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Pulitzer

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by James McGrath Morris


  society pages of, 171, 203, 320

  style of, 98–99, 138, 203, 213–14, 251–52

  subscriptions for, 160, 162

  tabloid, 462

  two-cent, 320, 322, 323, 355, 357

  typography of, 2, 154, 175, 190–91, 287, 341, 379

  wholesale price of, 224, 350–53, 355, 357, 517n

  women readers of, 197, 203

  see also specific newspapers

  New Testament, 66n, 459

  New Year’s Day (Wharton), 112–13

  New York, N.Y., 21–22, 27–28, 37, 90–91, 112–14, 124, 128–30, 135–36, 137, 145, 151, 153, 177–78, 189, 201, 202, 206–40, 242, 244–53, 269, 272, 276, 290–91, 299, 305–8, 312–13, 391, 411, 421, 424–26, 429–36, 446–47, 449, 452, 454–55, 456

  New York American and Journal, 372–73, 418

  New York Central Railroad, 245

  New York Commercial Advertiser, 274

  New York Evening Journal, 334, 349–53, 357–58, 518n

  New York Evening Mail, 453

  New York Evening Post, 192, 224, 315, 320

  New York Evening World, 261–62, 323, 334, 349–53, 357–58, 380, 403–4, 431–32

  New York First Cavalry Regiment (“Lincoln Regiment”), 22–27, 44, 478n–79n

  New York Herald, 98, 99–100, 121, 135, 174, 192, 197, 198, 208, 219, 223, 224, 232, 249, 252, 274, 284, 288–89, 299–300, 303, 313, 319, 321, 324, 355

  New York Herald-Tribune, 462

  New York Journal, 3–4, 321–32, 334, 338–41, 343, 372–73, 388, 517n, 518n, 519n

  New York Journal of Commerce, 74

  New York Mail, 145

  New York Morgen Journal, 321

  New York Morning Advertiser, 292, 355

  New York Morning Journal, 197–98, 202–3, 206–7, 208, 209–10, 211, 215, 220, 223, 226, 229, 254, 292, 319–21, 441

  New York Press, 341

  New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, 261

  New York Staats-Zeiting, 130, 228, 496n

  New York State, 130, 185, 189, 219–20, 222–23, 231–32, 272, 306–7, 389, 406–7

  New York Sun, 98–100, 129–33, 136, 138, 151–52 (Pul), 153, 192, 198, 208, 216, 223, 224, 226, 232, 261–63, 280, 294, 300, 303, 306, 314, 321, 326, 333, 342, 496n, 498n

  New York Times, 86, 98, 127, 192, 193–94, 197, 217, 219, 223, 224, 249, 275, 278, 280, 317, 321, 331, 355, 357, 363, 380, 387, 411, 418, 429, 430, 452, 459, 462, 490n, 499n

  New York Tribune, 84, 90–91, 98, 129, 177–78, 192, 198, 202, 208, 219, 230, 321, 355, 458, 506n

  New York World, see World

  New York World-Journal, 207–8

  New York World-Telegram, 462

  Niagara Falls, 508n

  Nicoll, De Lancey, 253, 262–63, 429, 430, 435, 446–47

  Niederwiester, Tony, 31

  Nobel, Alfred, xi, 378

  Nolan, Kate, 134–35

  Norris, John, 323, 325–26, 336, 343, 344–45, 346, 357, 363, 365, 459

  Northcliffe, Alfred Harmsworth, Baron, 411

  Oceanic, 368, 370

  Ochs, Adolph, 323, 357, 363, 380, 387, 418, 462

  Offenbach, Jacques, 100, 140

  Ohio, 124–25, 128, 188, 189, 217

  Orezy House, 475n

  Orthodox Jews, 10–11, 12

  O’Toole, Phelim, 497n

  Outcault, Richard F., 330–31

  Pagenstecher, Hermann, 298, 513n

  Panama Canal, 4, 417–40, 446–50, 455, 525n, 526n

  Pan-American Exposition (1901), 372

  Pan-Electric Telegraph Co., 241–42

  Paris Opera, 280–81

  Parker, Alton B., 390, 393

  Parsons, John E., 259

  Patriarch Ball, 258

  Patrick, William, 83, 101, 157, 160, 173, 481n

  patronage, political, 78–79, 83–84, 94–97, 224, 234–35

  Patti, Carlotta, 183

  Peninsular, 282–83

  Penny Lunch Room, 140

  People’s Party, 105

  Pest, 10, 11, 12–17, 71, 480n

  Petöfi, Sándor, 12

  Phelan, William, 65

  Phelps, Walter, 265

  Philadelphia Ledger, 174, 279

  Philadelphia Times, 126

  Philharmonic Society, 461

  Philippines, 342–43, 359

  Phillips, David Graham, 300–303, 311, 344, 353, 354, 356, 359–60, 365, 374–75, 381, 450–51, 513n

