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"City editor" Quotes from Famous Books

... a deep swallow of ale. He was the best all-round reporter in the city; he knew more people than Osborne knew. Murders, strikes, fires, they were all the same to Ben. He knew where to start and where to end. The city editor never sent Ben out on a hunt for scandal; he knew better than to do that. Nine times out of ten, the other papers got the scandal and Ben's behavior became one. The labor unions were Ben's great stand-by. On dull days he could always get a story from the unions. ...

— Half a Rogue • Harold MacGrath

... notice that," said one of the older members of the committee. Mr. Quelson hastened to explain that it was intended for an emergency notice, when the night city editor was unmusical. "But," he added, "here is something in a ...

— Old Fogy - His Musical Opinions and Grotesques • James Huneker

... to put up the money, and I agreed. The flood came just then, and was considerable help. It made a good setting. I went to my city editor, and got an assignment to interview Ladley about this play of his. Then Bronson and I went together to see the Ladleys on Sunday morning, and as they needed money, they agreed. But Ladley insisted on fifty dollars a week extra if he had to go to jail. We promised it, but we did not intend ...

— The Case of Jennie Brice • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... inspiration, the young reporter altered his course, dove into the nearest phone booth and got his city editor on the wire. ...

— Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 • Various

... were City Editor And you should come to my cold desk and choke, And say, "Old man I'm actually dead broke." I say, if I were City Editor, And you should come in deepest grief and woe And say, "Oh Lordy let me have the dough," I might arise with slow and solemn wink And lecture ...

— Poems for Pale People - A Volume of Verse • Edwin C. Ranck