Types of News Writing

INDEX TO NEWS STORIES

• Accident, automobile, 23, 24.
• Accident, drowning, 39, 40, 42.
• Accident, fall from scaffold, 39.
• Accident, humorous treatment of, 25.
• Accident, marine, 32, 34, 35.
• Accident, mine, 36, 38.
• Accident, pathetic treatment of, 25.
• Accident, railroad, 29, 30, 31.
• Accident, shooting, 42.
• Accident, storm, 35, 196.
• Accident, subway, 26.
• Accidents, 22–44.
• Addresses, 127–131.
• Adoption of child, 100.
• Agricultural fair, 143.
• Alumnae meeting, 228.
• Animal stories, 19, 256–259.
• Anniversary, church celebration of, 228.
• Arrest for embezzlement, 50.
• Arrest for forgery, 49.
• Arrest for hold-up, 55, 56, 57.
• Arrest for intoxication, 48.
• Arrest for murder, 59, 65.
• Arrest for passing worthless checks, 50.
• Arrest for swindle, 49.
• Arrest, humorous treatment of, 48.
• Arrest, pathetic treatment of, 57.
• “Asleep at the switch,” 48.
• Assignment in bankruptcy, 96.
• Attorney general, opinion of, 90.
• Automobile bandits, 55.
• Automobile collision, 23, 24.
• Automobile drivers’ strike, 187.
• Automobile ordinance, violation of, 78.
• Automobile parade, 149, 150.
• Automobile show, opening of, 142.
• Bandit, automobile, 55.
• Bandit, pathetic story of, 57.
• Bandit, street car, 57.
• Bankruptcy case, 95, 96.
• Banquet, 157.
• Baseball, 212–216.
• Baseball game, humorous treatment of, 215.
• Bazaar, charity, 230.
• Bonds, sale of municipal, 245.
• Boston Advertiser, story from, 25.
• Boston Globe, story from, 212.
• Boston Herald, stories from, 23, 40, 143, 171, 246.
• Boston Journal, story from, 251.
• Boston Post, story from, 212.
• Boston Transcript, stories from, 16, 18, 34, 138, 192, 219, 224, 239, 240, 244, 247.
• Boston Traveler, story from, 29.
• Bridge party, 229.
• Brooklyn Eagle, stories from, 42, 88.
• Building of new hotel, 244.
• Burglary, 54.
• Burglary, human interest treatment of, 54.
• Business merger, 242.
• Card party, 228, 229.
• Carnegie, Andrew, toast by, at banquet, 157.
• Cat, death of, 258.
• Cathedral service, anniversary, 160.
• Charity bazaar, 230.
• Chicago Daily News, stories from, 68, 136.
• Chicago Evening Post, stories from, 102, 226, 228, 229.
• Chicago Herald, stories from, 47, 54, 55, 66, 91, 95, 105, 115, 120, 222, 223, 227, 228, 229, 234, 236, 258.
• Chicago Inter Ocean, stories from, 67, 108, 109, 171, 222, 258.
• Chicago Record-Herald, stories from, 37, 146, 184.
• Chicago Tribune, stories from, 19, 39, 42, 73, 105, 130, 137, 138, 164, 187, 188, 244, 246.
• Children, news stories of, 25, 26, 39, 41, 42, 43, 47, 54, 154, 158, 159, 250.
• Children’s court, 79.
• Chinese girls in court, 79.
• Christian Science Monitor, stories from, 217, 235.
• Christmas dinner, family reunion at, 227.
• Christmas in children’s hospital, 154.
• Christmas pantomime, 155.
• Christmas, preparations for celebrating, 152.
• Church, anniversary celebration in, 160.
• City bonds, sale of, 245.
• City council meeting, 117.
• College alumnae meeting, 228.
• College class day, 166.
• College commencement, 162–166.
• College crew prospects, 216.
• College crew races, 217.
• College fraternity dinner, 226.
• College glee club, entertainment for, 229.
• Collision, automobile, 23, 24.
• Collision, railroad, 30, 31.
• Collision, ships in, 34.
• Colorado miners’ strike, 188.
• Colorado miners’ strike, investigation of, 108.
• Commencement exercises, college, 162–166.
• Common council meeting, 117.
• Conventions, 119–123.
• Convict, capture of escaped, 67.
• Convict, pathetic story of escaped, 68.
• Council, meeting of city, 117.
• Counterfeiter, human interest story of, 83.
• County fair, 143.
• Court decisions, 88, 89, 90.
• Court, pathetic story of, 78.
