Word: ledger
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Situation. When Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis strode into journalism, in 1913, bought the staid, sanctimonious Philadelphia Public Ledger, the eyes that swiveled in his direction widened and awaited a new stroke of genius from the employer of Editors Bok* (Ladies' Home Journal) and Lorimer (Saturday Evening Post...
...Publisher Curtis announced loudly, and at great expense, that the Ledger would become "The Manchester Guardian of the U.S.," in morning and evening editions, which should have meant that it would be a liberal news paper of lofty tone, sound information, independent politics, fearless action and international distinction...
Lofty tone the Ledger already had, but did not cling to. Sound information the Curtis coffers tried to purchase by establishing a wide foreign service and high-priced U.S. correspondents. Independent politics were a little difficult to maintain, because Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis lunched at the Union League Club and had a reputation for highly respectable conservatism...
...Ledger, fattening upon Curtis plenty, prospered notably, but locally, It did not become known as "The Manchester Guardian of the U. S." In addition to his large ambitions, Publisher Curtis was trying to make his paper straddle two divisions of the Philadelphia public-people who avidly pored over the illustrated society section of the Ledger and more people who wanted sensations on the first page, slang in the headlines and, if denied, would read the Ledger's morning rival, the North American...
...section of the U. S. press examined by TIME on Jan. 5 , showed but two changes. The following newspapers were still publishing crossword puzzles last week: Washington Post, Atlanta Constitution, Detroit Free Press, Omaha Bee, Chicago Tribune, Buffalo News, Cleveland Press, Cincinnati Enquirer, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Philadelphia Public Ledger, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Transcript and nine Manhattan dailies. Crossword puzzles had ceased to appear in The Kansas City Star, The Minneapolis Tribune...