Title	Mr.
Last Name	Day
First Name	Holman
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Date of Birth	1866?
Place of Death	San Francisco, CA
Date of Death	1935-02-19
Publication	The Eastern Gazette 2-21-1935, p.1
Obituary	HOLMAN DAY DIES IN WEST Had Lived in California for Past Fifteen Years --Former Editor of Gazette--Was Best Known for His Novels of Maine's Big Woods Holman Day, whose novels of Maine's big woods and lumbering operations, brought him fame in the literary world a score or more years ago, died in his sleep in San Francisco early Tuesday, February 19. A poet and playwright as well as a novelist, Day, who was 69, lived in California the past 15 years, producing motion pictures and interpreting a Yankee character on the radio. A native of Vassalboro, Day began his career as editor of a string of local weeklies printed in Bangor by Union Publishing Company. In 1888 he, in company with the late Edwin Bunker bought the Dexter Gazette from M. F. Herring and was its editor for four years. Combining Dexter's two weeklies, the Dexter Gazette and the Eastern State, they made it The Eastern Gazette. Leaving Dexter in 1892 he became a special writer for the Lewiston Journal. His first outstanding work was "Up in Maine", a book of verse written when he was in Lewiston. "Pine Tree Ballads" was his second verse collection. Then he began to write novels, reaching the apex of his fame with "King Spruce" and "The Ramrodders". Holman Day wrote more than 300 short stories, 25 novels, numerous poetry, and several plays. A Portland resident several years, Day was an enthusiastic member of Portland's Yacht club, cruising in a large power boat he named "Davy Jones". Son of the late Capt. John R. and Mary Carter Day, Holman Day was graduated from Colby in 1887. Twenty years later his Alma Mater conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature. He was managing editor of the Union Publishing Company's publications in Bangor, and owner and editor of the Dexter Gazette. After his reportorial work on the Lewiston Journal he was managing editor of the Lewiston Daily Sun. From 1901 to 1904 Day was a military aide on Governor John F. Hill's staff. Some of Day's better known books included "Blow the Man Down," "Rider of the King Log, " "When Egypt Went Broke," "The Skipper and the Skipped", and "Joan of Arc of the North Woods." Day leaves a widow, Mrs. Florence Day, and a daughter, Mrs. Roy Kilner, of Boston.