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Hungarian background of, xii, 4, 9–19, 35, 55, 71, 108, 116, 135–36, 146, 253, 382, 474n, 476n, 481n
Hungarian emigration of, 17–19, 476n
as immigrant, 4, 17–19, 28, 29, 30–31, 35, 136, 141, 146, 479n–82n
in Indianapolis, Ind., 125–26 185–186
India trip cancelled by, 282–83, 284
insomnia of, 1–2, 190, 237, 282, 290, 294, 328, 409, 451, 456–57, 458
interviews given by, 105, 155–56, 177–78, 270, 308–9
investments of, 97, 101–3, 112, 116, 141, 159–60, 294, 333, 340, 365, 371, 406–7, 444
in Jefferson City, Mo., 45, 56–69, 72–73, 75, 77–78, 80–84, 86, 105–6, 116–19, 120, 140, 179, 485n
on Jekyll Island, 2, 259–60, 290, 295–96, 297, 308–11, 318, 323, 324, 331–32, 333, 336, 337–38, 343, 346–47, 348, 364, 371, 373, 376, 379–80, 384, 389, 393, 411, 456, 509n
Jewish background of, xiii, 4, 9–11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 47, 66n, 108–9, 141, 146, 178, 248–49, 252, 253, 260–63, 265, 288, 324, 366, 395, 443, 474n, 498n, 499n, 520n
as journalist, xi, 35–36, 61–66, 120, 130, 131–33, 136–37, 138, 139, 151–52, 157, 160–61, 170, 173, 182–83, 186–87, 241, 260, 308–9, 330–31, 354, 376–79, 453–54, 458–59, 461, 481n–82n
Justice Department investigation of, xii, 4–5, 421–24, 426, 428, 429–36, 446–50, 525n, 526n
in Kensington, England, 324–25, 347
in Kingston, N.Y., 21
in Knob Noster, Mo., 108–9
labor unions as viewed by, 183–84, 190, 212, 296–98
in Lakewood, N.J., 314, 316, 361, 362, 363
last words of (“Leise, ganz leise”), 457
as law clerk, 35, 210
as lawyer, 120, 138–40, 153, 184, 497n–98n
legal representation of, 66, 70–71, 77–78, 101–3, 257, 316–17, 332, 428–38, 440, 446–50, 489n
legal studies of, 64, 101, 103, 104
legislation proposed by, 57, 60–61, 67–68, 69
in Le Havre, France, 272
in Lenox, Mass., 221, 244, 256, 301
libel suits against, 119, 183, 223
as Liberal Republican, 57–58, 69, 71–77, 78, 80–94, 95, 97, 100, 104–6, 112, 120, 125, 126, 127, 128, 136, 138, 140, 173, 175–76, 181, 488n, 489n–90n, 491n, 492n, 493n, 494n
library of, 2, 14, 272–73, 290, 292, 398, 456–57
in London, 2, 238, 254–56, 271–72, 277, 312, 344, 366, 368, 370, 381, 397–98, 441
in Long Branch, N.J., 137, 193–94, 499n
in Los Angeles, 270
love life of, 103–4, 137, 138–46, 497n
loyalty to, 302–3, 374–75, 384, 400–401
in Lucerne, 285
in Makó, Moravia, 9–12, 14, 15–16, 17, 474n, 475n
mansion of (East Seventy-third Street), 362–63, 371–72, 373, 385, 389, 403, 424, 454, 458, 461
medical advice for, 264, 269–83, 287–88, 294–95, 298, 325, 329, 335, 376, 456–57
Mediterranean cruises of, 281–83, 289–90, 310, 407–8, 444, 449, 480n
in Menton, France, 289, 409–10
Mephistopheles identified with, 493n
at Missouri constitutional convention (1874), 109–10, 115, 116–19, 120, 144
at Monte Carlo, 328
moral values of, 169–70, 366, 373, 379–81, 406–7, 520n–21n
mortgages of, 155, 160, 170–71, 175–76, 257, 289
mother’s portrait given to, 397
as mule tender, 31
musical interests of, 100, 103–4, 137, 258, 277
in Naples, 281
at Narragansett Pier, R.I., 343–44
in New Orleans, 269–70
in Newport, R.I., 307
in New York, N.Y., 21–22, 27–28, 90–91, 112–14, 124, 128–30, 135–36, 137, 145, 151, 153, 177–78, 189, 201, 202, 206–40, 242, 244–53, 269, 276, 290–91, 299, 305–8, 312–13, 391, 411, 421, 424–26, 452, 454–55, 456