• Court, police, 78.
• Courts, civil, 88–105.
• Courts, criminal, 81–87.
• Courtship, unusual, 221, 222.
• Crew, prospects of college, 216.
• Crew races, college, 217.
• Dancing parties, 226, 227, 228.
• Deaths, 171–177.
• Decision, court, 88, 89, 90.
• Decoration Day parade, 151.
• Defalcation of bank clerk, 51.
• Delinquency of young girl, 66.
• Detroit News, stories from, 83, 94.
• Dinner parties, 226, 227.
• Disorderly conduct, arrest for, 58.
• Divers, death of, in ship’s hold, 32.
• Dividend, railroad company’s, 246.
• Divorce suit, 93, 94.
• Docks, stories from, 250–254.
• Dog, death of, 258.
• Drowning, 39–42, 196.
• Duluth Herald, stories from, 87, 89.
• Easter, 193.
• Eclipse of sun, 197.
• Elections, 179–184.
• Election day, 180.
• Election, forecast of, 179.
• Election, returns of city, 183.
• Election, returns of state, 182, 183.
• Elopement, 223.
• Embezzlement, 51.
• Engagement, announcement of, 226.
• Entertainment, Christmas, in hospital, 154.
• Entertainment, Christmas pantomime, 153.
• Entertainment for charity, 230.
• Entertainment in children’s hospital, 158.
• Entertainment, lawn fête, 159.
• Entertainment, school, 158.
• Exhibitions, 142.
• Explosion, cause of fire, 16, 19.
• Explosion in fireworks plant, 19.
• Explosion in mine, 36.
• Explosion in subway, 26.
• Explosion in tannery, 16.
• Failure, commercial, 95, 96.
• Fair, agricultural, 143.
• Fall from scaffold, 39.
• Fête, lawn, 159.
• Fight on elevated train, 58.
• Fight on wagon, 78.
• Financial news, 245, 246.
• Fire, fatal, in factory, 19.
• Fire, fatal, in lodging house, 21.
• Fire, fatal, in tenement, 21.
• Fire in university building, 17.
• Fire, investigation of cause of, 18, 21, 22.
• Fires, 16–22.
• Football, 202–212.
• Football game, 205, 207.
• Football game, analysis of, 209.
• Football game, day of, 202, 203.
• Forgery, 49, 50, 78.
• Forgery, pathetic treatment of, 78.
• Golf match, 219.
• Hearing before investigating committee, 108, 110.
• Hearing in investigation, pathetic treatment of, 110.
• Hearing on city ordinance, 112, 113, 115.
• Hearing on ordinance, humorous treatment of, 113.
• Highway robbery, 55.
• Hippopotamus, story of, 257.
• Hold-up, 55, 56, 57.
• Hospital, Christmas in children’s, 154.
• Hospital, entertainment in children’s, 158.
• Hospital, surgical operation in, 170.
• Hotel, new, 244.
• Hotel story, humorous, 249.
• Humorous stories, 25, 47, 48, 55, 57, 58, 78, 91, 92, 113, 121, 122, 142, 150, 156, 157, 198, 215, 222, 249, 250, 252.
• Illness, 168.
• Indian, dying, 169.
• Indianapolis News, stories from, 133, 134.
• Insanity case in court, 91.
• Inspection, medical, of schools, 236.
• Interview with educator, 134.
• Interview with official, 133.
• Interview with opera singer, 136.
• Interview with woman philanthropist, 135.
• Interviews, 133–137.
• Interviews, group of, 137.
• Investigation, congressional, of strike, 108.
• Investigation of drowning, 40.
• Investigation of fire, 18, 21, 22.
• Investigation of strike, 108, 110.
• Investigation, pathetic treatment of, 110.
• Jubilee service in cathedral, 160.
• Juvenile delinquency, 66.
• Kansas City Star, stories from, 38, 49, 51, 56, 57, 60, 62, 65, 66, 78, 100, 127, 130, 135, 168, 172, 218, 227, 228, 235, 259.
• Kansas City Times, stories from, 159, 171.
• Labor difficulties and strikes, 186–190.
• Larceny, conviction for, 87.
• Law suit, humorous treatment of, 92.
• Lawn fête, 159.
• Lawrence, Mass., textile strike at, 190.
• Lecture, 131.
• Legislature, meeting of state, 116.
• Library, public, 237.
• Los Angeles Times, story from, 57.
• Luncheon, 228.
• Madison Democrat, stories from, 121, 129.
• Mann Act, violation of, 66.
• Manual training school, opening of, 234.
