The story of the Sun, New York, 1833-1918 / by Frank M. O'Brien.

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THE STORY OF "THE SUN"

Beach, Joseph, son of Moses Y.
Beach, 173
Beach, Moses Sperry, becomes a
partner in the Sun, 161, 162
part owner Boston Daily Times,
162
invents printing devices, 162
becomes sole owner of the Sun,
171
brings wood from the Mount of
Olives for Beecher's pulpit,
177
absence of, from the Sun in the
early months of the Civil
War, 189
takes the Sun back, 191
sells the Sun to Dana, 198, 199
bids readers farewell, 200
Beach, Moses Yale, enters Sun
office as bookkeeper, 111
buys the Sun, 127
youth and marriage of, 139
inventions of, 140
joins Benjamin H. Day, 140
owns two buildings where the
Sun had its home, 157
takes sons as partners, 161
enterprise of, in Mexican War,
164, 165
starts for Mexico as President
Polk's special agent, 166'
retires from the Sun, 167
dinner in his honour, 167'
issues various editions of the
Sun, 169
publishes "The Wealth of New
York," 169
father of the newspaper syndicate, 169
Dana's estimate of, 169, 170
amasses a fortune and retires,
170
writes European articles for the
Sun, 173
Beach, Stanley Yale, 163
Becker, Charles, conviction of, reported by E. C. Hill, 320,
321
Beckwith, Arthur, telegraph editor, 280
Beecher, Henry Ward, John Brown
speech of, in the Sun, 177
tribute to H. B. Stanton, 259
trial of, 278
"I don't read the Sun," 310
denounced by the Sun, 311

Belknap, William W., accused by
the Sun in Post-trader scandal
and impeached, 306, 307
Bell, Jared D., part owner, New
Era, 134
Bendelari, George, book-reviewer,
411
Bennett, James Gordon, thrashed
by Col. Webb, 36
work of, for the Courier and
Enquirer, 37
editor Philadelphia Courier, 53
the Sun replies to charge of,
that Day is an infidel, 108
early career of, 109
treats Helen Jewett's murder
sensationally, 114
second assault on, by Webb described, 114
early failures of, 131
debt of, to Day's example, 132
announcement of coming marriage of, 132
establishes the no-credit system,
133
works harder than other proprietors, 174
dies in 1872, 293
"the first yellow journalist,"
413
Bennett, J. G., Jr., takes his
father's place, 298
death of, 132
Bigelow, John, associate of Bryant,.174
Bishop, Joseph W., night city
editor, 372
night editor, 372
Black, Chauncey F., a Sun contributor, 405
Blackwood, Algernon, Evening Sun
reporter, 399
Blatchford, Judge Samuel, historic decision of, in the Shepherd case, 307, 308
Blizzard of March, 1888, 362,
363
Blythe, Samuel G., describes E. G.
Riggs, 346
Bogart, John B., "If a man bites
a dog, that is news," 241
"a whole school of journalism,"
281
possesses "sixth sense," 335,
336
persistence of, 336