Biography

Holman Francis Day (1865-1935) was an American

United States

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 author, born at Vassalboro

Vassalboro, Maine

Vassalboro is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,047 at the 2000 Census. Vassalboro includes the villages of South Vassalboro, North Vassalboro, and East Vassalboro, home to the town library and sports field.-History:...

, Me.

Maine

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, and a graduate of Colby College

Colby College

Colby College is a private liberal arts college located on Mayflower Hill in Waterville, Maine. Founded in 1813, it is the 12th-oldest independent liberal arts college in the United States...

 (class of 1887). In 1889-90 he was managing editor of the publications of the Union Publishing Company, Bangor

Bangor, Maine

Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States, and the major commercial and cultural center for eastern and northern Maine...

, Me. He was also editor and proprietor of the Dexter

Dexter, Maine

Dexter is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,890 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Bangor, Maine metropolitan statistical area...

, (Me.) Gazette, a special writer for the Lewiston

Lewiston, Maine

Lewiston is a city in Androscoggin County in Maine, and the second-largest city in the state. The population was 41,592 at the 2010 census. It is one of two principal cities of and included within the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine...

, (Me.) Journal, Maine representative of the Boston Herald

Boston Herald

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, and managing editor of the Lewiston Daily Sun. In 1901-04 he was military secretary to Gov. John F. Hill

John Fremont Hill

John Fremont Hill was an American capitalist and public official.He graduated from the Medical School of Maine in 1877 and studied at the Long Island College Hospital Medical School, but practiced medicine only a year. In 1879 he became a member of the law firm of J.F...

of Maine.

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