1886/03 -- ITEM DESCRIPTION:

16-pages as edited by Mrs. Louisa Knapp (brief history below). Issue measures appx. 11" X 16". Vol. III, No. 4.

The beginning of the issue contains fiction by Mrs. Emma C. Hewitt and by Mary Abbott Rand

The rest of the issue includes standard columns that fit the title of Ladies Home Journal and Practical Housekeeper:

  • Department of Artistic Needlework
  • Brush Studies -- New Series -- No. 3 by Lida and M.J. Clarkson
  • The Practical Housekeeper
  • New Fashions -- A Word to Mothers About Babies
  • Floral Rambles

    • Advertising mostly consists of smaller ads, but this issue does contain two quarter-page ads for Ivory Soap.