in Nice, France, 415
noise avoided by, 1–2, 299, 303–4, 311, 324, 328, 348, 376, 397, 412–13, 424, 441, 442, 454
in Norfolk, Va., 427, 434
as notary public, 35
obituaries for, 458
optometrists consulted by, 264
Pacific voyage proposed for, 270, 271
in Paris, 100, 122–23, 150–51, 238, 254, 271, 277, 280–81, 289, 290, 296–300, 306, 344, 441
parliamentary skills of, 116–17, 127
passport of, 71
personality of, 4, 14, 17, 32, 41–42, 47, 61–66, 78–79, 101, 116, 135–36, 141, 150, 170, 187–88, 206, 212, 227, 263–65, 269–83, 303–4, 359–60, 379–80, 398, 402–3, 493n, 514n
personal staff of, 2, 247, 272–73, 276, 277, 278, 300–301, 304, 305–6, 309, 330, 338, 347, 364, 379, 380–81, 388, 397–98, 399, 407–8, 410–12, 444, 452–53, 456–57, 459, 460, 461, 480n, 484n
in Pest, 12–17
philosophy studied by, 34, 39–42, 67
photographs of, 229, 310, 385, 404
physical appearance of, 18, 37, 47, 70–71, 75, 76–77, 85, 101, 104, 108–9, 116, 141, 146, 307, 310, 335, 377, 385, 397–98, 409–12
physical assaults against, 179–80, 195
physical complaints of, 1–2, 221, 243, 256, 263–65, 269–83, 287–88, 294–95, 298, 303–4, 309–10, 311, 325, 329, 335, 359–60, 376, 384–85, 454, 456–57, 514n
pistol carried by, 179, 502n
as police commissioner, xii, 78–79, 82, 83, 91, 95–97, 101, 166, 494n
political career and influence of, 2–5, 23, 39–40, 43–50, 52–75, 80–97, 105–20, 123, 124–33, 137, 151–52, 160–61, 174, 176–89, 208, 216, 219–32, 234, 257, 262–63, 269, 271–72, 296–98, 347–48, 359, 369–70, 381–82, 388–93, 404, 414–16, 515n
portraits of, 310, 362
press coverage of, 53–55, 62–63, 65, 73–74, 79, 82–84, 92–93, 105, 106, 108–9, 110, 113–15, 125, 126, 127, 129, 141, 155–57, 177–78, 188, 201, 206, 207–8, 217, 218–19, 228–29, 249, 255–56, 261–63, 270, 307, 308–9, 347–48, 387, 426, 428, 429, 430, 458, 491n–92n
private train of, 331, 337, 376–77, 402, 456–57
as publisher, 1–5, 85, 93, 97, 99, 101–3, 119, 130, 144–45, 153–68, 173, 174, 175–76, 192, 204–10, 254–55, 256, 487n, 491n–92n
Pulitzer Prize and, xi, 4, 376–77, 380, 461, 522n
racial views of, 107–8
railroad journeys of, 217–18, 269–70, 282, 331, 337, 370, 376–77, 402, 456–57
readers hired by, 272–73, 290, 292, 398, 456–57
reading by, 2, 14, 32–33, 35, 50
reference works used by, 250
as reformer, 3, 4, 45, 80–94, 105–6, 107, 125–27, 133, 140, 150, 160, 184, 187, 198–99, 222–23, 224, 245, 246, 293–94, 305, 359–60, 381–82, 406–7, 416
religious convictions of, 4, 260
as reporter, 35–36, 39, 43–50, 52, 56, 61–66, 70, 75, 77, 78, 82–83, 101, 121–22, 127, 131–33, 151–52, 160, 192–94, 481n–82n, 487n, 498n
Republicans attacked by, 106–7, 125–29, 130, 131, 161, 185–86, 188–89
Republicans supported by, 43–46, 50, 51–55, 57, 71–77, 128, 130
reputation of, xi, 1, 3–5, 35–36, 46–47, 52–53, 61–66, 76–79, 81, 82–83, 89, 106–7, 108, 110, 113–15, 116, 120–23, 125–29, 131–33, 141, 146, 155–57, 185–86, 217–19, 241–42, 246–47, 249, 253, 255–63, 286–89, 290, 320, 325, 329, 376–79, 380, 386–87, 421–40, 458–59
respiratory problems of, 284–85, 343, 436
retinal damage of, 264, 271, 283, 284, 287–89
as riverboat deck hand, 31
Rodin’s bust of, 405, 409–12
rooms rented by, 30, 38, 50–51, 56, 62–63, 70–71, 98, 101, 103, 108
