes & Jones
: 1871–1872: Brainerd & Jones – W.H.H. Brainerd ''(né'' William Henry Harrison Brainerd; 1841–1880)<ref name="BrainerdGenealogy 1908" /> was an owner with C.S.W. Jones from 1871 to 1872
: 1873–1905: C.S.W. Jones Co.
: 1962: Tyrone Herald Company

: 19??–1986: John C. Chamberlain ''(né'' John Calvin Chamberlain, Sr.; 1912–1991) and Nannie M. Chamberlain ''(née'' Nannie Rebecca Miles; 1911–1994), and wife of John C. Chamberlain and sister of Philip Kephart Miles, Jr. (1914–1985)

: 1986–1989: Offset News, Inc., was founded by Phil Miles in 1969.  On November 4, 1986, Christophe Philip Miles, Phil's grandson, purchased Offset News and the 50% interest in the ''Tyrone Daily Herald'' owned by John C. Chamberlain. And, at that time, he assumed the role of President of Offset News. Offset News had, since 1969, been printing ''The Daily News'' of [[Huntingdon, Pennsylvania|Huntingdon]].  Offset News, Inc., sold its interest in the ''Tyrone Daily Herald'' to The Joseph F. Biddle Publishing Company, effective March 1, 1989.

: 1989–1991: The Joseph F. Biddle Publishing Company, based in [[Huntingdon, Pennsylvania]], was incorporated in 1935, and became publisher of ''The Daily News'' of [[Huntingdon, Pennsylvania|Huntingdon]], which was first published on February 1, 1922, by [[Joseph Franklin Biddle]] (1871–1936).<ref name="HuntingdonDailyNews 1972 Jan 31" />  Joseph's son, John Hunter Biddle (1905–1977), was editor of ''The Daily News'' from 1927 to 1936. When Joseph F. Biddle died in 1936, John took over as President of the holding company.<ref name="HuntingdonDailyNews 1977 May 14" />  One of Joseph's gransons, [[El McMeen]] (born 1947) is a notable steel string [[Fingerstyle guitar|fingerstyle guitarist]].

: As of 2017, George Raymond Sample III (born 1952), is listed as President.  The Biddle family – namely two sons of [[Joseph Franklin Biddle]], publishers John Hunter Biddle (1905–1977) and successor Joseph Franklin Biddle II (born 1936) – published ''The Daily News'' of [[Huntingdon, Pennsylvania]], until October 21, 1991, when it was purchased by Sample News Group, LLC, headed by George R. Sample III and his wife, Marlene Sample ''(née'' Marlene Sue Kane; born 1952).

=== Publishers ===
: 1867–1868: Holtzinger & Holmes
: 1868–1871: Holmes & Jones
: 1871–1872: Brainerd & Jones – W.H.H. Brainerd ''(né'' William Henry Harrison Brainerd; 1841–1880)<ref name="BrainerdGenealogy 1908" /> was an owner with C.S.W. Jones from 1871 to 1872
: 1873–1905: C.S.W. Jones
: 1905–1924: Claude Jones (1865–1924). Claude's father, David Mattern Jones (1838–1877) was a brother of Charles Sullivan Worrell Jones

: 1924-1952: Benjamin Charles Jones (US Army, [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], Retired; 1896–1974).  He was the great-nephew of Charles Sullivan Worrell Jones, and was the son of Claude Jones. Following the death of his father, he and his sister, Mary Elizabeth Jones (1898–1991), married in 1932 to Charles Lintgen, MD (1894–1987), a [[gynecologist]] based in [[Philadelphia]].

: 1962: Paul M. Kienzle (1894–1972), John Calvin Chamberlain (1912–1991), and Philip Kephart Miles, Jr. (1914–1985), acquired the the newspaper from B.C. Jones and sister, Elizabeth Lintgen in 1963 and, together, ran it until Kienzle died in 1972.  Then Chamberlain and Miles ran it until November 4, 1986, when Offset News, Inc., acquired the 50% interest owned by Chamberlain.