• Manufacturing, new method in, 243.
• Marine news stories, 32, 34, 35, 250, 251, 252, 254.
• Market, opening of, 145.
• Market prices, retail, 246, 247.
• Mawson, Sir Douglas, lecture by, 131.
• Medical inspection in schools, 236.
• Meeting of city council, 117.
• Meeting of Friends, 123.
• Meeting of old clothes men, 122.
• Meeting of safety council, 120.
• Meeting of state legislature, 116.
• Meetings, 116–123.
• Memorial Day parade, 151.
• Merger of business concerns, 242.
• Milwaukee Daily News, stories from, 31, 43.
• Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin, stories from, 43, 55, 156.
• Milwaukee Free Press, stories from, 110, 137, 168.
• Milwaukee Journal, stories from, 29, 44.
• Milwaukee Sentinel, stories from, 30, 73, 78, 82, 170, 237, 242.
• Mine explosion, 36, 38.
• Miners, attempt to rescue, 38.
• Miners, strike of, 188.
• Mirage, 250.
• Mule, trick, 259.
• Municipal bonds, sale of, 245.
• Municipal equipment, new, 240.
• Municipal improvements, 239.
• Murder, constructive treatment of, 60, 62, 63, 65.
• Murder, pathetic treatment of, 63, 65.
• Murder trial, 84.
• Murders, 58–66.
• Museum, public, 238.
• Musicale, 228.
• Nelson, William Rockhill, death of, 176.
• New York Evening Mail, stories from, 70, 158.
• New York Evening Post, stories from, 22, 74, 123, 138, 142, 147, 160, 162, 165, 174, 177, 187, 195, 202, 203, 209, 254.
• New York Evening Telegram, story from, 93.
• New York Globe, stories from, 236, 249.
• New York Herald, stories from, 103, 112, 131, 149, 186, 194, 225, 227, 230, 241, 249.
• New York Sun, stories from, 33, 61, 63, 79, 84, 92, 100, 122, 166, 250, 252.
• New York Times, stories from, 17, 21, 26, 35, 39, 48, 72, 96, 98, 113, 119, 128, 142, 145, 151, 155, 158, 173, 180, 183, 190, 196, 215, 216, 224, 226, 230, 238, 250.
• New York Tribune, stories from, 24, 32, 49, 59.
• New York World, stories from, 21, 41, 48, 58, 61, 71, 81, 99, 150, 157, 182, 233, 256, 257.
• Obituaries, 172–177.
• Obituary of college dean, 177.
• Obituary of editor, 176.
• Obituary of fireman, 172.
• Obituary of Italian undertaker, 174.
• Obituary of politician, 173.
• Obituary of William Rockhill Nelson, 176.
• Ohio State Journal, story from, 121.
• Old clothes men, meeting of, 117.
• Operation, surgical, 170.
• Opinion of attorney general, 90.
• Ordinance, hearing on, 112, 113, 115.
• Ordinance introduced in city council meeting, 117.
• Ordinance, opposition to proposed, 118.
• Pantomime, Christmas, 154.
• Parade, automobile, 149, 150.
• Parade, Memorial Day, 151.
• Parties, social, 227–229.
• Patent case, award in, 98.
• Pathetic news stories, 25, 38, 42, 57, 63, 65, 68, 72, 73, 78, 110, 168.
• Penitentiary convict, escaped, 67, 68.
• Philadelphia Inquirer, story from, 170.
• Philadelphia Ledger, stories from, 35, 117, 118, 176, 202, 225, 228, 229, 244.
• Philadelphia Telegraph, story from, 257.
• Police court case, 78.
• Police news stories, 47–74.
• Poultry show, opening of, 142.
• Probate court case, 100, 104, 105.
• Providence Journal, story from, 154.
• Railroad accidents, 29–31.
• Railroad company declares dividend, 246.
• Railroad wreck, fatal, 30, 31.
• Railroad’s safety campaign, 241.
• Real estate transactions, 244.
• Receivership proceedings, 95.
• Regatta of college crews, 217.
• Report of federal bureau, 138.
• Report of federal official, 139.
• Report of scientist, 138.
• Rescue of drowning man, 41.
• Robbery by automobile bandits, 55.
• Robbery, highway, 55.
• Robbery, hold-up, 56, 57.
• Robbery, pathetic treatment of, 57.
• Robbery, story of, told in court, 82.
• Rowing, college crew races, 217.
• Rowing, prospects of college crew, 216.
• Runaway boy, 47.
• Runaway boy in court, 81.