  Pickwick Papers, The (Dickens), 51

  Pike, Albert, 140

  Pilgrims of the Rhine, The (Bulwer-Lytton), 14

  Plato, 14

  Pliny the Elder, 277

  pneumonia, 221, 300, 302

  Politzer, Adam, 367–68, 443

  Pollard, Harold Stanley, 411–12, 444, 446

  poll books, 139

  Ponsonby, Claude, 272–73, 276, 277, 278, 281, 282, 283, 285, 290, 291, 292, 297, 300, 301, 307

  Populist Party, 293–94

  Post, George Brown, 274–75, 276, 286

  Preetorius, Anna, 483n

  Preetorius, Emil, 34, 35, 36, 39, 44, 45, 46, 49, 70, 74, 76, 93, 96, 101, 104, 119, 164, 173, 481n, 482n, 483n

  press, freedom of the, 118–19, 150, 426–27, 429, 434, 449–50

  Press Publishing company, 434, 435

  Progress and Poverty (George), 246

  prussic acid, 443

  Puck, 226

  Pulitzer, Albert:

  ambition of, 144, 197–98, 206–7, 254, 319

  birth of, 476n

  childhood of, 12, 13–14, 16, 17

  divorce of, 320, 441–42

  funeral of, 443

  health of, 319, 527n

  as immigrant, 36–39, 51–52, 71, 321

  Jewish background of, 443

  love affairs of, 254, 442

  memoir of, xii, 442, 505n

  as Morning Journal publisher, 197–98, 202–3, 206–7, 208, 209–10, 211, 215, 223, 226, 229, 254, 292, 319–21, 441

  in New York, 197–98, 202–3, 206–7, 254, 319–21

  in Paris, 254, 319, 320

  personality of, 51–52, 198, 319–20, 442–43

  physical appearance of, 319, 442

  Pulitzer’s estrangement from, 210, 254, 382, 441–44, 527n

  Pulitzer’s rivalry with, 144, 197–98, 206–7, 209–10, 223, 229

  as reporter, 98–100, 112, 121, 128, 137, 197, 198, 319–20, 492n

  in San Francisco, 442, 527n

  suicide of, xii, 442–44

  in Vienna, 320, 442–43

  wealth of, 254, 319, 321, 441, 527n

  will of, 527n

  Pulitzer, Baruch Simon, 10

  Pulitzer, Constance Helen, 272, 280, 285, 343, 361, 367, 395, 396, 445, 457, 459–60, 461, 462

  Pulitzer, Edith, 244, 265, 278, 280, 361, 367, 380, 387–88, 395, 396, 405–6, 445, 457, 459–60, 461, 462

  Pulitzer, Elinor Wickham, 448, 452, 462

  Pulitzer, Elizabeth Edgar, 462

  Pulitzer, Elize Berger, xiii, 9, 10, 12–17, 21–22, 23, 32, 37, 41, 51, 62, 98, 135–36, 141, 191, 210, 397, 444, 480n, 498n

  Pulitzer, Fanny Barnard, 121, 135, 254, 320, 441–42

  Pulitzer, Frederica Webb, 394–95, 401–3, 406, 461

  Pulitzer, Fülöp, 9–10, 12–17, 41, 210, 444, 474n, 475n

  Pulitzer, Herbert, 361, 367, 368, 387–88, 445, 452, 457, 460, 461, 462

  Pulitzer, Joseph:

  accent of, 109, 141

  age misrepresented by, 22, 35, 57, 71, 74

  in Aiken, S.C., 198

  in Aix-les-Bains, 238, 254, 343, 363, 366, 374, 375, 385, 391, 396, 441

  in Albany, N.Y., 192–93, 224–25

  in Alexandria, Va., 25

  ambition of, 32, 35–36, 116, 159–61, 166, 171–72, 184, 186, 187–88, 205–9, 273, 355–59

