Valentin J. Peter
| Valentin Josef Peter | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 24, 1875 Steinbach,Bavaria |
| Died | February 19, 1960 Omaha, Nebraska |
| Occupation | Publisher |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Rees |
| Children | Carl J. Peter Theodore Val Peter Bernard George Peter Dr. Arno Ernest Peter Raymond Albert Peter Theresa Katherine Peter William A. Peter Anna Loretto Peter Margaret Joan Peter Paul Frederick Peter Dorothy Josephine Peter Eugene Walter Peter |
| Parent(s) | George Peter and Katherine Welzenbach |
Valentin J. Peter (1875–1960) was a Bavarian-born publisher of a German language newspaper called the Omaha Tribüne and the president of the Nebraska chapter of the National German-American Alliance.
Born in Bavaria, Peter immigrated to the United States in 1889. As a young man, he wanted to be a teacher but worked at a sawmill before apprenticing with Friedrich von Parrot, publisher of a weekly German newspaper called the Volkszeitung. Within several years he became involved with German language newspapers in Peoria and Rock Island, Illinois. In 1904 when the Volkszeitung went bankrupt Peter purchased the paper for $1,500 and at twenty-two years old he became the youngest editor in all of Illinois. In 1907 Peter moved to Omaha, Nebraska and bought the Westliche Presse and in the following year purchased and re-opened a newspaper called the Omaha Tribüne. Peter consolidated the two papers to create the Omaha Tribüne-Westliche Presse. Over the next several years he would continue to merge German language newspapers from across the state. On March 14, 1912 Peter introduced the Omaha Tribüne, a paper that would serve the German populations of Nebraska, Iowa, and other Midwest states until 1960.
Peter was a devout Roman Catholic, an Elk, and a number of social and charitable German immigrant organizations in Omaha. In November 1910 Peter founded and became the president of the Nebraska chapter of the National German-American Alliance. Using his position as publisher and editor of the Omaha Tribüne, Peter followed the NGAA's policy against Prohibition and rallied against Nebraskan politicians and policies he saw as working against the distribution of alcohol.
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