Josh Billings is worth 100,000d015., made principally by his books and lectures. Robert J. Burdette, the Burlington Hawkye man, hadmadenearly2oo,ooodols out of his contributions to daily papers, and his lectures, Josh Billings says the humorists that came up before Artemus Ward were none of them rich enough to pay for their own funerals, Charles B. Lewis, the Detroit Free Press man, isworth 100,000dols. a year to the paper whose reputation he has made, Petroleum V, Naseby, who: is known in private life as David R. Locke, is worth £oo,oooduls., which he-made out of his newspaper the Tdula Blade, and through Naseby letters Mark Twain is the richest humorist in, .America, Besides his ownlarge earnings and savings, hj married a ; lady worth several hundred thousand dollars. He has the most unique' residence in America at Hartford city.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 2038, 10 July 1885, Page 2
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136Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 2038, 10 July 1885, Page 2
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