THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 18, 1937

* Florence Dugdale death (1st report)
* Children's stories writer - Thomas Hardy wife

The top of page 17 has a one column photo of Florence Dugdale with heading: "MRS. THOMAS HARDY WIDOW OF NOVELIST" with subheads that include: "Dies at 56 in England, Where She Spent Years Writing Husband's Biography" and more. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 36 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

background: Florence Emily Dugdale was a woman of literary ambition whose life became inextricably defined by her role as the companion, secretary, and eventually the second wife of Thomas Hardy. Born in 1879 to a schoolmaster, she transitioned from teaching to writing children's fiction and journalism, yet her career was largely subsumed by the demands of Max Gate, the Hardys' somber Victorian home. Her marriage to Hardy in 1914, following the death of his first wife Emma, proved to be an emotional crucible; she found herself acting as the guardian of a man who was increasingly obsessed with the "ghost" of his first marriage, transcribing the very poems that immortalized his love for another woman. Florence’s most significant, albeit controversial, contribution to the literary canon remains the two-volume biography of Hardy published under her name, which was actually a ghostwritten autobiography dictated by Hardy himself to control his posthumous reputation. Despite her own intellectual capabilities, she spent her final years navigating the complexities of Hardy’s immense legacy and her own secondary status in his heart, eventually being buried in the same Stinsford churchyard that held the remains of the man she served and the rival she could never truly displace.