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1903-01-24 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1903/01/24 — Cover design by Harrison Fisher.
“The January Special Number”

Complete contents picked up from paging through this issue are as follows:

  • “Tales of a Country Town — The Identification of ‘Bronco Jim'” by George Ade and illustrated by Will Grefe
  • “A Ballad of White Water Men” by Holfan F. Day
  • “How Roosevelt Got His First Second-Term” with illustration by J.J. Gould
  • “The Admirable Tinker” by Edgar Jepson — Tinker’s Foundling, and illustrated by H.R. Gruger
  • “Golden Fleece — The American Adventures of a Fortune-Hunting Earl” by David Graham Phillips and illustrated by Harrison Fisher. Part of a serialization opening here with Chapter V
  • “Men and Measures” by Charles Emory Smith
  • “The Pit” by Frank Norris and illustrated by Will Grefe — Part of a serialization picking up with Chapter XiX
  • “Unsolved” by Ian Maclaren, “An Unseen Presence — The Writing Man’s Narrative of a Mystery of His College Days”, with illustration by Emlen McConnell

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Ivory Soap*, The Prudential*, Lifebuoy Soap*, “The Angelus” from the Wilcox & White Co.*, “The Modern Watchmen” from Dueber Hampden Watchworks*, Smith & Mabley*, Remington Typewriter*, the Union Buggy Company*, “The Wing Piano” from Wing & Son*, The Smith Premier Typewriter*, Walter Baker’s Cocoa & Chocolate, Daisy Rifle, a quarter-page ad for “The Pit by the Late Frank Norris” from Doubleday, Page & Co.*, Rambler Touring Car from Thomas B. Jeffrey & Co.*, Iver Johnson Revolvers “will stand the test of the most critical inspection”8, Williams’ Shaving Soap*, full-page from The Winton Motor Carriage Co. on the inside back cover, and Ralston Purina Cereals on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))