in St. Louis, 28, 29–56, 58, 59–60, 66, 70–72, 73, 76–77, 83, 92–98, 99, 100–105, 109, 114–16, 118, 119–22, 133–35, 136, 137, 138, 140, 153–206, 244, 271, 298, 328, 479n–84n, 486n, 495n, 501n
in St. Moritz, 277–78, 280,
305, 386
in San Diego, Calif., 269
in Santa Barbara, Calif., 270
in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., 260
sarcasm of, 116, 118, 125–27, 220, 453–54
Sargent’s portrait of, 396, 397–98, 399, 405, 461
in Scotland, 254
in Sedalia, Mo., 106–7
servants of, 361–62, 509n, 512n
sexuality of, 41–42, 483n–84n
in Shelburne, Vt., 402–3
shooting incident of, 61–66, 70–71, 77–78, 97, 113, 169–70, 179, 201, 407, 487n, 489n
social life of, 32, 39–42, 103–4, 138–44, 172–73, 176, 195–96, 216–17, 241, 245, 247, 249, 255–61, 278, 290, 292, 334–35
speeches of, 66, 91, 106–9, 125–26, 128–29, 132, 181, 185–86, 188–89, 208, 225, 228–29, 242, 255
in Springfield, Mass., 136–37
as stevedore, 31
stocks owned by, 333, 340, 371, 406–7, 460, 520n–21n
stomach ailments of, 294, 451, 454, 456–57, 458
superstitions of, 479n–80n
telegrams of, 2, 5, 114, 153, 177, 178–79, 189, 193, 226, 233–34, 238, 244, 272, 273, 274, 279, 290, 291, 298, 314, 316–17, 325, 326, 333, 338, 353–54, 357, 363, 364–65, 368, 372, 375, 376, 384, 387, 408–9, 410, 415, 428, 444, 519n–20n
temper of, 14, 61–66, 101, 150, 170, 234–38, 248–49, 253, 277, 309–10, 346–47, 370, 386–88, 394–97, 398, 400–401, 404, 407, 408–11, 444, 445, 448, 493n
in Texas, 270
theater as interest of, 104, 137
“tower of silence” of, 312, 348, 452
townhouses of, 256–57, 285, 300, 308, 333, 337–38, 348, 361–62, 509n
train wreck survived by, 58–59
transatlantic voyages of, 2, 19, 20, 71, 97–98, 122, 250, 276, 281–83, 285, 289–90, 299, 300, 311, 347–48, 366, 368, 370, 371–72, 376, 399, 400, 404, 420, 436–37, 512n
transcontinental trips of, 217–18, 265, 271
trial of, 66, 77–78, 97, 201, 489n
in Trouville, France, 285
as U.S. citizen, 35, 109
in Utica, N.Y., 180–81
Venezuelan crisis as viewed by, 313–17, 325
Veronal taken by, 451, 456–57, 458
in Vienna, 18
voting restrictions opposed by, 57–58, 72, 74
as waiter, 31, 169
as ward secretary, 52–53
in Washington, D.C., 25–26, 131, 137, 138–46, 178, 191, 196–97, 240–43, 295, 497n–98n
Washington Avenue home of, 195–96
wealth of, 97, 146, 176, 190, 216–17, 228, 232, 256–58, 265, 273, 274–78, 286, 289, 293–98, 301, 303, 332, 333, 335, 362–63, 366, 371–74, 376–79, 401–2, 406–7, 416, 444, 460, 509n, 519n–21n
wedding of, 144–46, 173, 206
as Westliche Post owner, xii, 93, 97, 127, 137
on Westliche Post staff, 35–36, 39, 43–50, 52, 90, 91–93, 96, 97, 119, 127, 160, 162, 481n–82n, 488n
westward journey of, 28, 29–30, 479n–80n
in White Sulphur Springs, Va., 137
in Wiesbaden, Germany, 276–77, 279, 280, 292, 298, 325–26, 370, 419, 451
will of, 376–77, 446, 448, 460–61
in Winchester, Va., 24
women’s suffrage as viewed by, 143–44
work ethic of, 36, 173, 206, 215, 238–40, 241, 246–47, 497n
yachts owned or rented by, 1–2, 5, 228, 257, 291, 299, 412–13, 415, 416, 420, 421, 424, 426, 427, 433, 434, 436–37, 444, 446, 452, 456–57
“yellow journalism” of, 3–4, 330–31, 345–46, 373, 377, 403, 521n
Pulitzer, Joseph, Jr., 238, 265, 278, 279–80, 361, 367, 385, 388, 403–4, 445, 448, 452, 454–55, 457, 460, 461–62, 515n, 520n
