2 4 ▁June ▁ 1 8 9 9 ▁- ▁ 1 7 ▁January ▁ 1 9 3 5 ), ▁better ▁known ▁as ▁" J ake ▁Fal st aff " ▁to ▁Ak ron ▁Times ▁and ▁Cleveland ▁Press ▁readers , ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁writer ▁and ▁journalist . ▁ ▁Biography ▁He ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Map le ▁Valley , ▁Ohio , ▁to ▁L yd ia ▁Meyer ▁and ▁Le vi ▁E . ▁F et zer . ▁After ▁gradu ating ▁from ▁Ak ron ' s ▁West ▁High ▁School , ▁he ▁worked ▁as ▁sub urban ▁rep orter ▁for ▁the ▁Ak ron ▁Times , ▁where ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁he ▁began ▁his ▁column ▁Pi pp ins ▁and ▁Che ese , ▁taking ▁its ▁title ▁and ▁his ▁pen ▁name ▁from ▁William ▁Shakespeare ' s ▁Mer ry ▁W ives ▁of ▁W inds or . ▁ ▁Ex cept ▁for ▁a ▁short ▁s abb at ical ▁serving ▁as ▁man aging ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁St . ▁Petersburg ▁Times ▁( now ▁the ▁T ampa ▁Bay ▁Times ) ▁and ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁Cleveland ' s ▁The ▁P lain ▁De al ers ▁Ak ron ▁b ureau , ▁F et zer ▁remained ▁with ▁the ▁Times ▁until ▁its ▁mer ger ▁into ▁the ▁Ak ron ▁Times - Press . ▁ ▁H erman ▁married ▁Haz el ▁May ▁Stevens on ▁on ▁August ▁ 5 , ▁ 1 9 2 2 ▁in ▁Ak ron . ▁ ▁T ogether , ▁they ▁had ▁no ▁children . ▁ ▁H erman ▁died ▁January ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 1 9 3 5 ▁from ▁p neum onia . ▁F