F. L. Henshaw

        EDITOR NUMBER THREE

F. L. Henshaw came from Smith Center, to work for W. D. Street then editor and proprietor of the HERALD. He had been at work for that prince of good fellows Will D. Jenkins in the Pioneer office, for several years. He came with first class endorsements and made every word good. He was at once installed as foreman, was a good workman, a witty pungent local writer and a first class printer.

In 1883 when Mr. Street was serving his first term in the legislature, Mr. Henshaw had full charge of the HERALD. He conducted the paper in a very successful and satisfactory manner. Mr. Henshaw later bought the paper and became the editor. Later Mr. J. E. Kulp of this city was associated with him in the publication of the paper. Mr. Kulp was succeeded by Mr. Burch. Thus the HERALD was very successfully published for several years when the editorial control passed over to Dr. W. B. Mead. During Mr. Henshaw's editorial career with the HERALD he was elected to the Legislature, on the Democratic ticket, being the second editor to secure such political preferment.

As a newspaper writer he was far above the average; his local work was equal to the best. He was sober, industrious and active. After disposing of the HERALD Mr. Henshaw went to California were he established a paper, remaining but a short time. Returning to Oberlin he worked on the HERALD again. Associated with Mr. Kulp he established a paper at the new town of Wooley, Washington. Disposing of that plant he later went to Douglass Island, Alaska, where he worked on a paper published there by Charles Hoppe. Coming back to Washington he continued his newspaper work.

He died in the state of Washington, the only editor of the HERALD that has passed to the great beyond. He was generous and obliging, faithful in all things. His was a heart filled with noble impulses.

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