The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-02
EXAMPLES OF
NEWSPAPER ENGLISH
Chicago Chronicle.)

erS OF newspapers run across a great
many remarkable statements in the
copy received from country correspond
ents and even from the press assocla-
tionS- Trite expressions become habit
with correspondents and it is one or
the duties of the copy reader TO elimi-
nate these when ne runs across them
a desk man" on the Kansas City Star
took the trouble TO jot down such Of
these as he came across from day TO
day. Some of them are actually weird.
as follows:
He was overcome by smoke in the
upper story"
The man was fatally wounded. He
may die
stabbed the alleged murderer twice,
infiicting fatal wounds which he can
not survive"
"Jerrel was blown about thirty feet
He leaves a family"
Smith was shot twice by the al
legged slayer, one ball entering the in
testines. the other penetrating his ~ght
lung. The coroner is investigating
Bloodhounds have been put on the
trail"
Writers often have things occur in
the most remarkable places. The fol-
lowing instances have actually appear
ed in newspapers or have been dragged
out of copy by editors before they got
into print:
THE man was shot twice in the
saloon
He fell upon his being shot"
He was shot in the suburbs"
He was injured in the fracus.'
She whipped him upon his return"
He kissed her passionately on her
temperance.
He kissed her back"
He walked in upon her invitation"
she seated herself upon his enter
ing"
she tainted upon his departure
He chung to her weeping.
They gossiped upon his downfall"
Dead persons often do stranger
things than one would suppose. Wit
ness the following:
The suicide on reviving said
Before he died the deceased said -
TritenesS, however, is the beSettinS
sin of unframed correspondents. The
following are Old friends and will be
readily recognized by newspaper read
erS:
TT is reported on the highest author
ity by one who has the ear of the
president, but whose name is sup
pressed for obvious reasons. that"
The information that usually follows
statement of that kind is as valuable
as its introduction is authoritative.
The correspondent who concludes his
story by saying. 1T is said the story
can be supported by facts" seldom
sees the story in print.
Some of the most common examples
of triteneSS are:
1T was a gala day." or red letter
day, as the case may be.
1.-The police are in suspense
He broke down and confessed"
1.-THE distracted husband" or wife.
"A well-known citizen" On one oc-
casion the correspondent put it "A we'll
known citizen, who is also well-to-do
farmer"
There is general alarm here owing
to indications of a recurrence of the dis
turbances-'
Everybody is of the opinion to the
effect that
He spoke in part as follows"
Our little town was thrown into a
ferment of excitement this morning
by
THE citizens are free to say that the
law will never takes it's course"
Deceased was a Mason of high de-
gree
John Jones, the erstwhile senior
member of the cash grOcers, Jones
Brothers, has
1.-The expression is used advisedly."
Mr. Gibson was a highly respected
citizen and known to almost every man.
woman and child in the city"
Henry White was the first white
child born on the TOWNSHIP"
THE Ryan college with all its con-
tents was burned today. There was over
200 pupils in the building at the time"
NO one was hurt, though Proprietor
- i
The captain was rescued in preca-
rious condition"
Sometimes men write what they do
not mean. For instance, here is a tele-
gram from New York: John Kropf,
who made a fortune and lost it laying
stone sidewalks. committed suicide last
night Mr.. Kropf made his fortune
in laying sidewalks. but probably lost
it otherwise.
The pOsessive case is sometimes writ
ten in strange fashion The following
instance was detected in letter from
a country correspondent: "The man
whose wife dieds house,
The DIeiixing of d mans occupation
or Office often produces queer results
in print. for instance:
United States Deputy Marshal
etc. But the most remarkable
actual case of this kind is the follow
ing:
Secretary of the German central COM