  “Andes” as codename for, 365, 520n

  angina of, 458

  in Antwerp, 19

  anxiety of, 303–4

  arrest of, 66

  arrest warrants f
or, 240, 426, 446

  art collection of, 238, 241, 254, 257, 258, 362, 373–74

  assembly election campaign of (1869), 52–69, 75, 488n–89n

  assembly election campaign of (1870), 73–77

  as assemblyman, 52–69, 71–75, 97, 143, 485n–87n

  assimilation by, 10–11, 15, 109, 141, 146, 152

  Associated Press (AP) membership of, 102, 153, 154, 160, 170–71, 175–76, 355, 358, 518n

  auctions attended by, 101–3, 153–57, 172

  in Baden-Baden, 298

  in Bad Homburg, 380–81

  in Bad Kissingen, 238

  bail set for, 66, 240

  in Berlin, 441, 443, 444

  biographies of, xi–xiii, 478n, 479n–80n, 481n, 484n, 487n, 490n, 497n

  birthday of, 133, 362, 379, 394, 395, 410, 479n

  birth of, 9–11, 475n, 476n, 479n

  in Bismarck, S.Dak., 218

  in Bladensburg, Va., 25

  blindness of, 1, 4, 17, 263–65, 269–304, 309–10, 312, 329, 359, 409–10, 413–14, 427, 428–29, 444, 452–53, 484n, 514n

  Bonnat’s portrait of, 310

  in Boonville, Mo., 109

  in Boston, 18, 20–21, 188, 476n

  “breach of peace” fine against, 64–65

  bronchitis contracted by, 284–85

  in Brunswick, Ga., 295, 331

  byline of, 132, 152

  California trip of, 265, 269–71, 272

  campaign tours of, 84–189, 106–7, 124–33, 138, 208, 224, 225, 228–29, 230

  capitalists opposed by, 186–89, 198–99, 205, 208–9, 217–18, 245, 259, 293–98, 299–300, 371

  at Cap Martin, 328–29, 407–9, 441, 444–46, 448

  cards played by, 173, 306

  caricatures of, 75, 101, 104, 108, 307, 377

  as cavalry officer, 22–27, 44, 478n–79n

  in Charleston, S.C., 420, 456–57

  at Chatwold estate (Bar Harbor), 301, 302, 306–7, 312, 326–27, 332–36, 337, 343, 348, 354, 355–59, 371, 372, 373, 375–76, 377, 383–84, 391, 400, 401, 404, 410–11, 449, 452–54, 461

  chess played by, 34, 306, 481n, 482n

  in Chicago, 224

  childhood of, xii, 11–17, 135–36, 337, 382

  in Cincinnati, Ohio, 84–90, 126, 181–83

  circumcision (Brit Milah) of, 10, 475n, 498n

  as city editor, 50, 90, 91–93, 96, 97, 119, 127

  as Civil War veteran, 18–27, 35, 44, 108, 274, 458, 476n, 478n–79n, 480n

  as clerk for legislative committee, 76

  as clerk for lumberyard, 32, 33, 35, 381n

  in Cleveland, Ohio, 188–89

  club memberships of, 216, 509n

  codebooks used by, 2, 364–65, 428, 444, 519n–20n

  coffin of, 457–60

  in Cologne, Germany, 370

  Columbia University School of Journalism endowed by, 4, 337, 376–79, 386–87, 389, 394, 446, 458, 461

  congressional campaign of (1880), 177–81, 184–88, 229, 232

  congressional campaign of (1884), 229, 232

  congressional term served by, 234, 240–43, 508n

  Cooper Union speech of (1876), 128–29

  correspondence of, 2, 5, 17, 41–42, 114, 126, 142–43, 153, 215, 239, 247, 263–64, 272–73, 275–76, 277, 281, 282–83, 285, 302, 310, 325–26, 335, 346–47, 364, 367, 374, 375, 382, 384–88, 389, 394, 401, 404–9, 445, 448, 451, 481n, 484n, 497n, 511n, 523n

  corruption opposed by, 3, 4–5, 47–50, 59–68, 74, 106, 125–26, 151, 162–64, 184, 195, 199, 209–10, 222–23, 228, 241–42, 262

  in Cuba, 221

  death certificate of, 458

  death feared by, 15–16, 221

  death of, 376–77, 455–56, 462

  debts of, 155, 160, 170–71, 175–76, 205–6, 210, 232, 257, 289

  Deer Island escape of, 20, 477n

  as Democrat, 4, 106–12, 116, 124–33, 139–40, 161, 165, 181–89, 192, 199, 216, 217, 219–32, 241, 246, 262, 269, 285–86, 293, 369–70, 388–93, 406–7, 415–16, 417, 451–52, 456

  democratic ideals of, 25, 57, 58, 106, 123, 125, 149–52, 186, 208–9, 294, 308–9, 314, 499n

  depressions of, 263–65, 269–83, 288, 298, 303–4, 305, 328–29, 336, 337, 340, 343, 346–47, 369, 376, 387–88, 407–11, 431, 436, 444–46, 451, 458

  in Detroit, Mich., 128

  as Deutsche Gesselschaft secretary, 35–36

  dictation by, 277, 282–83, 364, 448, 484n

  diet of, 306

  as Eads Bridge investor, 103

  economic views of, 3, 10, 11, 16, 57, 118, 120, 164, 165, 219, 235, 246, 293–94, 301, 307, 309, 315–17, 326, 327, 328, 332–33, 348, 384, 391, 485n

