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==Career==
==Career==
In 1888, Ewing became affiliated with the reform, anti-machine faction of city politics. He served in the administration of New Orleans [[Mayor]] Joseph Ansoategui Shakespeare (1837-1896)<ref>Administrations of the Mayor's of New Orleans: Shakespeare (nutrias.org), accessed April 20, 2021.</ref> as an innovative city electrician and superintendent of the police telegraphy and fire-alarm systems. He also served for a time as the New Orleans municipal tax collector. Under Hearsey's tutelage, Ewing was also telegraph editor, circulation and business manager, and editor and proprietor of the ''Daily States,'' later the defunct ''States-Item.'' He was furthermore nationally prominent in the AP, having served two terms as vice president of the organization.<ref name=dict/>
In 1888, Ewing became affiliated with the reform, anti-machine faction of city politics. He served in the administration of New Orleans [[Mayor]] Joseph Ansoategui Shakespeare (1837-1896)<ref>Administrations of the Mayors of New Orleans: Shakespeare (nutrias.org), accessed April 20, 2021.</ref> as an innovative city electrician and superintendent of the police telegraphy and fire-alarm systems. He also served for a time as the New Orleans municipal tax collector. Under Hearsey's tutelage, Ewing was also telegraph editor, circulation and business manager, and editor and proprietor of the ''Daily States,'' later the defunct ''States-Item.'' He was furthermore nationally prominent in the AP, having served two terms as vice president of the organization.<ref name=dict/>
In 1908, while still the publisher of the defunct ''Daily States,'' Ewing purchased the still operating ''Shreveport Times.'' In the latter 1920s, he bought the two newspapers in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]: the defunct ''Morning World'' and the remaining ''[[Monroe News Star]],''<ref name=dict/> since switched to morning publication. He was hence among the two or three most influential persons in the Louisiana journalism community.
In 1908, while still the publisher of the defunct ''Daily States,'' Ewing purchased the still operating ''Shreveport Times.'' In the latter 1920s, he bought the two newspapers in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]: the defunct ''Morning World'' and the remaining ''[[Monroe News Star]],''<ref name=dict/> since switched to morning publication. He was hence among the two or three most influential persons in the Louisiana journalism community.