Detroit's Funny Man Charles Lewis of the Free Press
Charles BD Lewis, about 88, a Liverpool born Detroit journalist and humorist, rose from printer’s devil to local editor. His wartime service followed by a near fatal steamboat explosion, dramatic recovery, and long Milwaukee to Lansing to Detroit reporting career for the Journal and Democrat and Detroit Free Press.
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Charles BD. Lewis
Detroit Free Presse
Liverpool
Medina County
Oslo
Cleveland
Lewis
Lansing
Michigan
Journal and Democrat
Ile
Ball UN
Pervig
Maysville
Bulletin
Cincinnati
Magnolia
Ohio
Lewis Himealfie
Lmen
Ilo
Lenelug
Jacksonian
Ahamoret
Bravier
Newsepaper Press
Ife
Steamboat Company
America
United States
Free Press
The
Detroit
Late Admirable Foote and the Remarkable Lewis Prospect
The text recalls the late Admirable Foote and notes his prior roles as lawyer real estate dealer and businessman. It praises Lewis humor and pathos and predicts he may become a permanent figure in literature with broader experience and culture.
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Foote
Ile
Detroit
Dijah
Te Abijah Joy
Michigan Central Railroad
Central Station
Ninth Avenue Station
Kaneas
Lewis
New York Sun
A Mother's Home Ideal of Family Harmony and Quiet Wealth
A reflective tribute to a humble seaside cottage and a mother whose daily rituals created a serene, loving home. The narrator recalls the six hundred dollar year for family life, praising the mother as the true light of the household and lamenting the fading of such homes amid hectic modern life.
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Dom
Rolt
Ste Threshhold
Lees
A Howe
Greeley Note Misread Triggers Laughing Anecdote
A St Paul Press writer recounts Horace Greeley’s note to a New York editor whose handwriting caused a relay mix up. The unreadable reply was sent back to Greeley who also could not read it, prompting a wag from the messenger. The tale recalls the famed Maine editor known as I. Pat and the laughter over a trivial provocation.
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St. Paul
Horace Greeley
Horace
New York
Mr. Greeley
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