Please answer the following question: Facts:   - notableworks: '' eben holden ''    - death date: 24 february 1950      - birth date: 26 september 1859    - alma mater: st. lawrence university    - image: irving bacheller 3a42971.jpg    - death place: white plains , new york    - birth place: pierrepont , new york    - occupation: writer , journalist   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of irving bacheller .
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addison irving bacheller -lrb- september 26 , 1859 -- february 24 , 1950 -rrb- was an american journalist and writer who founded the first modern newspaper syndicate in the united states .