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Watts, Edwin Forrest

journalist, poet, was born March 29, 1859, in Taylor county, Iowa. In 1884 he entered journalism and in 1886 started a crusade against the corrupt management of the Iowa state institution for the deaf, which resulted in Mr. Watts being sustained by the state legislature, and the management removed.

In 1891 he was a delegate to the state convention, and has since filled various public positions of trust. He resides in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he is successfully engaged in journalism.