The Years Were Good: The Autobiography of Louis B. Seltzer

INDEX

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A

Advertising, in relation to newspapers, 183-84

Alburn, Rev. Thomas, 205-1l passim

Anson, Sam, 64, 79, 80, 111, 112

B

Baker, Newton D., 170, 171, 179, 180, 197-202 passim

Bastian, Bill, 100

Bay Village, 268, 269, 270, 272

Belz, Mr., 24, 25, 26, 210

Bender, George H., 235

Bernhardt, Sarah, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89

Bible, 47, 48

Blackwell, Michael, 230

Bradley, Dr. Dan F., 100, 101

Brandon, Governor, 161

Brian, Donald, 88

Brown paper, as writing material, 26-27

Burke, Thomas A., 235, 258, 259

C

Canfield, Orin, 67, 68

Carey, Harry, 17, 281

Carney, James M., 258

Celebrezze, Anthony J., 256-64 passim

Celebrezze, Frank, 230, 256, 257, 259

Champlin, Marion Elizabeth (Mrs. Louis B. Seltzer), 92-98, 99-102, 139, 171-72, 254

Church Social, 205-12 passim

City Hall, Seltzer assigned to, 118

Civilization, "third," 307

Cleaveland, Moses, 148

Cleveland Clinic, destruction of, 247

Cleveland Press, The, 113ff; founding of, 175; Dempsey-Willard fight covered by, 126-31 passim; politicians fought by, 141, 144; Van Sweringen story published by, 150; Davis scoop in, 159-60, 164; slogan on Page One, 188; booklet for visitors, 191; editorials on Walther, 194, 196, 201; run on Cleveland Trust Company, 215-20; during depression, 221; editorial on Lausche, 223-24; during World War II, 239-43; editorial on 1944 Cleveland disaster, 252; and "Heartache Baby," 245-46; Celebrezze endorsed by, 259; Parrino supported by, 263, 264; editorials on Sheppard case, 270-75; article on death of Seltzer's mother, 299-300

