Lura Eugenie Brown Smith (June 23, 1854/64 – April 11, 1935) was an American journalist, newspaper editor, and author.

1852), was the president and principal owner of the Press Printing Company, which served as Arkansas state printers in Little Rock.

[5] In April 1903, Smith, through the general Press Bureau, received an official invitation to attend the dedication ceremonies of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, Missouri.

While serving as the Washington State Representative to the National League of American Pen Women,[10] she worked in the interest of the Welfare, Protection, and Rescue Association.

[1][9] In Little Rock, on April 20, 1892, she married Sidney Smith (1857–1930),[12] editor of the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Masonic Review,[5] and the couple made their first home in that city.

[13] His first jobs were that of telegraph operator and assistant station agent at Sac City, Iowa, for the Chicago & North Western Railroad.

His parents were of ordinary size but an accident to Sidney's spine in infancy stunted his growth without causing any deformity, leaving him short, at 4 feet 2 inches (1.27 m) in height.