This stamp will be the first American postage to bear the likeness of a journalist with the exception of Franklin who has been honored as a statesman rather than as an editor. Ceremonies at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. which Mr. Pulitzer founded. will mark the first day of sale and thereafter the stamps will be available in post offices throughout the country. This stamp will serve to renew public interest in the career of Joseph Pulitzer. Coming to this country an immigrant from Hungary in 1834. he served in the Civil War. At the end of the war. in his search for employment. he came to St. Louis.
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