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Show Dqath Gives Last Triumph I To Ed Howe, Noted Editor Monthiy," devoted to "Information and indignation." In this magazine, maga-zine, which Mr. Howe discontinued In 1933, appeared such pungent paragrapha from his pen as: "All my life I have heard men clamoring for mora righta. It has always seemed to me I exercise exer-cise more rights than are good for me. , . . I am at liberty to do a hundred things I shouldn't do. I have alwaya been too much of a freeman." ATCHISON, Kan., Oct. S (JP- Edgar Watson (Ed) Howe, "The 1 Sage of Potato Hill," has achieved . his "absolute triumph.'J '.'".n. r . After a long lifetime 6f observing observ-ing and writing about the foibles of' plain people, the 84-year-old author, editor, philosopher, died yesterday In his sleep of the infirmities in-firmities of age complicated by paralysis. His death fulfilled his once expressed ex-pressed desire, "My hope is to go to bed one night after a hard day's work and never awaken. That would be the absolute triumph." tri-umph." The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at his home here "Potato Hill" with the ritual rit-ual of the Episcopal'church. Mr. Howe was perhaps best known for his novel. "The Story of a Country Town." which he published in his own country newspaper office after other publishers pub-lishers had rejected it. r l He founded the Atchison Globe In 1877 and retired from It 37 years I later. His active mind however, could not be at rest, and he began publication of "E. W. Howe's 1 |