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Collection: FND005 - SHSND Foundation - Newspaper Hall of Fame
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 00040
Title: Harry O'Brien
Date: 1981
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Summary: Harry Francis O'Brien, publisher of the Park River Press from 1930 until his death in 1953, was inducted into the North Dakota Newspaper Hall of Fame in 1980 at the same time as Stella Irene Mann. They became the 23rd and 24th members. O'Brien was born on a farm near Webster, N.D., and attended Devils Lake High School. He served with the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I and then studied journalism at Dunwoody Institute, Minneapolis, before taking over the Park River newspaper. He was active in district and state Democratic party politics, serving in the legislature 18 years. In 1950, he was the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, opposing Milton R. Young. He served as president of the North Dakota Press Association in 1939. When he died in 1953, his widow, Rosamond, retained the newspaper until selling it in 1956 to Harry's nephew, Henry Kelly.
Red ID: FND_I_77480 Image ID: 509299 Image Notes: 10950 00005 00040

Collection: FND005 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - Newspaper Hall of Fame
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Summary: The Hall of Honors features the biographies of recognized leaders in North Dakota's newspaper industry. This resource is sponsored by the North Dakota Newspaper Association and the NDNA Education Foundation.

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