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1913-05-03 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1913/05/03 — Cover design by Carol Aus

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

  • Followers After Strange Gods by Joseph G. Cannon former Speaker of the House
  • “The Sweetest Sweetheart” by Fannie Hurst and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • The Wife of the Hero-Worshipped by May Kavenaugh Warwick
  • “The Little Brown One” by Mary Stewartt Cutting and illustrated by C.D. Williams
  • “The Door-Stopper” by Will Irwin and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • What Swept the American Flag from the Sea?–1815-1915: Is the Inlander Interested in a Merchant Marine by A.C. Laut
  • “Beginner’s Luck” by Will Payne and illustrated by Irma Deremeaux
  • “The Silver Spoon” by Walter E. Weyl and illustrated by H.J. Mowat
  • “The Whistling Man” part of a serial by Maximilian Foster and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • John Barleycorn by Jack London and illustrated by H.T. Dunn (part of a serialized work beginning with part 36)
  • Who’s Who — And Why: Serious and Frivolous Facts About the Great and Near Great
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • “The Island of Adventure: The Adventure of the Street with Three Ends” by Irvin S. Cobb and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • What’s On the Top by Enos A. Mills

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: The House of Kuppenheimer on the inside front cover (with stain soaked through from cover), General Electric (stained), Hart Schaeffer & Marx (stained), Welch’s, Beech-Nut Peanut Butter with Belle Beech-Nut, Firestone Tires*, Indian Motorcycle from Hendee Manufacturing Company*, 2-page Overland ad from Willys-Overland Company in the middle of the issue, Van Camp’s Pork & Beans*, Campbell’s Soup*, Eastman Kodak*, Mitchell-Lewis Motor Company*, Quaker Oats, Reo Motor Car Co., Goodyear, Yale Motorcyle from The Consolidated Mfg. Co., Chalmers Motor Company, Franklin Automobile Company, Arrow Shirts*, Underwood Deviled Ham*, BVD*, Daisy Air Rifle*, Moon Motor Car Co., Florsheim Shoes, The New Hudson Six from Hudson Motor Car Company, Stag Tobacco, “Spooning With Dad” Corn Flakes ad from Kellogg’s*, and a Colgate’s ad on the back cover and shown below. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))