Background
Chapple, Joe Joseph Mitchell was born on July 18, 1867 in Louisiana Porte City, Iowa, United States. Son of William and Louisa (Mitchell) Chapple.
Chapple, Joe Joseph Mitchell was born on July 18, 1867 in Louisiana Porte City, Iowa, United States. Son of William and Louisa (Mitchell) Chapple.
Educated Cornell College, Iowa, (honorary Master of Arts, same, 1904. Doctor of Laws, Lincoln Memorial University, 1915).
At 16 edited paper in Grand Rapids, North Dakota, and later became editor and proprietor of the Ashland Daily Press. In newspaper work, Chicago, Washington and New York until 1897. Took charge of The Bostonian, 1897, changing name to The National Magazine, of which has since been editor and publisher.
Editor public of Reader’s Rapid Review.
Author: (novels) The Minor Chord, 1895. Boss Baronet, Politician, 1896.
Mark Hanna, 1903. Heart Throbs, 1906. The Panama Canal, 1907.
The Happy Habit, 1908.
Heart Songs, 1909. Little Helps, 1910. History Making, 1911. Heart Letters, 1912; Heart Chord, 1915.
C’est le Guerre, We’ll Stick, 1918.
A Top o’ the World, 1922. Harding the Manitoba, 1923.
Vivid Spain, 1927. To Bagdad and Back, 1928.
Favored Florida, 1928. Favorite Heart Throbs of Famous People, 1929.
Our Jim (a biography), 1929. Face to Face with Our Presidents, 1930.
Holiday Moods of the Year, 1933.
Chapel Bells, 1934. Mother O’Mine, 1935. Treasure Chest of Memories, 1937. Heart Songs, 1938; Willkie and American Unity, 1940.
Producer Heart Throb motion picture series, “My Old Sweetheart,” “Annabel Lee.” Known as after dinner speaker and has also done extensive work on the Chautauqua platform and lyceum bureaus.
His lectures “Flashlights of Famous People,” “Confessions of an Optimist,” “On the Wings of Tomorrow” and “The Great Personality Parade” are counted as keynotes of widely extended experiences and travels and heart to heart chats with over 7,000 celebrities in 21 countries. Radio series, “Face to Face with our Presidents,” given on nationwide broadcast.
Radio program series over National Broadcasting Company, “Personalities Whom I Have Met,” 1946. Home: 29 Jefferson Saint, Winthrop, Massachusetts Office: 900 Statler Building, Boston.
Married Annie F Ryder, November 23, 1886 (deceased). Married second, L. Evangeline White, May 15, 1941.