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Alfred.—"Let's take in a show to-night."
Emily.—"No, but I'll be over to-night. I want to see Pauline."
The girl abruptly entered the house and greeted her mother a trifle impatiently.
"I'm getting awful tired of Al," she said.
That evening the girl went to the home of her sister, Mrs. Henry Wallis, where Barker and his aunt, Mrs. Fannie Willis, mother-in-law of Mrs. Wallis, also live. At 8 o'clock the girl and Barker left together.
"They said they might go to a show, and that's the last I saw of them," Mrs. Wallis said.
Late at night the two households became alarmed when neither of the young people returned. The families suggested to each other that Barker and the girl had eloped, but still there were doubts and misgivings.
Martin Whittier, the town marshal, was called and the alarm was sent to the Chicago police. Sunday morning came and there was no word of either of the missing.
A group of high school boys volunteered to look for the couple, and soon they were joined by the whole school. No trace of the trail was found.
Yesterday morning the disappearance had grown into a village sensation. The schools were closed for the day and all the pupils turned out to beat over the fields and woods.
Carl Selig, a grocery delivery man, was driving in Orchard Street on the south side of the village, about 5 o'clock, when something behind a bunch of bushes and tanglewood at Lyman Street caught his eye. He climbed off the wagon and pushed through the brush to investigate. In a small open place half concealed by the bushes Selig came upon a girl's body. The face was covered with her coat and her hands were folded across her breast. He gingerly pulled off the coat and recognized the girl as Emily Benton. Selig gave the alarm and the body was removed to Davis's undertaking rooms in the village.
The ground near the death spot was closely examined without discovery of any trace of a struggle. Ten feet away from the body a boy picked up an empty two-ounce bottle. It showed no trace of its contents and it bore no label.
At the undertaking rooms a preliminary examination of the body disclosed a bruised splotch on the girl's neck, another on the right temple, and a third on the chin. The inside of her mouth was discolored and seared, as though she might have taken carbolic acid. There was no odor to indicate any chemical.
Last night Sheriff Kuhn and Coroner Hopf of Ellis county went to Dawson Grove and assumed personal charge of the case.
CHAPTER XIX
A. Write a feature story on the different ways students in your college make money. Get statistics of the number of students earning their way wholly or in part and the amount of money earned during a college year.
B. The following statement was made by Dr. Martin Frederick of the city medical staff, Cleveland, Ohio: "Milady's dimples are defects caused by faulty construction or weaknesses of the cheek muscles." Interview several ladies who have dimples and write the story.
C. The following statements were made by Colonel G. O. Shields, president of the League of American Sportsmen:
"The cotton growers are suffering a loss of one hundred million dollars a year by reason of the ravages of the boll weevil. Why? Because the quails, the prairie chickens, the meadow larks and other birds which were formerly there in millions have been swept away by gunners. The grain growers are losing over one hundred million dollars a year on account of the work of the chinch bug. They are losing another two hundred million dollars a year on account of the work of the Hessian fly. Both of these are very small insects, almost microscopic in size. It takes over twenty-four thousand chinch bugs to weigh one ounce. A quail killed in a wheat field in Ohio and examined by a government expert had in its craw the remains of over twelve hundred chinch bugs it had eaten that day. Another quail killed in Kansas and examined by another government expert had in its craw the remains of over two thousand Hessian flies that it had eaten that day. The farmers of the Northern states are paying out sixteen to seventeen million dollars a year for paris green to put on their potato vines. A quail killed in a potato field in Pennsylvania and examined by a government entomologist had in its stomach the remains of one hundred twenty-six bugs. The quail is one of the most valuable insect-eating birds of its size in the world; and yet there are so-called sportsmen all over the land, thousands of them, who insist on having legal authority to kill every quail they can find during at least three months of each year. Then there is a whole army of game-hogs who go out and kill them when they are half grown and when there is no game warden in sight."
Write a feature story about the value of birds.
D. The following bill of fare for fifteen cents was found in a restaurant at 1615 Austin Avenue: two eggs cooked any style, one cup of coffee, two slices of bread, butter, potatoes, toothpicks. Steak instead of eggs made the price twenty cents. Pie was five cents. The proprietor, Christ Terss, a Greek, has supported himself and wife for two years on this priced menu and in addition has put $200 in the bank. Make a feature story of the details.
E. In the court of domestic relations yesterday, Willie Preber, 19, 1848 Ontario Street, was accused by his stepmother, Mrs. John Preber, of fighting her. Willie pleaded not guilty, saying he could not fight with her much, as he had a weak heart and might die if he got excited. He declared he never touched her more than once a day. He was sent to the house of correction for sixty days.
F. The Seattle Star got a good story by interviewing a number of men and women about the book they had liked most when children. Tom Sawyer and Robinson Crusoe led the list. Try the story in your town or in your university.
