Samuel George Blythe

{{short description|American writer and newspaperman (1868–1947)}}

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Samuel George Blythe (May 19, 1868 in Geneseo, New York[https://archive.org/details/whoswho141926/page/297/mode/2up BLYTHE, Samuel George] in Who's Who in America (1926 edition); p. 297 – July 17, 1947) was an American writer and newspaperman.{{cite news |first= Lee|last= Shippey|title=Samuel George Blythe |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/379883411.html?dids=379883411:379883411&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+27%2C+1932&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=SIDE.%27+L-A&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131154343/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/379883411.html?dids=379883411:379883411&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+27,+1932&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=SIDE.'+L-A&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 27, 1932 |access-date=2009-08-18 }} In 1933 during the Great Depression he urged people to Buy American in The Saturday Evening Post.{{cite news |title=Buy American |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,753590,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050115124215/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,753590,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 15, 2005 |work=Time magazine |date=January 9, 1933 |access-date=2009-08-18 }}

He worked for several newspapers throughout his career, including the Buffalo Express and the New York World; he also edited Cosmopolitan.