At a meeting of the Sane Fourth committee in the city library last evening at seven thirty, it was decided that Smithtown must pass a law forbidding the sale and use of cannon crackers.
INDEX
A
Abbreviations, [287].
Accidents, [3], [107]–[109], [291].
Accuracy, [145], [168], [209], [212], [290].
Addresses, style of, [278], [279], [286], [288], [290], [310].
Advertising, [28].
Ages, how written, [286].
Animal story, [253].
Announcements, of engagements, [210];
social, [212];
stories on, [121];
wedding, [209].
Article beginning, [43], [80].
Assignments, [5], [29].
Associated Press, [10].
Association, City Press, [10], [193].
Athletic news, [219]–[232], [278], [283].
B
Baseball stories, [219].
Beat, or run, [5], [29].
Beat, or scoop, [6], [30].
Beginning of lead, [80], [89];
with article, [43], [80];
with name, [57], [85], [161], [175], [180], [195], [249];
with time, [47].
Beginnings of court reports, [195]–[200];
of human interest stories, [244]–[250];
of interview stories, [179]–[187];
of speech reports, [151]–[164].
Big story, [5], [31];
following–up of, [140];
handling of, [116];
resulting interviews from, [176], [187].
Bills, stories on legislative, [121].
Body of the story, [45], [76];
discussion of, [91];
of court reports, [200];
of follow stories, [129];
of human interest stories, [250];
of interview stories, [185];
of news stories, [122];
of obituaries, [216];
of speech reports, [164].
Book, of tips, [3], [295];
style, [33], [276]–[293].
Box, [32], [188].
Break, to, [31].
Brevity, [13], [206], [217], [231].
Brief summary athletic story, [222].
Bulletins, stories on, [121].
Business office, [28].
C
Capitalization, [276]–[281].
Circulation, [15], [28].
City editor, [2], [29].
City Press Association, [10], [193].
Classes of readers, [16].
Clause beginning of lead, [82].
Clean copy, [30].
Clearness, [91], [104], [123].
Clippings, [295].
Coherence, [166], [266].
Column, [32].
Compositor, [30].
Compounds and divisions of words, [285].
Concreteness, [104], [293].
Conferences, reports of, [119].
Continued case beginning, [196].
Coöperation in newsgathering, [10], [193].
Copy, [30];
preparation of, [289].
Copyreader, [29].
Copyreading, [311].
Corrected, stories to be, [311].
Correspondent, work of, [2];
instructions to, [11], [223].
Court reporting, [4];
discussion of, [192]–[203], [281].
Cover, to, [29].
Crime, stories on, [110]–[116].
Criticism, dramatic, [259]–[275].
Crowd, used as feature, [68].
Cub reporter, [28].
Cynicism, [235], [252].
D
Datelines, [283], [310].
Dates, how written, [278], [286], [290].
Day city editor, [29].
Dead, lists of, [63].
Death element, [3], [22], [61], [73], [107].
Decisions, reports of, [119].
Definiteness, [104].
Desk man, [29].
Despatch, [12], [222].
Dialogue, use of, [103];
in court reports, [200];
in human interest stories, [245], [251];
rules for, [283].
Dictation of stories, [298].
Diction, [290]–[293].
Directories, stories on, [121].
Distance, effect of, [11], [20].
Division of words, [285].
Don'ts, in dramatic reporting, [265];
in general, [290];
in leads, [85]–[90].
Down style, [33].
Dramatic reporting, [259]–[275].
E
Editing, [30], [144].
Editor, [29];
day or night city, [2], [29];
sporting, [29], [219];
state, [2];
Sunday, [29];
telegraph, [2], [29].
Editorial room, [28].
Editorial writers, [29].
Elections, [3], [277], [281], [288].
Emphasis, [102].
Engagement announcements, [210].
Entertainments, reports of, [210].
Exaggeration, [22], [89].
Expected news, [3].
F
Faults in news stories, [75]–[104].
Faulty stories to be corrected, [311].
Feature, the, [27], [31], [37], [41], [50], [106]–[122], [125], [150], [175], [195], [228], [244], [266];
crowd as, [68];
death as, [61], [73];
exaggeration for, [89];
fire fighting as, [67];
how, [57];
in accident stories, [107];
in football stories, [219]–[232];
in human interest stories, [233]–[255];
in murder stories, [114];
in police stories, [118];
in robbery stories, [110];
in speech reports, [150];
in suicide stories, [115];
injuries as, [65];
more than one, [70];
playing up of, [27], [31];
property threatened as, [66];
rescues as, [65];
unexpected attendant circumstances as, [60];
what, [55];
when, [54];
where, [52];
who, [57];
why, [51].
Feature fire story, [50]–[74].
Feature social story, [213].
Feature story, the special, [31], [255].
Featureless fire story, [41]–[49].
Figures, news value of, [24];
use of, [283], [286], [290].
Fine writing, [124], [213], [218], [251].
Fire story, [39], [41], [50], [75], [105], [122].
