| Death Takes an Aged Publisher William J. Coulter of Clinton Item and Courant was in His 81st Year William J. Coulter, one of the veteran newspaper publishers of the state, died at his home here yesterday, following an operation performed at the Clinton hospital in November. He would have been 81 years old had he lived until Feb.14. Mr. Coulter, in company with Wellington E. Parkhurst, established the Clinton Courant, a weekly newspaper, in 1865, which is still being published. In 1893 he acquired the Clinton Daily Item, which with the Courant, is owned by the W. J. Coulter Press. Mr. Coulter was the active head of the company until last July when illness overtook him while he was on his vacation., A native of Troy, N. Y., he came here when a very young man, enlisted in C company, 15th Massachusetts regiment, and at the end of the Civil war was a first lieutenant in command of the company. His wife, a son, Clarence C., and a daughter, Miss Annie M., who were both associated with him in the newspaper business, survive. Funeral service will be held at his home Wednesday afternoon. |