Harold A. Pauly, one of the publishers and editor of the Troy Daily News and the Miami Union (weekly), at Troy, Ohio, has been identified with journalism in Ohio for a period of twenty years, during which time he has edited and published newspapers in various communities and has been connected with many of the incidents that have made newspaper history during the past two decades. Born at Mason, Warren county, Ohio, March 31, 1879, he is a son of George W. and Clara (Cox) Pauly, whose other two children were: Frederick, who died in childhood, and William C., a resident of Los Angeles, Calif. Harold A. Pauly graduated from the high school at Mason, following which he attended the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, being a member of the graduating class at that institution in 1899. Following this, he returned to Mason, where he became the publisher of the Warren County Appeal. When he disposed of his interests in that publication, Mr. Pauly went to Lebanon, Ohio, where he edited The Republican. Later for one year he was identified with the United States Civil Service Commission, at Washington, D. C. He resigned this position to become publisher of The Western Star, at Lebanon, Ohio, with which he was identified until August, 1908. At that t me he came to Troy, where he purchased the Troy Buckeye, and one year later became the owner, through purchase, of the Miami Union, which he consolidated with the other publication. Several years ago he and A. C. McClung, who became associated with him as a partner, purchased the Troy Daily News, and they still publish both newspapers. Mr. Pauly is a newspaper man of experience and capability and presents his readers with a newsy, reliable and interesting paper. He wields a facile pen, which becomes trenchant in behalf of good measures or in opposition to bad ones, and his writings are always pithy and to the point, timely and free from sensationalism. Mr. Pauly is a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine and at present is commander of Coleman Commandery, Knights Templar. He likewise is secretary of the Troy Rotary Club, and holds membership in the Phi Delta Theta and Phi Beta Kappa fraternities. When the United States entered the great World war, Mr. Pauly offered his services and was in the first officers' training camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Later, however, he was released from service because of physical disabilities. On his return to Troy, determined to be of service, he was appointed as chairman of the home service department of the Red Cross, Miami county chapter. Mr. Pauly takes only a good citizen's and newspaper man's interest in politics, but has served as clerk of the county election board.