Fires, [3], [4], [7], [39], [41], [50], [75], [105], [122].
Follow, or follow–up, story, [32];
relation of, to court reports, [197];
relation of, to interviews, [187];
writing of, [125], [130]–[140].
Following up related subjects, [140].
Football stories, [219]–[232].
Form of the news story, [34]–[40].
Freak leads in speech reports, [163].
G
Gathering the news, [1]–[13];
in athletic reporting, [230];
in court reporting, [193];
in human interest stories, [234];
in interviewing, [169];
in reporting speeches, [144].
Generalities, meaningless, [89].
Gist, [31], [36], [233], [243], [266].
Grammar, [78], [84], [123].
Group interviews, [187].
H
Heads, headlines, [27], [30], [78], [188].
Hospitals, as news sources, [4].
How, feature in, [57].
Human interest stories, [17], [24], [32], [178], [185], [191], [198];
discussion of, [233]–[255].
Humor, [24], [198], [214], [241].
Humorous story, [241].
I
Infinitive beginning of lead, [81].
Injuries, feature in, [65];
list of, [64].
Instructions to correspondents, [12].
Interest, [14], [35], [92], [102], [104], [141], [179], [192];
human, [17], [24], [32], [178], [185], [191], [198], [233]–[255].
Interview stories, [175]–[191].
Interviews, for facts, [6], [103];
for opinions, [6], [141], [169]–[191];
group, [187].
K
Keynote beginning of speech report, [158].
Killing a story, [30].
L
Lead, [31];
beginning of, [80], [89];
don'ts in, [85]–[90];
in athletic stories, [223], [227];
in court reports, [195]–[200];
in fire stories, [39], [42], [50], [77]–[90];
in follow stories, [127]–[140];
in human interest stories, [233];
in interview stories, [179]–[185], [188];
in obituary stories, [214];
in other news stories, [106];
in speech reports, [147]–[164];
length of, [75];
main verb of, [86].
Leaded, [32].
Length, of lead, [75];
of paragraphs, [75];
of sentences, [76].
Line–up of teams, [232].
Linotype, [30].
Lists of dead and injured, [63];
of guests, patronesses, etc., [211], [282];
of names, [282].
Local interest, [21], [26].
Long football story, [226].
Loss of life, [22], [61], [73];
of property, [23], [55].
M
Mailing stories, [13].
Main verb of lead, [86].
Make–up, making up, [31], [37].
Manner, reporter's, [172].
Marriages, [206].
Meaningless generalities, [89].
Meetings, reports of, [3], [119], [291].
Money, sums of, [281], [286], [290].
Morgue, [4], [216].
"Mr.", use of, [287], [292], [310].
Murders, [113].
N
Name beginning, in court reports, [195];
in human interest stories, [249];
in interview stories, [175], [180];
in news stories, [57], [85], [108]–[116];
in speech reports, [161].
Names, prominent, [23], [57], [108]–[116], [150], [161], [178];
use of, [276], [277], [280]–[283].
Narrative order, in athletic stories, [227];
in court reports, [200];
in human interest stories, [250];
in interview stories, [185];
in news stories, [34]–[40], [92]–[102];
in obituaries, [215];
in speech reports [166];
in wedding stories, [207].
News, [14]–[27], [125];
agencies for gathering, [10], [193];
coöperation in gathering, [10], [193];
expected and unexpected, [3];
gathering of, [1]–[13], [144], [169], [193], [230], [234];
sources of, [4], [29];
sporting, [219]–[232], [278], [283].
New story, [34]–[124].
News story form, [34]–[40].
News tips, [3], [30], [295].
News values, [11], [14]–[27], [38], [41], [204], [233].
Newspaper terms, [28]–[33].
Night city editor, [29].
Nose for news, viii.
Notebook, [170].
Note taking, in athletic reporting, [230];
in court reporting, [194];
in dramatic reporting, [267];
in interviewing, [170];
in speech reporting, [144].
Noun beginning of lead, [80].
O
Obituaries, [214].
Order of narrative (see Narrative order).
Outlining of a story, [99].
P
Paragraph length, [75], [290].
Paragraphing, [48], [75], [166], [186], [290].
Participial phrase beginning for lead, [83], [158].
Parts of a news story, [46], [76], [91].
Pathetic story, [238].
Pathos, [24], [198], [238].
Personal appeal,
[25], [249].
Personal news, [20], [204].
Photographs, [13].
Playing up, [31];
of the feature, [27], [31].
Point of view of newspaper, [8].
Police court news, [4], [118].
Policy, [26].
Political news, [25].
Practice, [294].
Preparation of copy, [289].
Prepositional phrase beginning, [82].
Press Associations, [10], [193].
Printed matter, stories on, [121].
Prominent names, [23], [57], [108]–[116], [150], [161], [178].
Proof, [30].
Proofreader's signs, [32], [290].
Property losses as features, [23], [55].
Property threatened as feature, [66].
Public records, [4].
"Punch," [13].
Punctuation, [281].
Purpose of newspapers, [14].