G. A similar story to that in F may be had by interviewing a number of persons about their favorite sacred hymn. "Onward, Christian Soldiers" led the list in Columbus, Ohio.
H. Inquire of twelve or fifteen college men and women what favorite remedies they use for colds. Their varied replies will be startling. Make a feature story of their answers.
I. Question a number of persons in your town, or in your university, about their favorite hobbies, and feature the story as "Riding Hobby Horses with Blank Men and Women."
J. Inquire of the members of the senior class what kinds of husbands or wives they expect to marry. If they do not intend marrying, get their reasons and feature them in a separate story.
K. Spend an afternoon in the kitchens of the university dormitories and write the story.
L. How strictly is the honor system observed in colleges to-day? Interview underclassmen in your college and make a feature of their replies.
INDEX
Abbreviations, 269
Accidents, 149, 153
Accuracy in news, 26, 57, 67, 74, 84, 116, 128, 141, 146
Adaptability, 7
Addresses, 54, 135
"Add" stories, 253
Advance copies of speeches, 54
Advance stories, 54, 193
Advertisement, persons seeking, 47
Advertising manager, 21
Agreement of pronouns, 100
Alone, 108
Ambiguous pronouns, 100
Anger, 46
Appleton Post, quoted, 59, 77
Apostrophe, 266
Arrest sheets, 36
Articles, beginning stories with, 70
Assignments, 42
Associated Press, quoted, 237
Atlanta Constitution, quoted, 190
Automobile races, 189
Autoplate, 16
Bank, 14
Banks in headlines, 281
Banquets, 143
Baseball, 167
Basket-ball, 176
Beats: news runs, 39; scoops, 40
Beginnings of stories, 68
Beginning work, 5
Billiards, 190
Bing-bing-bing style, 93
Blotter, police, 34
Body of the story, 84
Boston Transcript, quoted, 205
Boxed summaries, 76
Boxing matches, 185
Bryan, W. J., 131
Bulldog edition, 5
Business department, 20
Business manager, 20
Capitalization, 256
Cards, calling, 42, 45
Cartoonist, 11
Cashier, 22
Charity benefits, 205
Chase, 16
Chicago American, quoted, 93
Chicago Herald, quoted, 140
Chicago Tribune, quoted, 60, 192, 196, 233, 301
Children, stories about, 30, 151
Circulation manager, 20
City editor, 5, 6, 68, 95
City maps, 43
City room, 3
Clearness, 74, 90, 97, 106, 117
Climactic order, 61, 64
Clippings, 253
Closeness of events, 29
Clubs, 205, 209
Coherence, 90, 109, 129, 141, 218
Colon, 259
Comma, 260
Complex order in stories, 63
Composing room, 13
Compositors, 13
Condensation, 95, 223
Conjunctions, 104, 107
Contests, 30
Conventions, 32, 143
Conversation, 129
Cooerdination of clauses, 104
Copy, 294
Copy cutter, 13
Copy distributor, 13
Copy holder, 16
Copy readers, 5
Corrected copy, 275
Corrected proof, 276
Corrections in copy, 254
Correlative conjunctions, 107
Correspondence stories, 235
Correspondent, 235
Courtesy, 46
Courts, 144
Crime, 149, 160
Cuts, 253
Dana, Charles A., 116
Dances, 204
Dark runs, 40
Dash, 263
Davis, R. H., quoted, 48
Dead, lists of, 150
Deaths, 157
Decisions, court, 145
Delicacy of expression, 113
Des Moines Register, quoted, 66
Dinners, 202
Dispatches, filing, 239
Dress, 46
Dullness in stories, 84
Editor: city, 6; exchange, 9; financial, 10; literary, 10; managing, 11; market, 10; news, 7; society, 6, 10; state, 8; telegraph, 8
Editorializing, 87, 191
Editorial policies, 87
Editorial rooms, 5
Editorials, purpose of, 87
Editorial writers, 11
Editor-in-chief, 12
Elegance, 120
Ellipsis, 106
Emphasis, 93, 97, 110
End-mark in copy, 254
Engagements, announcements, 200, 210
Exaggeration, 86, 146
Exchange editor, 9
Exercises, 285
Extremes in news, 29
Fake stories, 56
Falsehood, detecting, 51
Feature stories, 224
Features, playing up, 69, 127
Figures, 271
Figures of speech, 119
Filing news dispatches, 239
Filing queries, 240
Financial editor, 10
Fires, 149
Flaubert, Gustave, quoted, 116
Following up news, 212
Follow stories, 212
Football, 171, 192
Force, 93, 97, 110, 119
Forms, 16
Fudge, 18
Funerals, 157
Galley proof, 15
Golf, 179
Government publications, 144
Grammar, 99
Helplessness, value in news, 30
Heroism, acts of, 150
Holiday stories, 143
Holmes, George R., quoted, 77
Human interest stories, 224
