Curtis, manager of the Associated Press at Detroit and C.W. McKelvie, of Chicago, one of the prime movers of the American Press Association - purveyor of newspaper plate matter R.D. “Long years ago, 20 to be exact, I took on a wager. The account, titled “A Brief Story of the Birth of the Salt City Voice” was written by Marie Nelson Lee, who was also a charter member of the Michigan Women’s Press Club, and is made available via the descendents of the Lee family: What follows is an entertaining account, written in 1920, of the story of how that newspaper, named The Salt City Voice, was established. With her husband as managing editor of the Daily News and her brother-in-law, Clayton Lee, working as a reporter, Marie also worked side by side with them as the writer of the women's and social departments.īy 1900, the Lee family’s duration in Manistee was winding down however, that didn’t necessarily mean that Marie had quit looking for challenges.Īs such, a wager was made between Marie and several men - which included her husband - who bet her that she could not establish and publish a newspaper on her own for six months and be left with a capital of $100 by the end of that six months. With Marie’s experience in writing, speech and singing, it seemed that no matter where she and her family settled she would become actively involved in various community affairs including women’s suffrage matters, teaching oration skills, writing as well as organizing theatrical productions while singing and acting in them to boot. Submitted photo/Manistee County Historical Museum had been named editor of the newly formed Manistee Daily News in 1894.
The couple, along with their three children - Robert, Rowland and Zahrah - would eventually come to reside in Manistee - a fourth child, son Donald, would be born in Manistee- where C.W. Andrews Co., a traveling acting troupe largely made up of friends and family, Marie married newspaperman and fellow actor Clarence Lee on Feb. Marie Nelson was born in Toledo, Ohio on Jand grew up to become an excellent orator and singer and when not acting, was employed as a teacher of elocution - also known as a manner of speaking clearly and expressively.Īfter joining the Fred G.
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