  education of, 12, 13–14, 32–33, 35, 50, 64, 101

  enemies of, 4–5, 61–66, 70–71, 73–74, 95–97, 110, 126–27, 173, 174, 175–76, 179–80, 185, 186–87, 194, 196, 199, 201–2, 222–23, 224, 227, 228–29, 241–42, 245, 246, 261–63, 265, 276, 280, 297, 316–18, 387, 389, 404, 406–7, 416, 421–40, 446–50, 455, 526n

  in England, 2, 149–50, 151, 152, 238, 254–56, 271–72, 277, 289, 290, 292, 300–301, 312, 324–25, 343, 344, 347–48, 366, 368, 370, 381, 397–98, 411, 441

  English spoken by, 27, 30, 32, 35, 48, 109, 126, 136, 152, 481n

  engravings of, 76–77

  essays written by, 61–66, 151–52, 153

  European autocracy as viewed by, 123, 125, 149–52, 294, 314, 426–27, 499n

  European trips of, 97–98, 100, 122–23, 124, 125, 144, 149–51, 221, 235, 237–38, 243–44, 250, 253–56, 271–85, 289–301, 303–5, 324–25, 363–65, 441, 512n

  eyeglasses worn by, 18, 134, 179, 211, 249, 413

  family business of, 10, 12–13, 16

  as father, 42, 170, 172–73, 176, 188, 195–96, 198, 215, 221, 243, 244, 253, 256, 265, 278, 304–5, 309–10, 311, 333, 335–38, 340, 343, 361, 366–68, 371, 382, 387–88, 394–95, 402–3, 410, 444–46, 448, 457, 462

  as ferryman, 29–30, 103

  fictional portrayal of, 303, 354, 359–60, 374–75, 381

  final illness of, 456–57, 458

  finances of, 2, 13–14, 16, 17, 21–22, 26–28, 34, 56, 68–69, 78, 91, 93, 97, 101–3, 112, 116, 141, 150, 153–55, 160, 170–71, 173, 175–76, 190, 197–98, 205–6, 210, 232, 257, 289, 293–94, 340, 444, 489n, 519n–21n

  free silver movement opposed by, 293–94, 301, 307, 309, 315, 326, 328, 332–33, 348, 384, 391

  on French Riviera, 276, 280–81, 328–29

  French spoken by, 14, 31, 32, 409

  friendships of, 32, 39–42, 50, 56, 62, 63–64, 95, 100–101, 103, 108, 126–27, 128, 137, 202, 224, 228–29, 239, 243–44, 245, 246, 247, 253–54, 259–60, 270–73, 295, 322, 369, 374–76, 381–82, 401, 404, 411, 444–45, 483n–84n, 513n

  funeral of, 457–60

  funerals avoided by, 16, 135, 324, 344, 369, 376, 404, 443, 451

  gallstones of, 458

  generosity of, 140, 191, 202, 227, 247, 278, 376–79, 455, 461

  as German American, 9, 28, 30–31, 35–36, 39–40, 43, 54, 56, 57, 65, 67, 71, 73, 81, 89, 90–91, 96, 102, 107, 109, 125, 129, 130, 141, 185, 188, 228, 260, 482n–83n, 488n

  German spoken by, 14, 23, 28, 30–31, 32, 35–36, 57, 122, 126, 130, 398, 457

  Gramercy Park house of, 216, 221

  as grandfather, 406, 452–53

  grave site of, 460

  in Greece, 408

  in Hamburg, Germany, 18, 476n

  handkerchief ring ordered by, 21–22, 136, 478n

  handwriting of, 34, 201, 272, 277

  in Havana, 1–2

  health of, 1–2, 32, 190, 221, 237–39, 243, 246–47, 250, 254, 255, 256, 263–65, 269–88, 290, 292, 294–95, 298, 303–4, 309–10, 311, 312, 319, 325, 328–29, 335, 343, 359–60, 370, 376, 384–85, 389, 394, 407–9, 425, 428–29, 436, 451, 454, 456–57, 458, 514n

  heir of, 301, 454–55, 462

  in Helena, Mont., 218

  homecoming banquet for (1873), 100–101

  honeymoon of, 144
, 149–51

  honorable discharge of, 26–27

  horseback riding by, 103, 173, 271, 306, 375–76, 398, 411

  horse named after, 307

  hotel accommodations of, 112–16, 120, 124, 126, 133–35, 137, 140, 192, 207, 216, 254, 270, 272, 277, 282, 295, 303, 304, 325, 328–29

  hotel fire survived by, 133–35, 177, 348

 

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