Q
Q. & A. testimony, [201], [283], [288].
Queries, [12].
Questions, reader's customary, as features, [51];
in fire stories, [38], [42], [50], [77];
in follow stories, [132];
in human interest stories, [233];
in interview stories, [179];
in obituaries, [215];
in other news stories, [106];
in speech reports, [150].
Quotation beginnings, direct, [151], [153], [183], [198], [245];
indirect, [154].
Quotations, [103], [146], [164], [186], [189], [200], [284].
Quoting, rules for, [284].
R
Range of news sources, [20].
Readers, classes of, [16].
Reader's customary questions. See Questions.
Receptions, [210], [291].
Rehashing, [125]–[130].
Related stories, [140], [176], [187].
Releasing a story, [31], [144].
Reporter, [2], [28], [170], [186], [219], [235], [258], [259], [292].
Reporting court news, [192]–[202], [281].
Reports, dramatic, [259]–[275];
of meetings, conferences, decisions, etc., [119];
of speeches, sermons, lectures, etc., [143]–[168].
Rescues as features, [65].
Rewrite man, [125].
Rewrite story, [32], [125]–[130].
Robberies, [110], [291].
Runs, or beats, [5], [29].
Running a story, [30].
Running story, [31], [189], [200], [223], [227].
S
Sarcasm, [274].
Scoop, or beat, [6], [30].
Season story, [257].
Second day story, [32], [125], [130]–[140].
Sensationalism, [18], [90], [234].
Sentence length, [76].
Sermons, reports of, [3], [143]–[168].
Set up, to, [30].
Simple fire story, [40]–[49].
Slang, [28], [292].
Slash, to, [37], [92].
Slug, [30].
Sob squad, [236].
Social announcements, [212].
Social news, [204]–[214].
Sources of news, [4], [29].
Speaker beginning, [161], [180].
Special feature story, [255].
Speech reports, [3], [143]–[168], [284], [291].
Sporting editor, [29], [219].
Sporting news, [219]–[232].
Staff, [28].
State editor, [2].
Stenographic reports, [144], [194].
Stickful, [32].
Stories to be corrected, [311].
Storms, [3], [116].
Story, [30];
baseball, [219]–[232];
big, see Big story;
body of, see Body of the story;
faults in news, [75]–[104];
feature fire, [50]–[74];
fire, [38], [40], [105], [122];
follow, follow–up, or second day, [32], [125], [130]–[140];
form of news, [34]–[40];
news, [34]–[40], [50], [75], [105]–[124];
on announcements, bulletins, and other printed matter, [121];
on legislative bills, [121];
parts of news, [45], [76], [91];
police court, [118];
related, [140];
rewrite, [32], [125]–[130];
running, [31], [189], [200], [223], [227];
simple fire, [41]–[49];
special feature, [255];
summary athletic, [222];
unusual social, [213].
Street numbers, [278], [279], [286], [288], [290], [292], [310].
Style, [13], [33], [103], [233], [251].
Style Book, [33], [276]–[293].
Suggestions for study, [4], [294].
Suicide stories, [115], [291].
Summary beginning, for court reports, [197];
for interview stories, [182], [188];
for speech reports, [157].
Sums of money, [281], [286], [290].
Sunday editor, [29].
Superlatives, [222], [292].
T
Tables of athletic results, [232], [283].
Taking notes. See Note taking.
Telegraph editor, [2], [29].
Telegraph queries, [12].
Telephone, use of, [13].
Terms, newspaper, [28]–[33].
Testimony, [200].
That–clause beginning, in interview stories, [182];
in speech reports, [154].
Theatrical news, [259]–[275], [284].
Time, indication of, [281], [286].
Time beginning, [47].
Timeliness, in general, [19];
in human interest stories, [238], [256], [286];
in interviews, [176], [187].
Tips, [3], [30], [295].
Title beginning of speech report, [160].
Titles, use of, [276], [277], [279], [282], [284], [287], [290], [292].
Track news, [219], [223].
Truthfulness, [8];
in general, [290];
in human interest stories, [239];
in interviewing, [179];
in speech reporting, [145], [168].
Typewriter, use of, [289].
U
Unexpected attendant circumstances, [60].
Unexpected news, [2].
Uniformity, [33], [34], [289].
United Press, [10].
Unusual social stories, [213].
Unusualness, [24], [213].
Up style, [33].
Uplift run, [236], [254].
Usual football story, [223].
V
Values, news, [11], [14], [27], [38], [41], [204], [233].
Vaudeville reports, [264].
Vernacular, newspaper, [28].
Vividness, [104], [114], [116].
W
Weather story, [256].
Wedding announcements, [209].
Wedding story, [206].
What, as feature, [55].
When, as feature, [54].
Where, as feature, [52].
Who, as feature, [57].
Why, as feature, [51].
Wordiness, [87].
Y
Yarn, [30].
Transcriber's Note:
Inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation, punctuation and in spacing in abbreviations have been retained as in the original, along with deliberate misspellings and errors in "News Stories to be Corrected" in [Appendix II].