Pulitzer, Kate Davis:
in Aix-en-Bains, 363, 368, 375, 382
background of, 140–42
in Bar Harbor, 335–38, 348, 452
in California, 265, 269, 272
correspondence of, xiii, 282–83, 310, 311, 328–29, 333–34, 346–47, 368, 369, 374, 375, 382, 384–88, 394, 396–97, 404–5, 407–9, 445, 451, 456, 497n
death of, 461
in Divonne-les-Bains, France, 396, 404–6
in Egypt, 338, 344
as Episcopalian, 141, 146, 260, 366
European trips of, 149–51, 237–38, 253–56, 276, 277–78, 281–83, 284–85, 289, 292, 333, 363, 404–5, 408–9, 445, 461, 512n
extramarital affair of, xiii, 310–11, 334
finances of, 310, 333–34, 335, 340, 348, 368, 373–74, 375, 384, 461
as grandmother, 406
health of, 221, 280, 337–38, 363, 375, 388, 404–5
honeymoon of, 144, 149–51
at Jekyll Island, 295, 308, 332, 384–85
jewelry of, 254, 257–58, 362
J. P. Morgan’s meeting with, 405–6
in London, 309, 395–96, 405
as mother, 172–73, 176, 195–96, 198, 221, 244, 253, 256, 265, 311, 333, 335–38, 361–62, 366, 367, 387–88, 462
at Mount Desert Island, 271
in New Orleans, 269–70
in New York City, 205, 206, 309, 310–11, 328–29, 333, 348, 361–62, 368, 373–74, 385, 404, 406, 407–9
in Paris, 276, 280–81, 289, 290, 309, 368, 388, 405
personality of, 244, 309–11, 334, 396
portraits of, 362, 395–96, 398, 405, 461
pregnancies of, 188, 221, 238, 243, 272, 311
Pulitzer’s blindness and, 265, 269, 281, 282–83, 287, 328–29, 412
Pulitzer’s career and, 173, 202, 206, 215, 243, 244, 247, 255, 497n, 504n
Pulitzer’s courtship of, 140–46, 497n
Pulitzer’s death and, 456–57
Pulitzer’s marriage to, 2, 42, 149–51, 153, 155, 173, 202, 206, 215, 243, 244, 247, 255, 265, 269, 281, 282–83, 287, 309–11, 328–29, 334, 346–47, 348, 366, 382, 384–88, 394, 396–97, 404–5, 407–9, 412, 445, 452, 497n, 498n, 504n, 509n
as Pulitzer’s widow, 461
in St. Moritz, 277–78
Sargent’s portrait of, 395–96, 398, 405, 461
social life of, 175, 195–96, 249, 256–59, 278, 280–81, 285, 309, 334–35, 401, 452
in townhouse fire, 361–62, 363, 397
in Washington, D.C., 140–46, 178, 205, 265, 295
wedding of, 144–46, 173, 206
Pulitzer, Katherine Ethel, 198, 221, 243
Pulitzer, Lucille Irma, 188, 195–96, 238, 243, 253, 256, 265, 305, 309–10, 335–38, 340, 343, 362, 402, 460
Pulitzer, Margaret Leech, 461
Pulitzer, Mihály, 10, 14, 17, 23, 37, 474n
Pulitzer, Muriel, xii
Pulitzer, Ralph, 265, 325, 341, 347, 389, 399, 404, 406, 429, 432, 451, 452, 454, 457, 460, 462
childhood of, 172, 178, 195–96, 198, 205, 221, 238, 265
at Harvard, 338, 361, 366
health issues of, 195–96, 198, 205, 301, 304, 367
marriage of Frederica Webb and, 394–95, 401–3, 461
as president of Pulitzer Publishing, 410, 415, 445, 461
at St. Moritz, 280, 304, 305, 367
Pulitzer, Ralph, Jr., 406, 452–53
Pulitzer, Walter, 135, 320, 442, 527n
Pulitzer Building, 274–75, 276, 278–80, 286–87, 289, 299, 302, 322–23, 331, 340, 345, 353, 365, 379, 409, 413–14, 415, 417, 458, 462, 463, 511n
“Pulitzer formula,” 213–14, 251–52
Pulitzer Prize, xi, 4, 376–77, 380, 461, 522n
Quadrilateral, 85–86, 88, 100
racism, 107–9, 493n
Radical Republicans, 43–46, 54, 57, 58–59, 71–73, 74, 77, 111, 116, 490n
railroads, 29, 35, 67–68, 103, 105, 185–86, 199, 204, 217–18, 222, 225, 245, 294, 371, 406–7, 485n, 520n–21n