(Continued from page 13.) }the history of the country than in the years succeeding the war, and the new firm wAa organized just at a time to reap some of Its advantages.So runs the story of the early days in newspaperdom here written by M. M. Ham of the old Herald* before Its consolidation with the Telegraph, j The passing of Mr. Ham and the criti* j cal illness of Mr. Carver has caused a I revived attention in the w*ork of the early days here when the active work of new spapers w'as begun here in Dubuque.