Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1896 — “AMBER” IS NO MORE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

“AMBER” IS NO MORE.

The Gifted Writer Who Has Brought Sunshine Into Many Homes. Mrs. Martha E. Holden, better known to newspapers under the nom de plume of "Amber,” died recently in Chicago ns the result of an operation for cancer. In her death there passed from earthly soones a woman who by the sweet productions of herein* br&ught suiisSme 'into many a household nnd lifted the burden front many a weary. and sorrow-laden hen rt. Mrs. Holden was born in New York State forty-two years ago. She settled in Chicago in 1877. Poverty made her ne quninted with human suffering, but did not interfere with her endeavors to make herself heard in the field of literature. She soon began to contribute to the Chicago newspapers articles which breathed a love of life and humanity , and which were remarkable for their wealth of metaphors and brilliancy of language. Her writings brought forth expressions of ad-

miration and wore copied all over the cduntry. For several years past she had contributed a series of beautiful letters to the Chicago Herald. and later to the Tiiues-Herald under the title of “A String of Beads." There are hundreds of newspaper readers throughout this land to-day who'will mourn the passing away of this gifted writer, who had tinged their fires with a warmth and glow which made them forget nmpdanc troubles. ,

MARTHA E. HOLDEN (AMBER).