Courtesy of Linda Batdorff Dahl
Austin Batdorff was 24 years old when he came to the Record Eagle in early 1917 as managing editor. He spent the rest of his life as the newspaper's editor and publisher. The date of the photo is uncertain, but it probably was taken in Battle Creek where he grew up and worked as city editor at the Moon Journal.

Courtesy of Linda Batdorff Dahl
Austin Batdorff was 24 years old when he came to the Record Eagle in early 1917 as managing editor. He spent the rest of his life as the newspaper's editor and publisher. The date of the photo is uncertain, but it probably was taken in Battle Creek where he grew up and worked as city editor at the Moon Journal.