E. W. Howe

Edgar Watson Howe (May 3, 1853 – October 3, 1937),[1] was an American novelist and newspaper and magazine editor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Returning to Missouri before the end of the war, he purchased a newspaper in Bethany and informed his family of his intention of using it to advocate his cause.

[2] In 1870, while working at the Nemaha Valley Journal in Falls City, Nebraska, Edgar met Clara Frank.

Howe, who took over complete ownership by the end of the year, quickly gained a reputation as a sharp-witted editor in the community, foreshadow his achievement of national fame.

[1][9] A 1919 edition of his Ventures in Common Sense featured a foreword by celebrated American writer (and cynic) H. L. Mencken,[10] to whom Howe has been compared.

[8] Mencken was a fan of E. W. Howe's Monthly, which he called, "one of the most curious as it is certainly one of the most entertaining of all the 25,000 periodicals now issuing in the United States.