Harold Taylor CHASE

                   June 1935
23rd Harold T.Chase dies at 71.
Deaths from Wilkes-Barre Record Almanac 1935for the year which Began December 1, 1934 and ended November 30,1935

1880 census
   E. H. CHASE   Self   M   Male   W   45   MA   Revenue Collector   NH   MA
   Elisbeth CHASE   Wife   M   Female   W   45   PA   Keeping House   ENG   PA
   Harold T. CHASE   Son   S   Male   W   16   PA   At School   MA   PA
   Ethel CHASE   Dau   S   Female   W   14   PA   At School   MA   PA
   Samuel CHASE   Son   S   Male   W   11   PA   At School   MA   PA
   Fannie CHASE   Dau   S   Female   W   6   PA   At Home   MA   PA
   Lewissa LAMBERT   Other   S   Female   W   45   PA   Domestic   BAVARIA
Source Information:
    Census Place Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania
    Family History Library Film   1255149
    NA Film Number   T9-1149
    Page Number   655B



1900 census:  CHASE HAROLD T 36 M W PA KS SHAWNEE 3-WD TOPEKA
Series: T623 Roll: 500 Page: 49
Chase, Harold T., head, male, Apl 1864, 36, married 10 years, Penn, Mass, Penn, editor, "Capital"
             , Anna T., wife, female, Apl 1866, 34, married 10 years, 1 child, 1 living, Penn, Penn, Mass
             , Ethel E., daughter, female, Dec 1896, 3, Kansas, Penn, Penn,
Hanson, Evangelisse?, servant, Kansas, Sweden, Sweden

1910 census:  CHASE  HAROLD C 46 M W PA KS SHAWNEE 3-WD TOPEKA
Series: T624 Roll: 457 Page: 49
(very hard to read)
Chase, Harold C., head, male, 46, married 1, 20 years, Penn, Mass, Penn, editor, newspaper
             , Annie, wife, female, 43, married 1, 20 years, 2 children, 2 living, Penn, Penn, Mass
             , Ethel, daughter, female, 13, Kansas, Penn, Penn
             , Hamilton?, son, male, 8, Kansas, Penn, Penn
servant

1920 census:   CHASE HAROLD T 55 M W PA KS SHAWNEE 3-WD; TOPEKA 6-PCT
Series: T625 Roll: 551 Page: 278
1257 Western Avenue
Chase, Harold T., head, male, 55, married, Penn, Mass, Penn, editor, newspaper
              , Annie T., wife, female, 53, married, Penn, Penn, Mass
              , Ethel E., daughter, female, 23, single, Kansas, Penn, Penn
              , Hamilton, son, male, 18, single, Kansas, Penn, Penn,
Rosedale, Ida, servant,

1930 census:1257 Western Avenue,  Topeka, Shawnee, KS
Harold T Chase  66., abt 1864 Pennsylvania, Mass, Pa, White Head  age 25 married,editor, newspaper
Annie F Chase  64, abt 1866 Wife, age 23 married,   Pa, Pa, Mass
Ida Rosedale,  35, abt 1895 Illinois White Servant


Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame 
HAROLD T. CHASE
INDUCTED 1939
Editor,Topeka Capital
Harold T. Chase was born April 13, 1864. He served as editor of the Topeka Capital for 48 years, during which time he is credited with having written more editorials than any other newspaper editor.  At a dinner given in his honor, William Allen White  once estimated that Chase had written the equivalent of 131 full-length novels.  It was one of his boasts that during his years on the Capital, Arthur Capper  never once attempted to dictate his conduct of the editorial page. Chase died June 22, 1935.

Kansas Historical Quarterly
Kansas Historical Notes
May, 1939 (Vol. 8, No. 2), page 224.Transcribed by lhn; digitized with permission of the Kansas State Historical Society.
Portraits and records of John C. Mack, Newton, Harold T. Chase, Topeka, and Thomas E. Thompson, Howard, who, during their lifetimes, were outstanding Kansas newspapermen, were added recently to the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame in the University of Kansas journalism building at Lawrence.


   KANSAS HISTORICAL QUARTERLY  105 as a sort of Daniel in a den of Republicans-but he lambasted the New Deal along with the severest Republican critics. He was a student of the Spanish influence in the Southwest United States and wrote two fascinating books on the subject. When he died, now almost four years ago, a charm went out of the Kansas newspaper circle that has never been restored. Harold T. Chase, while not a publisher, achieved a wide following as an editorial writer for the Topeka Daily Capital over many years of stewardship. W. A. White once estimated that if Chase's editorial writings were compiled, they would make the equivalent of 131 full-sized novels, or 196 books on current history, and economic, political, and social topics. "His work was consistently honest, intelligent and courageous," praised White. Mr. Chase's contemporaries cordially accorded him high professional ranking-and the reputation he fairly won has carried his name into the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame.




Harold T. Chase
Harold T. Chase was editor of the Topeka Capital Journal from 1895-1935. He was considered one of the best editorial writers the state ever produced. Described as a modest, self-effacing, scholarly editorial essayist, he exerted a wide influence in Kansas through his editorials. He wrote on such topics as tax reform, welfare legislation, women's suffrage, and prohibition. Washburn University awarded him an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters in 1931. He was added to the Newspaper Hall of Fame at Kansas University in 1939.
The Facility
Chase Middle School is located at 2250 NE State Street in the Oakland Community of Topeka, Kansas. It was built in 1980 at a cost of approximately $3.3 million.


Theodore Roosevelt's Osawatomie Speech
by Robert S. La Forte
Summer, 1966 (Vol. 32, No. 2), pages 187 to 200Transcribed by Tristan Smith; HTML editing by Tod Roberts;digitized with permission of the Kansas State Historical Society.
The Kansas City Star, Chicago Daily Tribune, Topeka Daily Capital, and a host of lesser progressive journals agreed that Roosevelt had left no doubt about where he stood. "T.R. has become a progressive Republican," editorialized Harold Chase in the Capital.


The Capital-Journal's roots run deep
From The Capital-Journal archives

1895: John R. Mulvane, a Topeka banker, took over The Capital, and Hudson retired. Harold T. Chase became the editor.
1899: Mulvane sold The Capital to the newly organized Capital Publishing Co. The owners were Fred O. Poppenoe, Charles L. Holman, Dell Kizer, Harold T. Chase, Richard L. Thomas and Col. A.S. Johnson.
1900: Dr. Charles M. Sheldon, Congregational minister and author, proposed that the newspapers should be operated as Christ would operate them. Sheldon served as "editor" for a week in March. The "Sheldon Edition" sent circulation from 12,000 daily to 387,000. The Capital's pressroom was swamped, and other printing facilities, one in New York and one in Chicago, each printed 120,000. The Daily Capital printed the other 120,000 papers by using an extra work force and running the old Goss press, of The Capital, nearly all day.
1901: A new Capital Publishing Co. bought The Capital on May 10 for $41,000. Arthur Capper was the principal stockholder. Mary Capper, Chase, R.L. Thomas and W.E. Robey were the other investors.
1904: Arthur Capper became the sole owner of The Capital, buying out the others' shares of stock.