The Monitor
A Weekly Newspaper devoted to the civic, social and religious interests
of the Colored People of Nebraska and the West, with the desire to con
tribute something to the general good and upbuilding of the community and
of the race.
Published Every Saturday.
Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter July 2. 1916, at the Post Office at
Omaha. Neb., under the act of March 3, 1279.
THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. Editor and Publisher.
Lucille Skaggs Edwards and William Garnett Haynes, Associate Editors.
George Wells Parker, Contributing Editor. John D. Crawford, Business
Manager. Fred C. Williams, Traveling Representative
SUBSCRIPTION RATES, 21.9* PER YEAR
Advertising Rates. 90 cents an Inch par lasue.
Address, The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha.
Telephone Webster 4243.
RECALL COLONEL YOUNG
We believe that there should be a
concerted movement upon the part ot
the press to create a demand for the
recall of Colonel Young to the service
of his country. Scores of retired of
ficers, much older than he, are being
called to service. Why not Colonel
Young? If President Wilson and Sec
retary Baker want to do the thing that
will please Colored Americans, let
them place Colonel Young where he
can render active service to his coun
try. There is not a full complement
of officers in the United States army
now. Officers of experience and ability
are needed in great numbers. Colonel
Young is an officer of proven ability
and experience, with an unblemished
record, willing to serve his country,
and should be allowed to do so up to
the limit of his strength.
Put Colonel Charles Young in com
mand of Colored troops.
LOOKING FORW ARD
We believe that the year upon which
we have now entered looms large with
promise for better things for our race
and nation. There will no doubt be
much privation and the call for sacri
fice, but these will only be the price
wre must pay for entrance into the
fuller and larger life. All of us have
been too self-centered, and the neces
sity forced upon us to think of others
and help others is going to give life a
truer meaning for us all.
SKITS OF SOLOMON
Seers and Prophets
Every7 time that a New Year is
about to hand the old year a dose of
permanent somnolence some de luxe
dispenser of futurities grabs a whole
page of a daily and begins to tell the
patient public of the dire doings and
happy happenings scheduled for the
coming twelve months. The best thing
about the schedule is that it is all
wrong. Yet that doesn’t keep the
pappy population from swallowing the
dope by the pailful. Any species of
cactus that can look a hole through a
crystal globe, who knows the meaning
of every kopje on the cranial veldt,
who can four-flush with the geography
of the human palm, or can throw a fit
and see spirits, is a big persimmon
along about New Year’s. He backs
Haig and von Hindenburg beyond the
footlights. It matters not that what
he dreamed the year before, and that
everything happened except what he
said was going to happen, his super
ficial sleep dust is devoured with the
same relish. His followers start dig
ging trenches against the phantom
foe. The sight-seeing professor or
madame are deluged with calls for
rabbit feet, swastikas and vials of ser
pents’ blood stewed under a new moon.
About March 1 the doom dispenser
starts out on a nine months’ vacation
without leaving an address. His pet
predictions forget to occur and folks
call him or her everything but a child
of heaven, but about Thanksgiving
they forget all about it and welcome
star-gazers with open arms when they
step from their private cars at Christ
mas. It’s a great game and full of
easy coin.
OBVIOUS OBSERVATIONS
Here’s hoping that you’ve got a good
start in the new year and that your
carburetor will be good, that your en
gine won’t go wrong and that you’ll
have plenty of gas to feed the tank.
What’s the use of talking peace
when it looks as though no nation or
earth really wants peace?
Prof. Gabriel Neith, star-gazer ex
traordinary, says that the Negro prob
lem will be adjusted this year. It sure
..
j is time, Gabe; it sure is time.
The war department has ordered
;that all court-martial sentences be re
j viewed by the department before' exe
cuted. Sounds as if there would have
been a different story of the Houston
| incident if Washington had been con
i suited, doesn’t it ?
Bill Skinkums and family claim they
| are so tired of turkey, duck and goose
I that they don’t care if the holidays
never come again.
