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)
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BY HIS WOMAN
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GOLDEN RULE: Let every tub stand on
its own bottom
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