Blakely
Hall established the Metropolitan Magazine in 1895. At first
its chief attraction was the inclusion of pictures of attractive women.
However, in 1898 the magazine became more serious and began publishing
articles by campaigning journalists such as John
Reed and Theodore Dreiser.
In 1914 the magazine sent John Reed to Mexico
where he met leaders of Pancho Villa's army. Later that year he gave
sympathetic coverage to striking coal miners in Colorado and reported
the First World War in Europe.
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