Charles Manley Day Biography


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DAY, CHARLES MANLEY, was born at Sidney, Iowa, November 4, 1863.  He is a son 
of the Hon. James G. Day of Des Moines, Iowa, who for fourteen years was one 
of the supreme court judges of Iowa. During his early youth he attended the 
public schools and then entered Tabor college where he was graduated in 1886, 
and is at the present time one of the trustees of this institution.  His 
newspaper work commenced while in college, by reporting for newspapers in 
Iowa and editing the college paper.  Immediately after completing his course 
of study at Tabor college he came to Sioux Falls, arriving on the 10th day of 
July, 1886.  He was at once employed by the Goddard Brothers on the Argus, and 
from that time to the present writing he has been connected with the paper, 
except for ten days when the Argus-Leader was taking a vacation from the 1st to 
the 10th day of November, 1889.  During this time Mr. Day was at work on the 
Sioux Falls Press.  After the purchase of the Argus-Leader by Tomlinson & Day, 
and the responsibility of conducting a daily news-paper was assumed by them, 
Mr. Day developed into a strong newspaper man.  He was equally at home as 
city editor or editor-in-chief, and it required an expert to determine by a 
perusal of the columns of the paper while he was actively connected with it 
which one of the two was in charge of the heavy work upon any particular day.  
In 1897, he was appointed deputy postmaster in the Sioux Falls post-office, 
but he still retains his interest in the Argus-Leader and writes its editorials.  
He is a man of excellent good sense, stands well socially, is an obliging 
neighbor, and a thoroughly good citizen.