: 1994: George Raymond Sample III

=== General managers ===
: 1948–1962: Paul M. Kienzle (1894–1972)
: 1994: Harry J. Hartman (born 1970)

=== Editors ===
: 1867–1869: J.L. Holmes (1823–1897)<ref name="AmericanNewspaperDirectory 1869" />
: S.W. Jones
: Al Tyhurst ''(né'' Alfred Tyhurst; 1842–1882)
: 1962: W. Paul Price ''(né'' William Paul Price; 1918–1984) had worked in various roles at the newspaper from about 1950 until his retirement in 1980. He started as Sport Editor.
: 1994: Daniel Meckes, News Editor

== Facilities ==
* First Herald Building, now Conny's Square, was next to the City Hotel
* Eschbach Restaurant, Main Street (now Pennsylvania Avenue), south of [[Juniata River]] Bridge

== Archives ==

=== Digital searchability ===
* [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85055122/ ''Tyrone Herald,''] [[Library of Congress]], 1867–1918; [[LCCN]] [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85055122/ sn85055122]; {{OCLC|12617764}}
* [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86083395 ''Tyrone Daily Herald,''] [[Library of Congress]], 1887–current; [[LCCN]] [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86083395/ sn86083395]; {{OCLC|12684400}}
* [[Ancestry.com]]:
:: 1887–1910
:: 1916–1940
:: 1943–1949
:: 1951
:: 1975–1977

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=

<ref name="DailyHerald 1962 May 7">"This Newspaper Has Recorded History of Community," ''Tyrone Daily Herald'', May 7, 1962, pps. 1 & 2 (retrieved July 25, 2017, ''via'' [[newspapers.com]] at {{url|https://www.newspapers.com/image/17630624}})</ref>

<ref name="DailyHerald 1987 Jul 18">''"Tyrone Daily Herald'' Celebrating 100 Years as a Daily Newspaper," by Dan Meckes, ''Tyrone Daily Herald'', July 18, 1987, pps. 2 & 4 (retrieved July 25, 2017, ''via'' [[newspapers.com]] at {{url|https://www.newspapers.com/image/13286431}})</ref>

<ref name="Blair-Co-Bio-Portrait">[https://books.google.com/books?id=RtEwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA499&lpg=PA499&dq=%22Charles+S.+W.+Jones%22 "Capt. Charles S. W. Jones,"] ''Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair County, Pennsylvania'', Samuel T. Wiley & W. Scott Garner (eds.), Gresham Publishing Company (1892), pps. 499–501</ref>

<ref name="Tyrone-of-Today 1897">''[https://archive.org/stream/tyroneoftodaygat00wils#page/n147/mode/2up/search/herald Tyrone of To-Day: The Gateway of the Alleghanies,]'' by Rev. [[W. Hasell Wilson|William Hasell Wilson]], Press of the Herald (1897); {{oclc|39132314}}</ref>

<ref name="Africa 1883">''[https://archive.org/stream/historyofhunting00afri#page/20/mode/1up/ History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, Pennsylvania,]'' "Tyrone Newspapers," by John Simpson Africa (1832–1900), Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts (1883); pg. 20</ref>

<ref name="AmericanNewspaperDirectory 1869">''[https://archive.org/stream/geoprowellcosame1869newy#page/102/mode/2up/search/tyrone American Newspaper Director,]'' "Tyrone Herald," [[George P. Rowell|George P. Rowell & Co.]] (1869); pg. 102</ref>

<ref name="ReportStateLibrarian PA 1900">''[https://books.google.com/books?id=sCZFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA215&lpg=PA215&dq=%22tyrone+daily+herald%22 Report of the State Librarian of Pennsylvania – 1900,]'' George Edward Reed, State Librarian, [[State Library of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania State Library]] (1901), pg. 215</ref>

<ref name="BrainerdGenealogy 1908">''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Dj03AAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA182&lpg=RA2-PA182&dq=%22brainerd%22 The Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America – 1649–1908,]'' "William Henry Harrison Brainerd", by Lucy Abigail Brainerd, Hartford Press: Case, Lockwood & Brainerd Company (1908), pps. 181–182</ref>

<ref name="HuntingdonDailyNews 1972 Jan 31">[https://www.newspapers.com/image/17331079/?terms=%2Bbiddle%2B "Publishers Scan Next 50,"] ''Daily News'' ([[Huntingdon, Pennsylvania]]), January 31, 1972, pps. 3 & 4 (retrieved July 27, 2017, ''via'' [[newspapers.com]] at {{url|https://www.newspapers.com/image/17331079}})</ref>

<ref name="HuntingdonDailyNews 1977 May 14">[https://www.newspapers.com/image/17336267/ "Publisher Biddle Dies Unexpectedly,"] ''Daily News'' ([[Huntingdon, Pennsylvania]]), May 14, 1977, pps. 1 & 2 (retrieved July 27, 2017, ''via'' [[newspapers.com]] at {{url|https://www.newspapers.com/image/17336267}})</ref>

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