If it were as easy to take der kaiser
I and Berlin as it is to get gin and red
! eye in Omaha, the kaiser would be do- j
ing the lockstep at Atlanta and Berlin |
would be advertising American flags. I
If it be true that there never was a j
good war or a bad peace, Russia may
be the w’ise guy, after all.
The weather man better stop hand
ing out these chunks of cold weather
or else the committee of defense will
jail him for giving aid and comfort to
the enemy.
Uncle Sam is at the railroad throttle
; and here’s hoping he never turns it
j loose.
Thanking you kindly for your deep j
j sense of patience, we will now pour j
j some anti-freeze into our mental en- I
gines.
APPRECIATION
The following appreciated and self
explanatory letter has been received
from Red Cross Campaign Committee:
Rev. John Albert Williams, 1119 North
Twenty-first Street, Omaha, Neb.
| My Dear Father Williams:
The Red Cross Christmas Member- j
ship Committee wishes to express to j
you our appreciation of and thanks |
for the work that you did for us in se
curing memberships during the recent ]
drive, and also in your selection of
gentlemen for the various committee
work involved. The respone among
the Colored people was fine and a won
derful tribute to your work. We hope
that you and they feel as gratified as
we do at the results obtained during
this campaign.
Wishing you a Very Happy New
Year, we remain yours very truly,
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
H. Doorly,
WT. A. Pixley,
W. A. Schall,
J. E. Davidson,
S. S. Caldwell.
PUBLICATIONS NEBRASKA
STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
We have received from the State
Historical society a pamphlet of 104
pages, giving a complete history of
ithe veto power in Nebraska from the j
| beginnings of our government in 1854,
; prepared by Mr. Knute E. Carlson, a
| graduate student in the state univer
sity. The pamphlet answers scores of
I questions which may arise regarding j
the advantages or disadvantages of
; the veto power and ought to be in the ;
, hands of all interested in our state
government.
Volume 18 of the Nebraska State |
Historical society publications is a
j handsome bound book of 450 pages. It
'contains a record of the society’s busi- I
J ness from 1908 to 1916 and important
j articles by William Jennings Bryan,
Dr. George L. Miller, Richard L. Met
calfe, Judge Eleazer Wakeley, Father'
i Murphy, Samuel C. Bassett, John K. 1
I Sheen, Robert Harvey, James H. Cook,
j Robert F. Gilder, John L. Webster and
Albert Watkins, who is editor of the
volume.
The topics treated range from
“Trailing Texas Long Horn Cattle
Through Nebraska” to “Neapolis,” a j
story of the near-capital of Nebraska
in Saunders county, and the contro
versy over the admission of Nebraska
as a state in 1867.
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Thompson, Belden & Co.
The Fashion Center for
Women
Established 1886 # .
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These Business and Professional People Wish
You a Happy and Prosperous New Year
OMAHA COLORED PEOPLE IN BUSINESS AND THE
PROFESSIONS
It is not generally known how many Colored people in Omaha
are engaged in some kind of business or are in professional life. The
number is constantly growing. Few northern or western cities can
make a better showing in this respect than Omaha. Many of the
business ventures are modest, but with proper support and encour
agement they will grow. There are good opportunities for business
in other lines than those in which our people are now engaged. In
deed. there is, in our judgment, a disposition to overdo the business
in some lines and to neglect other branches. For example, we be
lieve that it is a mistake to multiply pool and billiard halls and res
taurants and soft drink emporiums, while neglecting gentlemen's
furnishing stores, dry goods stores and other lines of business. We
believe that pool and brilliard halls, legitimately conducted, are
needed by our people, just as restaurants are needed, but we would
like to see some of the capital so employed used in other lines.
The business cards here inserted show only part of the business
and professions in which our people are engaged. We are sure that
it will be- a revelation to Monitor readers and an evidence of thei
spirit of progress which animates our people.
EMERY R. SMITH
—Runs—
THE HANDY LUNCH PLACE
20th and Cuming Sts.
Come in and EAT while waiting
for your CAR.
Poro Beauty j
Parlors
Mesdames Clara Chiles, Lulu
Wheeler and Susie Smith,
Proprietors.
