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

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THE STORY OF " THE SUN"

Circulation in September, 1860,
59,000, 194
Dana's estimate of 50,000 to
60,000 in 1868, 228
in 1871, 100,000, 269
in March, 1875, 120,000, 300
day after Tilden-Hayes election,
220, 390, 323, 325
after other interesting events,
323-325
high-tide marks, 325
Civil War, the Sun in the, 172
et seq.
the Sun declares "the Union
cannot be dissolved," 179
the Sun charges the Herald, the
Daily News, and the StaatsZeitung with disloyalty, 180,
181
the Sun, the Tribune, and the
Times entirely loyal, 185
the Sun's news from Bull Run,
187; from Gettysburg, 188
the Sun protests against Sunday battles, 190
attitude of Greeley and Dana,
211
Clarke, Selah Merrill, night city
editor, 1881-1912, 383
story of the Northampton disaster by, 383
remarkable memory of, 384, 385
head-lines written by, 387, 388
gifts of, as copy reader, 389
Cleveland, Grover, Dana's opposition to, 421, 422
Clubs: Bread and Cheese, Hone,
Union, 122, 123
Cobb, Irvin S., reports Portsmouth
peace conference for Evening
Sun, 399
Coffey, Titian J., recipient of the
"addition, division, and silence" letter, 305
Collins, E. K., an advertiser in
the first Sun, 27
Colt, John C., murders Samuel
Adams, 154
Conkling, Roscoe, in business with
Dana, 216
Connolly, James, reporter, 284
Conventions, national, Sun men
reporting, 344
history of, written by E. G.
Riggs, 346
Cook, Tom, reporter, 284

Cooper, Charles P., city editor,
Evening Sun, 400
Cooper, James Fenimore, 50
Corbin, John, dramatic critic, 411
Coward, Edward Fales, Evening
Sun dramatic critic, 399
Credit Mobilier scandal, 304
Crockett, David, memoirs of, in
the Sun, 51
Cronyn, Thoreau, Dewey's funeral,
report by, 333
Cuba, Dana's interest in struggle
of, 353-355
Cullen, Clarence L., writes "Tales
of the Ex-Tanks," 411
Cummings, Alexander, writes for
the World, 182
Cummings, Amos Jay, secretly
learns typesetting, 264
goes with Filibuster Walker,
265
wins Medal of Honor at Fredericksburg, 265
holds Tribune office against
rioters, 266
conflicts with John Russell
Young, 266
" They say I swear too much,"
267
"To hell with my own copy,"
267
best news man of his day,
268
is first human interest reporter,
268
reports prize fights, 285
Nicara-goo Song of, 289, 290
"Ziska" letters of, 290
is managing editor of the Express, 290
returns to the Sun, 290
is elected to House of Representatives, 290
becomes editor Evening Sun,
290
returns to Congress, 290, 291
death and funeral of, 291
prints murder charts, 414
Curtin, Jeremiah, a Sun contributor, 404
Curtis, David A., Sunday Sun
writer, 412
Curtis, George Ticknor, a Sun
contributor, 404
Curtis, George William, writes for
the Tribune, 161