• Runaway, heroism of policeman in, 22.
• Runaway, humorous treatment of, 25.
• Safety campaign by railroad, 241.
• Safety council meeting, 120.
• Sailor, story of, 250.
• St. Louis Globe-Democrat, stories from, 131, 183.
• St. Louis Post Dispatch, story from, 116.
• San Francisco Chronicle, stories from, 54, 90, 139.
• San Francisco Examiner, stories from, 25, 36, 250.
• School entertainment, 158.
• School for backward children, 235.
• School, new manual training, 234.
• School, new vocational, 234.
• Schools, 233–236.
• Schools, medical inspection in, 236.
• Schools, new method of spelling in, 134.
• Schools, opening of new, 234.
• Schools, opening of public, 233.
• Schools, reading in, 235.
• Schools, reading tests in, 236.
• Search for lost child, 43.
• Search for lost treasure, 252.
• Separation, suit for, 93.
• Sermon, 160.
• Ship battered by gale, 35.
• Ship, divers die in hold of, 32.
• Ship news stories, 32, 34, 35, 250, 251, 252, 254.
• Ships, collision of, 34.
• Shipwreck, 35.
• Shooting accident, 42.
• Shooting, murders by, 58–66.
• Shows, automobile, poultry, etc., 142.
• Snow storm, 193.
• Speeches, 127–130.
• Sporting news, 200–220.
• Sporting news, baseball, 212–216.
• Sporting news, football, 202–212.
• Sporting news, golf match, 219.
• Sporting news, rowing, 216, 217.
• Sporting news, tennis match, 218.
• Spring, first day of, 194.
• Springfield Republican, stories from, 104, 172, 179, 193, 205, 207, 240, 248.
• Squirrel in city hall park, 256.
• Statue, unveiling of, 147.
• Storm batters fishing vessel, 35.
• Storm causes shipwreck, 35.
• Storm damages building, 196.
• Storm, snow, 193.
• Storm, wind, 196.
• Stowaway, 251.
• Street car accident, 24, 25.
• Street car bandit, pathetic story of, 57.
• Street car collision with automobile, 24.
• Street car kills boy, 25.
• Street improvements, 240.
• Strike at Lawrence, Mass., 190.
• Strike, congressional investigation of, 108.
• Strike, investigation of, 110.
• Strike of Colorado miners, 188.
• Strike of taxicab drivers, 187.
• Strike of textile workers, 190.
• Strike of wholesale grocers’ employes, 187.
• Strike, possibility of, 186.
• Strikes, 186–190.
• Subway, accident in, 26.
• Subway, human interest story of, 250.
• Suicide attempted by schoolgirl, 73.
• Suicide, cause of attempted, 74.
• Suicide of business man, 70.
• Suicide of old couple, 71.
• Suicide of seamstress, 73.
• Suicide, pathetic treatment of, 72, 73.
• Suicides, 70–74.
• Suit at law, humorous treatment of, 92.
• Supreme court decision, 88, 89, 90.
• Supreme court decision, human interest treatment of, 89.
• Surgical operation, 70.
• Swindle, 49.
• Taxicab drivers’ strike, 187.
• Tennis match, 218.
• Theatre parties, 228.
• Toast at banquet, 157.
• Topeka Capital, stories from, 50, 226.
• Train derailed, 29.
• Train wreck, fatal, 30, 31.
• Trick mule, 259.
• Tunnel, opening of, 146.
• University building destroyed by fire, 17.
• University class day, 166.
• University commencement, 162–166.
• Unveiling of statue, 147.
• Vocational school, opening of, 234.
• Vote, forecast of state, 179.
• Vote on state-wide prohibition, 184.
• Voting, election day, 180.
• Washington Herald, story from, 197.
• Washington Post, story from, 198.
• Washington Times, story from, 152.
• Wayward girl, 66.
• Weather, 192–199.
• Weather, cold summer, 195.
• Weather, first winter, 192.
• Weather, high wind, 196.
• Weather, snow storm, 193.
• Weather, spring, 194.
• Wedding, elopement, 223.
• Wedding of cowboy, 222.
• Wedding of septuagenarians, 223.
• Wedding, result of unusual romance, 222.
• Weddings, 221–226.
• Wharves, stories from, 250–254.
• Will admitted to probate, 100, 104.
• Will, suit to break, 103.
• Wilson, speech by President, 128, 130.
• Wind, accidents due to, 196.
• Winter weather, 192, 193.
• Wisconsin State Journal, story from, 90.
• Zoo story, 257.