W. P. Bayless to Charles W. Chesnutt, 14 July 1922
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THE CLEVELAND CALL PUBLISHING COMPANY1
INCORPORATED
5204 Harlem Avenue N. E.
CLEVELAND, OHIO
July 14,1922
Mr. C.W. ChestnYour subscription to The Cleveland Call expired and we hope to receive your renewal by return mail. We will appreciate it if you will co-operate with us in maintaining the high standard which this publication has attained. You can do this by filling out and returning the attached letter, together with money order or check to cover your subscription.
Thanking you in advance for your immediate and favorable reply, we are
Yours very truly, CLEVELAND CALL PUBLISHING CO., W. P. Bayless Managing Editor Fill Out And Return This Letter With Your Remittance Name.................................................................................... Street address.......................................................................... City.........................State.................... Amount $__________ Date____________________ Subscription rates: One year $2.00; Six months $1.25;Correspondent: Likely William Preston Bayless (1884–1948), a Black Ohioan with a degree from Wilberforce University who worked for another Black newspaper, the Pittsburgh Courier, in many positions (including as managing editor), from 1912 until his death. It is possible that he assisted the fledgling Cleveland Call with his expertise.
1. The Cleveland Call was a Black Cleveland weekly newspaper founded in 1920 by Cleveland inventor and businessman, Garrett A. Morgan (1877[?]–1963). In 1927, it merged with another paper to become the Cleveland Call and Post. The Cleveland Call was not widely distributed, and the Cleveland Gazette remained the dominant Black weekly. Chesnutt subscribed from November 1921 until July of 1922. [back]
