Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-01 | Page 8 | Sees Many Changes in 'Black Art' Veteran Printer Makes Home Here

Sees Many Changes in 'Black Art' tat AS Veteran Printer Makes Htfme Here u Aivxiio i. JvaAKUijNiEAU, 91 years of age, who has lived in Salt Lake J since 1850 aud who operated the first Hoe web perfecting newspaper press in Auburn, N. Y. He served in the Mexican war and now has nineteen nine-teen grandsons in the United States army. j "' TrV.-----T--'' XK of the unique characters I I in Salt Lake today Is James II I I Margineau, 91 years old. li-. y 71 Judges court. Mr. Margineau has been a resident of Salt Lake since 1S50. having spent his youth In Auburn, X. Y.. where he followed 'he occupation of printer. As a boy, and before the Introduction of faet web perfecting per-fecting presses, and even tefore the drum cylinder press was Invented, he printed the country newspaper on which he was apprentice, on n old Washington hand press. He was skillful, however, with the hand press, and when the Moe perfecting per-fecting press . made Its appearance to rerolittioilBM newspaper printing, he was chosen to operate the first fast press Installed nt Auburn. Mr. Margineau has a war record, having hav-ing served In the Mexican war. and he has nineteen grandsons In the t.'nlted States army at the present time.