Humorous stories, 146, 151
Hyphen, 267
Illustrations, 253
Inaccuracy in news, 26, 84
Indianapolis News, quoted, 156
Infinitives, 101
Injured, lists of, 150
Inserts in copy, 252
Instructions from city editor, 68, 95
Instructions to correspondents, 244
Interest in news, 27, 58, 74
Interviewing, 45
Interviews: by telephone, 42; making men talk, 48; numbers of, 135; questions in, 47, 50; requirements for, 45; writing up, 125
Kansas City Star, quoted, 62, 312
Killed, lists of, 150
Labor reporter, 6
Lardner, R. W., quoted, 192
Law of libel, 85, 162
Leads: accident, 149, 153; accuracy in, 74; clearness in, 74; construction, 70; contents of, 69; crime, 160; deaths, 157; feature stories, 230; fires, 149; follow-ups, 213; form of, 72; informal, 78; interest in, 74; interviews, 126; kinds, 68; rewrites, 219; speeches, 135; sports, 165; summarizing, 69, 138; suspense in, 78, 81; verse in, 80
Lectures, 54
Legal decisions, 144
Libel, law of, 85, 162
Librarian, 10
Linotype machine, 13
Lists of dead and injured, 150
Literary editor, 10
Life lost, 150
Localization of news, 29, 127, 218
Local news, 238
Longhand copy, 250
Los Angeles Times, quoted, 203, 204
Luncheons, 202
Magazine articles, 144
Managing editor, 11
Mannerisms, 130, 143
Maps, city, 43
Margins in copy, 250
Marine reporter, 6
Market editor, 10
Marks for correcting copy, 273
Marriages, 201, 210
Matrix, 16
Mechanical department, 13
Memory, need of, 49
Milwaukee Journal, 15, 189
Milwaukee Sentinel, quoted, 80
Minneapolis Tribune, quoted, 64
Morgue, 9
Motives, seeking, 51
Murders, 149
Names, need of accuracy, 53
Nearness of events, 29
Nevin, J. E., quoted, 131-134
News: accuracy in, 26; biased, 56; defined, 26; essentials of, 25; following up, 212; getting into print, 13; nose for, 25; runs, 39; sources, 34, 159, 191, 211, 230; staff, 5; suppression of, 41; timeliness in, 28; values, need of knowing, 25
News editor, 7
Newspaper organization, 3
New York Herald, quoted, 81, 155, 159
New York Sun, 116, 201, 204, 225
New York Times, quoted, 81, 168, 182, 185, 205
New York Tribune, quoted, 176
New York World, quoted, 154, 171, 194, 214
Nose for news, 25
Note-book in reporting, 49
Note-taking, 49
Numbers, 271
Obituaries, 157
Office, city, 3, 43
Omaha News, quoted, 131-134
O'Malley, F. W., quoted, 225
Only, 108
Organization of a newspaper, 3
Organization of stories, 57
Ownership, influence on news, 89
Pagination, 252
Paragraph, the, 97
Paragraph indention, 251
Paragraph marks in copy, 251
Parenthetic expressions, 108
Parentheses, 264
Participles, 102
Pathos in news stories, 31, 151
Period, 259
Personal interests in news, 32
Personals, 206
Philadelphia Public Ledger, quoted 177, 201
Photographers, 11
Photographs, 54
Pitkin, W. B., quoted, 27
Places, well known, in news, 31
Plate, stereotyping, 16
Police: as news gatherers, 34; blotter, 34; bulletin board, 35; headquarters, 34; news, 34; reporter, 39
Policies, newspaper, 87
Political news, 89
Presses, printing, 17
Press room, 17
Printing, speed in, 18
Printing presses, 17
Prominent persons, 31, 51, 218
Pronouns, 91, 100
Proof: correcting, 16; specimen sheet, 276; galley, 15; marks used in correcting, 277
Proof-readers, 15
Proof-readers' marks, 277
Proportion, 111, 129
Punctuation, 256
Queries, 240
Question leads, 79
Questions in interviewing, 47, 50, 127
Quotation-marks, 264
Quotations: in leads, 80; verbatim, 136, 142, 264
Receptions, 203
Record-breaking events, 30
Relation words, 91
Release stories, 54
Repetition, 91, 112
Reporters: duties, 6; getting news, 42, 127; requirements of, 25; suppressing news, 41
Rewrite man, 219
Rewrite stories, 212, 218
Robberies, 149, 162
Rumors, 26, 153
Runs, news, 39
Scoops, 40
Semicolon, 260
Sentences, 72, 95, 99
Sermons, 54, 135
Sheets, 36
Shorthand, 49
Slang, 120, 164
Slips, 35
Slugging a story, 13
Slugs, 14
Society, 199
Society editor, 6, 10, 199
Sources for news, 34, 159, 191, 211, 230, 238
Space order in stories, 60
Speeches, 54, 135
Speed devices, 18
Speed, value in reporting, 57
Spencer, Herbert, 58
Split infinitive, 101
Sporting editor, 8
Sports, 164, 243
State editor, 8
Stereotyping process, 16
