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Laramie newspaper man and humorist.
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Edgar Wilson “Bill Nye” (1850-1896) was editor of the Boomerang for two short years and might have continued longer had it not been for a nearly fatal bout with spinal meningitis.
The 1883 illness required him to recuperate elsewhere than the Gem City, and left him with a “delicate” constitution, as those who knew him remarked.
Despite that, when he felt better, he wrote weekly syndicated columns and produced eight more books in addition to the two he’d written in Laramie.
Eventually he joined the lecture circuit.
CHATTANOOGA ACCOLADES
In 1893, at the height of his notoriety, Nye notified editors of newspapers like the Chattanooga Daily Times that he was ill and would be unable to send his usual weekly column. These columns were in the form of letters, often written about his travel mishaps while lecturing.
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