1906/05/03 -- ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Special May Number - Volume 80, No. 18 - May 3, 1906.

Contents as taken from paging through this issue are as follows:

  • The Coxswain's Training by Ralph D. Paine with drawing by H. Burgess
  • Once on a May Night by Charles Adams with drawing by Sears Gallagher
  • Salmon-Fishing in a Town by Robert Grant with drawing by E. Fosbery
  • The Downfall of a Boss -- Chapter 1 of 8 -- by Adeline Knapp with drawing by George Varian
  • On a Tight Rope by Albert W. Tolman with drawing by W.F. Stecher
  • The Poison Ivy by Annie Oakes Huntington
  • Sea-Horses, poem by Almon Hensley

    • CHILDREN'S PAGE:

  • The New Scholar by Elizabeth L. Gould with drawing by L.J. Bridgman
  • Savng Bobbie's Tears by Katharine Walker
  • Hanging the May Basket, poem by Johnson Morton

    • Notable advertising includes: Gillette Safety Razor*, Quaker Puffed Rice*, Ivory Soap*, "The Joy Maker" featuring Rastus in kilt with bagpipes for Cream of Wheat*, The Savage Junior from Savage Arms Company*, Chiclets*, The Ingersoll Dollar Watch*, The Packard Piano*, Jell-O Ice Cream Powder*, Yellowstone National Park from Northern Pacific Railway*, Mead Cycle Company*, Domino Sugar*, Reach Baseball Goods*, and "The Finishing Touch" from Hand Sapolio is on the back cover. NOTE: An * denotes ad is smaller than a full-page.