Charles Homer Leichliter

• Birth Notes
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    LEICHLITER, C.H.
    C.H. Leichliter, ............was born in Connellsville,
    Pennsylvania,,.........................................
    
    
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    Charles Homer Leichliter    b: 16 Feb 1876    d: 10 May 1941 in St. Petersburg, Florida
    
    

• Death Notes
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    Charles Homer Leichliter    b: 16 Feb 1876    d: 10 May 1941 in St. Petersburg, Florida
    
    

• General Notes
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    LEICHLITER, C.H.
    C.H. Leichliter, long prominent in the editorial field of Lyon County, and especially in Rock Rapids, where he is well known as a man of brains, character and sterling worth, was born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, February 16, 1876, where he attended the local high school, finishing his school days with a course at the Baptist College in Des Moines, Iowa. When he was sixteen he was engaged in teaching, which he did successfully for two years, when he became attached to the World-Herald, a paper of which William Jennings Bryan was editor in chief. It was a semi-weekly publication at the time of his first nomination for the presidency. Here Mr. Leichliter began as office boy when thirteen years old, but quit it to continue school. When he again became associated with it, it was as a business manager, a position he held for two years. He acted as reporter for a year and a half, when he was called upon to run a county newspaper at Peterson, Clay County. For four years he was editor of the Republican and Leader, of Larchwood, Lyon County. His next position was editor and business manager of the Rock Rapids Review. Later he entered the serivce of the Chicago Chronicle.
    
    Mr. Leichliter was married April 25, 1900, to Miss Lorena, a daughter of E.H. Partch, a successful dealer in livestock and grain, who came to Lyon County some twenty years ago, and is now leading a retired life. Mr. and Mrs. Leichliter have one child, Anna Lorena, who was born May 26, 1901. He belongs to the blue lodge and chapter of the Masonic fraternity.