2402 N. 24th Street.
Jesse H. Hutten
Physician and Surgeon.
Dr. D. W. Gooden
PHYSICIAN AND Sl'RGEON
Doug. 5430. 2211 Cuming
Dr. A. 0. Edwards
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON j
Dr. G. Boston Hill
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
1320 N. 24th.
Tel. Web. 827.
Phones: Office, Douglas 7812;
Residence, Web. 6231.
Office Hours: 10 to 12 a. m.; 3
to 5 p. m.; 7 to 8 p. m.
Dr. L. E. Britt
Physician and Surgeon.
Office, 109 South 14th Street. j
Over People’s Drug Store.
Res. 2519 Maple St., Omaha.
Dr. Craig Morris
DENTIST
2407 Lake St. Phone Web.4024
Dr. P. W. Sawyer
dentist |
Douglas 7150 220 S. 13th St. j
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Webster 875. J. Hall, Prop.
Progressive
Tailors
1614 N. 24th St. '
The Monarch
Billiard Parlor
111 S. 14th St. Dour. 3724 j
J. H. BROOMFIELD, Prop.
I
Banks & Wilkes
FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND
E.MBALMERS
Lady Attendant.
1914 Cuming St. Doug. 3718
Silas Johnson
Funeral Director
Web. 248
P. H. Jenkins
OMAHA’S MOST
SUCCESSFUL BARBER
Thirteen Thirteen Dodge Street.
Red 3357.
Phone Doug. 3304.
Open Day and Night.
Little Missouri
Restaurant
AND LUNCH COUNTER
1120-22-24 Dodge St.
Cyrus Terrell, Prop., Omaha.
THE BIG HOUSE OF (
AMUSEMENTS.
The Mecca Rink and
Mid-Winter Garden
24th and Grant Streets.
Soft Drinks and Light
Refreshments.
EVENING ENTERTAINMENT
F. J. Thompson, Manager.
Web. 1984.
1516 N. 21th. Web. 5450
The Jones
Poro Culture College
Mrs. Hattie Hill and Mrs. Evans
Jones, Props.
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YOU
can make this a Happy and
Prosperous New Year by pur
chasing a home. We sell homes
on easy payments.
The Western •
Real Estate Co.
413-14 Karbarh Block.
6. B. ROBBINS
Real Estate and Fire Insurance
Web. 5519. 1623 Farnam St.
Cuming’s Hotel
First-Class Accommodations.
1916 Cuming St.
I). G. RUSSELL, Proprietor.
TOP-NOTCH
CAFE
A. C. McGruder, Prop.
Special Dinner served from 11
a. m. to 4 p. m. Short Orders
served at all hours. Banquets
and Special Parties served on
short notice.
Webster 2421. 1322 N. 24th S*.
Eugene Thomas
Shining Parlor
For Ladies and Gentlemen.
We specialize in cleaning all
kinds of ladies’ fancy footwear
Shoes called for and delivered.
Our Work Always Pleases.
103 S. 14th St. Doug. 7306
NORTH END
CAFE
Good Meals at Popular Prices.
WE NEVER CLOSE
SOUTH & THOMPSON, Props.
2418 N. 24th St.
Web. 4566.
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Amos P. Scruggs
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Practices in All Courts.
Douglas 3181.
Fred Douglas
SHINE PARLOR
Colored Papers and Magazines. j
2411 N. 24th Web. 1388 j
Joseph Carr
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Real Estate, Loans, Investments,
General Brokerage, '
Insurance, Rentals.
W. G. Morgan
Real Estate Broker. I
Phone Douglas 7150
220 S. 13th St. Omaha, Neb.
Killingsworth
& Price
2416 N. 24th St.
Harbor Shop. Pocket Hiliiards
Phone Red 7306
Marshall & Lee
Reliable Tailors
Suits made to Order for $18
and up.
All Work Guaranteed.
I Clothes Cleaned, Repaired and
Pressed.
103 South 14th St., Omaha, Neb. !
Dr. C.H. Singleton
DENTIST
109 South 14th St.