Stories: correspondence, 235; getting, 42, 127, 159, 191, 211, 230, 238; starting for, 42
String, correspondent's, 245
Style book, 249
Subjects, shifted, 109
Subordination of clauses, 104
Suicides, 149
Summaries, boxed, 76
Suppression of news, 41, 48
Suspensive leads, 78, 81
Takes, 13, 15, 251
Teas, 202
Technical news stories, 144
Telegraph copy, 8, 239
Telegraph editor, 8
Telegraph news, 239, 244
Telephone, use of, 42, 239
Tennis, 182
Terminology, 278
Testimony, reporting, 145
Timeliness, 28
Time order in stories, 59
Tone, 82, 93
Track meets, 177
Trials, 144
Trite phrases, 119
Typewriter, 250
Underscoring, 253
Under-statement, value of, 87
Unity in sentences, 110
Unity of impression, 82, 93, 232
Unusual, the, value in news, 30
Vagueness of phrasing, 93
Verbs, 101, 103
Verse in leads, 80
Washington Post, quoted, 202, 207
Weather stories, 154
Weddings, 201
Witnesses, statements from, 76, 145
Women's clubs, 205, 209
Words, 116
Writing paper, 250
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Variations in spelling, hyphenation, and spacing in abbreviations have been retained as they appear in the original publication.
Changes have been made as follows:
Page vi greath length and to changed to great length and to
Page viii as schools of law, medicime changed to as schools of law, medicine
Page 46
forget that he is a gentlemen, changed to forget that he is a gentleman,
Page 62 particularly $15 ones, changed to particularly $15 ones.
Page 64 AERIAL TORPEDO BOAT INVENTED changed to AERIAL TORPEDO BOAT INVENTED
Page 88 therefore, to modify the preceeding changed to therefore, to modify the preceding
Page 147 The defendents—a weird assortment of the changed to The defendants—a weird assortment of the
Page 154 The cause of the explosion in changed to The cause of the explosion is
Page 169 right in front of the plate and Nunamaker changed to right in front of the plate and Nunamacher
Page 172 upon the white furs and the laven-ender changed to upon the white furs and the lavender
Page 175 In big games this in In big games this is
Page 179 Paul, 32 ft. 3-3/4 in changed to Paul, 32 ft. 3-3/4 in.
Page 180 H. P. Bingham, of the Mayfield club changed to H. P. Bingham, of the Mayfield Club
Page 191 Yamada—9, 2, 1, 45 30, 0, 75, 0, 45, 4, 2, 82, 0, 1, 31, 1, 0, 0, 9, 2 3, 0, 1, 7, 3—347. Average, changed to Yamada—9, 2, 1, 45, 30, 0, 75, 0, 45, 4, 2, 82, 0, 1, 31, 1, 0, 0, 9, 2, 3, 0, 1, 7, 3—347. Average,
Page 194 in the various sections changed to in the various sections.
Page 195 welcome. The Vandervilt, Astor, Waldorf, changed to welcome. The Vanderbilt, Astor, Waldorf,
his twenty-one-year old son changed to his twenty-one-year-old son
Page 215 a box of figs followed the eggs, Taczowski changed to a box of figs followed the eggs, Taczkowski
Page 231 and I'll fi it." ... changed to and I'll fix it." ...
Page 240 killed at six P:M. by automobile changed to killed at six P.M. by automobile
Page 260 Among those present were: Allen Rogers of Los changed to Among those present were: Allen Rogers of Las
Page 270 and island posessions of the United States changed to and island possessions of the United States
Page 285 here to-day a pair of new fur-lined gloves were changed to here to-day a pair of new fur-lined gloves was
Page 290 for robbing W. G. Gaede,. 444 West Grand Avenue, changed to for robbing W. G. Gaede, 444 West Grand Avenue,
Page 296 They live at 2404 Faraon Street, this city, changed to They live at 2404 Faraon Street, this city.
Page 302 this. I am crushed, overwhelmed, drowned, changed to this. I am crushed, overwhelmed, drowned.
This is for you and and father changed to This is for you and father
Page 303 make a pilgrimage to Hindsale changed to make a pilgrimage to Hinsdale
Page 306 Last Thurdsay evening the people changed to Last Thursday evening the people
Page 314 Kansas City Star, January 21. 1917. changed to Kansas City Star, January 21, 1917.
Page 325 is even, now procuring it, as Gemany changed to is even, now procuring it, as Germany
Page 351 when there is no game warden in sight. changed to when there is no game warden in sight."
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