Cleveland Railway Company, 147

Cleveland Times, The, 169

Cleveland Trust Company, run on, 214-20

Cline, John A., 197

Cobb, Irvin, 280, 281

Connell, Tom, 290, 291

Conway, Bernard, 263, 264

Cook, Nate, 1l9, 120

Cooper, Ted, 301, 302

Corlett's grocery, 68

Corrigan, Billy, 78

Cox, James M., 156

Creech, Harris, 216-20 passim

Crile, Dr. George, 242

Crosby, Bing, 242

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D

Damm, Adam, 227

Davis, Harry L., 118, 120, 142

Davis, John W., 159, 163, 164, 173

Davis, Robert H., 280

Democratic National Conventions, Seltzer at, 153-54, 160-64, 174

Dempsey, Jack, 125, 126, 128, 129, 292

Denby, Howard, 84, 85, 89, 98

Denison School, 50

Depression, and Cleveland Press, 221

Dickens, Charles, 45

DiSalle, Michael, 258

Donahey, Governor Vic, 226

E

Editorials, in Cleveland Press, 194, 196, 201, 223-24, 252, 254-55, 270-75

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 54

Executions, at Ohio Penitentiary, 249

"Extra," 131, 132

F

Fairbanks, Sr., Douglas, 17

Fancher, E. R., 217, 219, 220

Father of Louis B. Seltzer, see Seltzer, Charles Alden

Ferguson, Joe, 233, 234

Fitzgerald, William S., 142

Friedl's grocery, 50

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G

Golf, and Charles Seltzer, 293

Gongwer, W. Burr, 229

Grey, Zane, 281, 282, 283

H

Hahn, Carlton, 211

Hart, William S., 17, 281

Harvard Club, Cleveland, 230

Hearst, William Randolph, 196

"Heartache Baby," 245, 246

Hippodrome Theater, Cleveland, 83

Hope, Bob, 242

Hope, Chester, 81, 82

Houk, J. Spencer, 268, 269

House of Hubbell, 113

Houston, 1928 Democratic National Convention at, 173, 174

Howard, Roy W., 174, 175, 176

Hubbell, House of, 113

Huber, Ray, 178, 183, 184

Huneker, Big Ed, 74, 75, 76, 80

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J

Joyce, Johnny, 134, 135, 136

K

Kagy, Harold C., 134

Kipling, Rudyard, 45

Kohler, Fred, 142, 143, 144

L

Larkin, Bob, 103-09 passim; 116

Lausche, Frank J., 223-37, passim 257, 259

"Law Came to Pecos, The," 54

Leader, The, 60ff

Loche, Cyrus, 226, 227

Louis, Joe, 292

"Luee, The Offis Boy," 81, 83, 85-89

Lytell, Bert, 17

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M

McAdoo, William Gibbs, 154, 157-60 passim

McDermott, William J., 258, 259

McGannon, William H., 133-38

Madison Square Garden, New York, 153, 160

Madison Theater, Cleveland, 91, 92, 101

Malthus, Thomas, 304

Marquette, "Dogs," 51, 52, 53, 67-71 passim

Martin, Earle, 168-71 passim

Maschke, Maurice, 142

Matson, Carlton K., 194, 200, 201

Meck, David C., 262

Medlin, Dr. Wendell, 32-35 passim

Meilink, John G., 184

Mihelich, John L., 228

Miller, Ray T., 227, 228, 231, 258

Mix, Tom, 17

Money, Miss, 66-72 passim

Moore, Ed, 155-59 passim, 162-65 passim

Morgan, Victor, 114, 118-23, passim 166, 175, 176

Murrow, Ed, 310

N

Nassano, Uncle Bill, 211

Ness, Eliot, 231

News, Cleveland, 259

Newspaper Enterprise Association, 175

Nickel Plate Railroad, 148, 150, 152

Nilsson, Anna Q., 17, 286

Noss' saloon, 39, 40, 43

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O

Ohio Northern University, 262

Ohio Penitentiary, 249

Ohio Unemployment Commission, 257

P

Paper, brown, as writing material, 26-27

Parrino, Tom, 261-64 passim

Pekar, Miss Effie, 66

Penitentiary, Ohio, 249

"Person to Person" show, Seltzer on, 310

Plain Dealer, Cleveland, 259

Police Headquarters, Seltzer assigned to, 116

Politics, Seltzer's education in, 141-42

Population growth, in United States, 303

Porter, Albert S., 258, 259

Prize fighting, 125-31, passim, 290-92

R

Ray, Uncle, 38-44 passim

Richards, Whitey, 52, 67

Risko, Johnny, 291, 292

Rogers, Will, 161

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 156, 174

Roth, Nick, 41, 281

Rutkowski, Anthony J., 230

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S

Saunders, 20, 21, 22

Science Service, Scripps-Howard, 175

Scripps, E. W., 176, 187

Scripps-Howard Newspapers, 175, 176, 184

Seltzer, Charles Alden, early life of, 29; first story sold by, 21-23, 59; collapse from overwork, 32-37, passim; son's reading guided by, 45-48; advice to son, 56-57; watch given to son, 58; trips to West, 287, 288; success as writer, 17, 280, 281, 282, 289, 293; business losses of, 294; in politics, 294-95; last illness and death of, 298;

