The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1895-12-07
A VETERAN EDITOR.
r. q. AVERY WAS A NEWSPAPER
MAN BEFORE THE WAR.
Health Shattered by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
all That Man touid stand. and
Finally Won the Fight

Health Shattered by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
all That Man ouid stand. and
Finally Won the Fight
From the Examiner, San Francisco, Cal
At the opening of the civil war Rich
ard b. Avery, now residing at 345
an associate editor on the Chicago
Times Chicago was not then the
great commercial and industrial center
that she is today, nor had the Times
even begun TO be the great representa-
tive journal of the inland metropolis,
as it has become in late years under
the control and direction of the late
Carter Harrison At that time Mr..
Avery was a man 80 years OF age, and
had come to his position as an editorial
writer after twenty years of service in
various branches Of the newspaper bus
mess, having begun his apprenticeship
as compositor at 10 years Of age.
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call for volunteers, Mr.. Avery threw
aside all the bright prospects which
lay before him in the journalistic field
I
the North. de enlisted as a volunteer
and fought with the Union army until
the close OF the war. He took part in
some of the fiercest battles Of the war,
and when he received his discharge
was considerably broken down in
health. By continued exposure to the
severe weather that prevailed during
many Of the campaigns, Mr.. Avery
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in the head. He suffered excruciating
pain, and passed many sleepless nights
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