The Biographical Dictionary of America/Ade, George

​ADE, George, author, was born in Kentland, Ind., Feb. 9, 1866, son of John and Adaline (Bush) Ade. He was graduated at Purdue university B.S. 1877; became reporter and telegraph editor on the Evening Call at Lafayette, Ind., in 1877, and a reporter on the Daily News, now the Record, in Chicago, Ill., in 1891. He subsequently contributed a special series of humorous articles to that paper, which were syndicated. He is the author of "Artie" (1896); "Pink Marsh" (1897); "Doc Horne" (1898); "Fables in Slang" (1899); "More Fables" (1900). He also wrote the following successful comic operas: "The Sultan of Sulu," "Peggy from Paris," "Yankee Consul" and "The County Chairman," a comedy.