Seltzer, Louis B., at seven, 17ff; kite-flying by, 18-21, passim; celebration of father's first story sale, 22; Dr. Medlin summoned by, 32-35; early jobs of, 37; sent for beer, 39-40; and attic room, 44-47, passim; reading guided by father, 45-48; Bible read by, 49; at thirteen, 50; in new home, 51; life saved by Marquette, 52; decision to leave school, 55; advised by father, 56-57; grandfather's watch given to, 58; hired by Leader, 62-65; school left by, 66-73, passim; interview with Miss Money, 69-72; first day on Leader job, 74-77; first newspaper story by, 77-80; "Luee, The Offis Boy" written by, 81, 83, 85-89; interview with Sarah Bernhardt, 84; Donald Brian in "Luee" column, 88-89; movie assignment given to, 90; meeting with future wife, 92-98; assigned as Leader's police reporter, 102; on police beat for Leader, 104, 105; at fifteen, 111; fired by Leader, 111; employed by Hubbell, 113; hired by Cleveland Press, 114-15; assigned to Police Headquarters, 116; poker wager with Ed Moore, 155-56; assigned to City Hall, 118; encounter with Nate Cook, 119-20; on general assignment, 120; marriage to Marion, 99-102; birth of son, 120-21; City Editor at nineteen, 121; resignation as City Editor, 123; appointed Political Editor, 123; at Dempsey-Willard fight, 125-29; McGannon scoop by, 133-38; at twenty-three, 139, 152; down payment on house, 139; City Editorship again offered to, 140; educated in practical politics, 141-42; scoops from Kohler, 143, 144, 145; City Editorship given up for Van Sweringen beat, 149; Davis tip from Moore, 158-59; 1924 Democratic National Convention attended by, 153-54, 160-64; at twenty-nine, 167; rejected as Press Editor, 167, 168, 169; Cleveland Times editorship refused by, 170; and Marion's welfare work, 171-72; 1928 Democratic National Convention attended by, 174; appointed Press Editor, 174; in New York, 174, 176; advised by Baker, 179-80; public interview by, 185-87; Cleveland Press described by, 19l-93; cited for contempt, 194; found guilty of contempt, 200; contempt verdict set aside, 202; invited to head welfare agency, 204; welfare post accepted by, 212; run on Cleveland Trust Company, 214-20; Press guided during depression, 221; meeting with Lausche, 224, 225, 226; at thirty-one, 225; affection for Lausche, 231; death of father, 277, 298; in 1944 Cleveland disaster, 247-53; and "Heartache Baby," 243-46; on Marion's narrow escape, 254; Tony Celebrezze endorsed by, 259; Press support of Parrino, 263; in Sheppard case, 269-75; death of mother, 299-300; grandchildren of, 301; predictions for future, 302-ll passim

Seltzer, Lucien Bonaparte, 38-46, passim, 260, 261, 305, 306

Sheppard, Chip, 268

Sheppard, Dr. Samuel H., 262, 267, 268, 269, 275

Sheppard, Marilyn Reese, 267, 269

Short Story magazine, 23

Slayton, Victor, 63, 64, 65

Slovenian National Hall, Cleveland, 224, 227, 237

Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 154, 157-60 passim, 173, 174

So Long, Sucker, 297

Sorrells, John H., 174

Squires, Sanders and Dempsey, 262

Stanton, Eddie, 136-37

"Syndicating," 106

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T

Taft, Robert A., 233-36 passim

Tellegen, Lou, 84

Terminal Tower, Cleveland, 148, 149

Thackrey, Ted, 167, 173

"Third" civilization, 307

Three Musketeers, The, 47

Toledo, Dempsey-Willard fight at, 125-29 passim

Tratzmiller, George, 116, 117, 118

Tunney, Gene, 292

Twain, Mark, 29, 45, 54

U

Uncle Ray, 38-44 passim

Underwood, votes for, at Convention, 161

Unemployment Commission, Ohio, 257

United Press Associations, 175

V

Van Oeyen, Louis, 130

Van Orsdale, 85

Van Sweringen brothers, 147-52 passim

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Walter, Henry, 75

Walther, Judge Frederick P., 194-203 passim

Watterson, Colonel Henry, 235

White, Governor George, 228

White, William Allen, 160, 161, 168, 189, 190, 260, 261

Willard, Jess, 125, 126, 129

Women's rights, Seltzer's fight for, 173

World War II, and Cleveland Press, 239-43

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