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Messages to the staff of the New York World sent in 1897 by the newspaper's publisher, Joseph Pulitzer. Drawn from page 219 of W.A. Swanberg's biography, "Pulitzer."
"News head-line type should never be used in advertisements,
and advertising type should never be used for head-lines."
"Tammany advertisement on fourth page very bad I forbid any
political advertisement ... unless marked by the word advertisement
fully spelled out."
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