Charles W. Chesnutt to Thorpe J. Struggles, 28 July 1922
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July 28, 1922.
Mr. T. J. Struggles,
1679 East 82nd Street,
City.
Dear Sir:
Enclosed please find check for $1.23 in payment of the enclosed bill for Plain Dealer to July 15th.1
Please discontinue delivery of the Plain Dealer after tomorrow, July 29th, during the month of August. Will probably be back September 1st, but will let you know.
Send bill for it since July 15th to date, and will take care of it either before or after I get back.
9719 Lamont Avenue. CWC/FLCorrespondent: Thorpe J. Struggles (1899–1960), a White Clevelander, oversaw the circulation of the Cleveland Plain Dealer in the early 1920s.
1. The Plain Dealer was founded in 1842 as a weekly newspaper in Cleveland. It became a daily paper in 1845 and added a Sunday paper in 1885. By 1917, it had absorbed several other Cleveland papers; its main rival for over a century was the Cleveland Press (1878–1982). It typically leaned Democrat, but Chesnutt (a life-long Republican) was a loyal subscriber for many years. He is mentioned occasionally as a noted author and citizen, but the coverage of Cleveland's Black community was generally limited. [back]
