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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1916)
The Monitor A Weekly Newspaper devoted to the civic, social and religious interests of the Colored People of Omaha and vicinity, with the desire to contribute something to the general good and upbuilding of the community. Published Every Saturday. Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1915, at the Post office at Omaha, Neb., under the act of March 3, 1879. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher. Lucille Skaggs Edwards, William Garnett Haynes and Ellsworth W. Pryor, Associate Editors. Joseph LaCour, Jr., Advertising and Circulation Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $1.50 PER YEAR Advertising rates, 59 cents an inch per issue. Address, The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha. Telephone Webster 4243. REACH FIRST MILESTONE With this issue, which is No. 52 the Monitor reaches its first mile stone, completing its first year of publication. We are exceedingly gratified to know that as a high class publication we have steadily grown in the confi dence and affection of our readers and patrons. Our subscription list has steadily grown, until already we aie within easy hailing distance c; nearly ali the weekly publications, and there are many which have been issued lor many years in this city. Almost, if not all special groups of our popula tion have their special organ... There a -t weeklies published by he Ger mans, the Bohemians, the Italians, the Danes, the Swedes, the Jews and other race groups. This fact proves that The Monitor has its own peculiar place, and that there is «eed for sucn a publication in this city for the large special group of which it is the organ and mouthpiece. W'ith justifiable pride we can say that The Monitor is conceded to be one of the best pub l'cations in the city. We have been personally complimented by the pub licity department of the Commercial Club for the class, style un i • hum-' ter of the publication. The same com plimentary not:ce has ueen given us by many others. Our advertisers rec ognize us as a good medium, which :'s proven by the fact that r.ot only have we retained the patronage of the advertisers who began wi b us With our first issue, but have gamed and letained others. The merchants here ai.sured us that -.hey have got ten pood results from the use of our cei'mrs Our editorials and special article.' appearing in our columns have been widely quoted. All of this is gratify ing and shows that The Monitor is fulfilling its mission. In our first editorial we said: “The Monitor hopes to fill an honor able and useful place in its chosen field in this community, full of splen did possibilities. It will strive to gather news of interest, local and general; it will give from time to time illustrated articles of our homes and people; it will publish articles from special writers to make its readers think; it will welcome short letters on timely topics from its readers. Its editorial policy will be independ ent, frank and fearless, courteous and kind, sane and conservative. We shall strive to make it a paper of such a high standard that it can be read with pleasure and profit in any home in the land. The Monitor is published in the in terests of all the people. It is not a denominational or a factional pa per of any kind. We want this clear ly and definitely understood at the outset.” To this policy we have strictly ad hered. We leave it to our hundreds of satisfied readers to testify as to how faithfully we have fulfilled our promise, to do our best to give them a good publication. Wc desire now to publicly thank t!,e members of our staff who have worked so unselfishly and faithfully to make The Monitor all that it has been; our publishers, the well-known firm of the Waters-Barnhart Print ing Company, who have taken a per sonal pride in getting out the publi cation, and our subscribers and ad vertisers without whose co-operation and patronage it would have been im possible to succeed. With the good will and co-operation of our subscribers and advertisers we hope to double our subscription list within the next year, and at a very early date to double the size of The Monitor to meet the demands of our growing patronage. THE CRISIS IN MEXICO It looks very much as though we 're to have war -with Mexico. We ncerely hope not, and believe that even yet this calamity may be avoid ed, and can be if we can prove our selves magnanimous. A way out with honor can be found, if we sincerely seek it. We have suffered no more at the hands of Mexico than we have rom Germany. There can be no doubt that in this Mexican affair there has been serious blundering. We believe that the send ing of the navy to Vera Cruz to com pel Huerta to salute the American flag was a grievous blunder. This was followed, in turn, by a series of blunders, such as the recognition of Carranza and other events that might l be noted. But be that as it may, should war be forced upon us there is only one course for Americans to pur sue and that is to stand unitedly back of the president. War with Mexico will be no child’s play. It will be no holiday, but sad, serious and prolonged business, in which many of the youth of Mexico, illguided and war-distraught, and many of our own manly boys will be called upon to die. Everything should be done to prevent this slaughter. And no false sentiment of patriotism or injured dignity should force us into war. While undoubtedly there is a crisis in the Mexican situation we ought not overlook the fact that our blundering policy is largely responsible for that crisis. This grave responsibility should help make us magnanimous and patient. Not crowding; simply growing with growing Omaha, and helping Omaha to grow. Thank you, we are one year old to day. BERG SUITS ME THE BIGGEST CLOTHING EVENT OF THE SEASON L A Great 1 Special '■ Purchase SALE OF THE WORLD’S FINEST CLOTHES Kuppenheimer and “L-System Clothes” i ! A tremendous cash purchase of 1,560 Men’s and Younp Men’s Suits at about one-half the wholesale price. j Suits made to sell at $20, $22.50, $25.00 I $27.50 and $35.00, Saturday at I $15-S18-S22 50 / See Our Windows M Williams’ ":rlds Colored Singers At THE GROVE M. E. CHURCH Twenty-second and Seward Streets One Night, July 10 (ieneral Admission, 50c, Children Under 12, 25c, Special Reserved Seat Tickets, 75c. F. 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