A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 JAMES RUTHERFORD RHODES, publisher of the Newton Daily News, is a native of Iowa, and of Jasper County, and has been interested in journalism and newspaper work since his college career. He was born on a farm near Newton December 31, 1882. His father, James W. Rhodes, was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, April 9, 1849, and was brought out to Iowa in 1852 by his parents, who settled near Monroe. His active lifetime was given to farming and stock raising, and he died in January, 1923. His wife, Maria Hill, was born March 26, 1828, and died April 17, 1917. Of their six children four are living: Mrs. Winifred Wright, of Traer, Iowa; Hugh M., of Salt Lake City; George W., of Indianapolis; and James R. James R. Rhodes attended rural schools while a boy on the farm in Jasper County, graduated from high school in 1901, and had some experience as a teacher in his native county. In 1902 he entered Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois, pursuing the four year liberal arts course and taking his A. B. degree in 1906. He was president of the student body in his senior year, was awarded a college letter for participation in baseball, and was active in college journalism in connection with the college papers and college annuals. It was at Monmouth, Illinois, that he gained his first regular experience as a reporter for the Daily Review. Mr. Rhodes in 1907 entered Princeton University in New Jersey, specializing in economics, and received his Master's degree in 1909. After about a year of travel he bought the Daily News of Newton in March, 1910, and has been the responsible editor and manager of that successful journal for more than twenty years. He has been a director of the Iowa Press Association and the Inland Press Association. Mr. Rhodes has been president of the Newton Chamber of Commerce. At Princeton he was a Sigma Delta Chi and member of the Friars Club. He is a Knight Templar Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine at Des Moines, the B. P. O. Elks, Rotary Club, and is a Republican and a United Presbyterian. He married, September 11, 1926, Mrs. Helen A. Smith, of Des Moines, Iowa. He has a stepdaughter, Marian Smith, at Minneapolis. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)