1886/08 -- ITEM DESCRIPTION:

16-pages as edited by Mrs. Louisa Knapp (brief history below). Issue measures appx. 11" X 16". Vol. III, No. 9.

The beginning of the issue contains fiction by Ada E. Hazell, Cecil Earle and Helen Ayre

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

  • Mothers Corner
  • Artistic Needlework
  • Brush Studies (painting)
  • The Practical Housekeeper
  • Dress and Material
  • Flowers and Houseplants

    • Advertising mostly consists of smaller ads, but this issue does contain a quarter-page ad for Ivory Soap, one with an interesting graphic for the New Improved Western Washer, and The Bradley Two-Wheeler with illustration of horse and buggy.