Maude Thompson

[W. Gray]

Maude Cummings of Elk Falls married Thomas E. Thompson of Howard in late 1882, which was about one year after Asa Thompson, John Thompson, and Thomas E Thompson purchased the Howard Courant.

Evenually, Thomas E. Thompson became sole owner of the Courant and Maude began running a weekly column for women containing information directed at women. Her column always carried the below headline:

                    WRITTEN FOR WOMEN
                      (MEN NOT BARRED)
                              ─────
                        BY HIS WOMAN
                              ─────
            GOLDEN RULE: Let every tub stand on
                          its own bottom
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