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== Background ==

== Background ==

Joseph Paine was probably born on or about 1875. He studied [[law]] and became a trial attorney. The practice of law in the period from 1910-1918 was very difficult, particularly for a man seeking to represent those who needed lawyers most desperately—who, sadly, were also those least able to pay. He would, of course, worked most of his cases on a [[contingent fee]] basis, by which he would receive a significant portion of whatever judgments were awarded to his clients. During this period of his life, he had one close friend: Clayton Smith, a newspaper publisher who was struggling as hard as Paine himself was.

Joseph Paine was probably born on or about 1875. He studied [[law]] and became a trial attorney. The practice of law in the period from 1910-1918 was very difficult, particularly for a man seeking to represent those who needed lawyers most desperately—who, sadly, were also those least able to pay. He would, of course, have worked most of his cases on a [[contingent fee]] basis, by which he would receive a significant portion of whatever judgments were awarded to his clients. During this period of his life, he had one close friend: Clayton Smith, a newspaper publisher who was struggling as hard as Paine himself was.

Paine married, probably in or about 1913, and had one child, a daughter, Susan.

Paine married, probably in or about 1913, and had one child, a daughter, Susan.