[DOC] [TLE] Joseph Pulitzer - Historic Missourians - The State Historical Society ... [PAR] He returned to St. Louis and bought the St. Louis Dispatch in 1878 at a public 
auction for $2,500. John A. Dillon, owner of the Post, agreed to merge his paper 
with Pulitzer's, and the St. Louis Post and Dispatch was born December 12, 1878. 
The name was soon shortened to the Post-Dispatch, and the paper grew from 
four... [DOC] [TLE] History of Pulitzer Inc.  FundingUniverse [PAR] In 1878, he bought the bankrupt St. Louis Evening Dispatch for $2,500 and 
merged it with John A. Dillon's struggling St. Louis Evening Post. ... Joseph 
Pulitzer II died in 1955 and was replaced by his son, Joseph Pulitzer III, who had 
already... [DOC] [TLE] St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Wikipedia [PAR] The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is the major regional newspaper in St. Louis, in the 
U.S. state of ... In 1878, Joseph Pulitzer purchased the bankrupt St. Louis 
Dispatch at a public ... Evening Post to create the St. Louis Post and Dispatch, 
whose title was soon ... He said no family members would serve on the board of 
the merged... [DOC] [TLE] Signed builder's contract for Pulitzer's St. Louis Post-Dispatch Building [PAR] Signed builder's contract for Pulitzer's St. Louis Post-Dispatch Building ... Pulitzer 
bought the German-American St. Louis Westliche Post in 1878, merged it ... New 
York World in 1883 and implemented the same techniques he used in St. Louis 
to ... The St. Louis Post-Dispatch offices on Olive Street. $2,500. Purchase This... [DOC] [TLE] Pulitzer, Joseph - Jewish Virtual Library [PAR] Born in Mako, Hungary, son of a Jewish father and a Roman Catholic mother, 
Pulitzer ... Discharged from the cavalry in 1865, he went to St. Louis and in 1868 
... In 1878 Pulitzer took his first big step toward creating a newspaper empire 
when he bought the St. Louis Dispatch at an auction for $2,500 and merged it 
with the... [DOC] [TLE] Pulitzer, Joseph - Dictionary definition of Pulitzer, Joseph ... [PAR] Discharged from the cavalry in 1865, he went to St. Louis and in 1868 became a 
reporter for the German-language daily Westliche Post. ... In 1878 Pulitzer took 
his first big step toward creating a newspaper empire when he bought the St. 
Louis Dispatch at an auction for $2,500 and merged it with the St. Louis Post into 
the... [DOC] [TLE] AND NOW THE PULITZERS GO TO WAR - NYTimes.com [PAR] Apr 13, 1986 ... ST. LOUIS SEATED in his office last week, Joseph Pulitzer 3d, ... Joseph 
Pulitzer 3d, and his son Joseph Pulitzer 4th, who now works for the company in 
advertising. ... the Civil War and in 1878 acquired the bankrupt Dispatch for 
$2,500. He merged it with The Post and bought out his partner for $40,000. [DOC] [TLE] Excerpt: 'The Gang That Wouldn't Write Straight' : NPR [PAR] Feb 27, 2006 ... In 1878 Pulitzer brought the St. Louis Evening Dispatch out of receivership for 
$2,500 and merged it with the Post, which he had bought previously. ... As the 
son of an agent in the Opium Department of the Indian Civil Service,... [DOC] [TLE] Pulitzer's Lessons for Today's Journalism - Biography in Context - Gale [PAR] Born in Hungary in 1847, he sailed to America in 1864, lied about his age to join 
the ... the German paper and then in 1878 paid $2,500 at auction for the St. Louis 
Dispatch. A merger turned it into the Post-Dispatch, which flourished under his 
shrewd ... In 1883 he acquired the New York World and soon made it the nation's
... [DOC] [TLE] Pulitzer, Joseph - Blackbird Library [PAR] Oct 6, 2014 ... work in New York City after his discharge, he went to St. Louis, Missouri, ... In 
1878 he married Kate ... he bought the St. Louis Evening Dispatch at a sheriff's 
sale for. $2,500. Almost immediately he merged his paper with the rival Evening 
Post to form the ... control of the Post

Question: He purchased the St. Louis Dispatch for $2,500 in 1878 & soon merged it with the St. Louis Post
Answer: Joseph Pulitzer