Samuel George Blythe Explained

Samuel George Blythe (May 19, 1868 in Geneseo, New York^[1] – 1947) was an American writer and newspaperman.^[2] In 1933 during the Great Depression he urged people to Buy American in The Saturday Evening Post.^[3]

He worked for several newspapers throughout his career, including the Buffalo Express and the New York World; he also edited Cosmopolitan.^[1]

Publications

• Cutting It Out: How to Get on the Water Wagon and Stay There (1912)
• The Fun of Getting Thin: How to Be Happy and Reduce the Waist Line (1912)
• The Fakers (1914)
• The Old Game: A Retrospect After Three and a Half Years on the Water-Wagon (1914)
• Keeping Fit at Fifty (1921)
• Get Rid of that Fat (1928)

Notes and References

1. https://archive.org/details/whoswho141926/page/297/mode/2up BLYTHE, Samuel George
2. News: Lee. Shippey. Samuel George Blythe . https://archive.today/20130131154343/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/379883411.html?dids=379883411:379883411&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+27,+1932&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=SIDE.'+L-A&pqatl=google . dead . January 31, 2013 . . March 27, 1932 . 2009-08-18 .
3. News: Buy American . https://web.archive.org/web/20050115124215/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,753590,00.html . dead . January 15, 2005 . . January 9, 1933 . 2009-08-18 .