George Ade was born in Kentland, Indiana, and graduated from Purdue University in 1887, where he displayed interest in the literary field. He did journalistic work in Lafayette, Indiana, until 1890, when he moved to Chicago and started work on the Chicago Daily News (later renamed The Chicago News Record , then The Chicago Record ). He was a prolific writer and often collaborated with college classmate John T. McCutcheon , the renowned cartoonist. lib.purdue.edu
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