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1913-09-20 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1913/09/20 — Cover design by J.C. Leyendecker

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

  • “The Spitter” by James Hopper is about the spitball in baseball. Looks to be a thinly veiled fiction about the New York Giants using names like Matterson and manager John McGrath. Actually has a photo with John McGraw
  • “Saving a Brother — How Petey Simmons Became a Horde of Criminals in Order to Do it” by George Fitch and illustrated by M.L. Blementhal
  • “Jacob Plays a Counterpart” by Kennett Harris and illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner
  • “Selling That Concerns Everybody on the Payroll” by James H. Collins with illustration by W.H.D. Koerner
  • “The Surplus Widows” by Harris Dickson and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “Every Man His Own Merchant” by Forrest Crissey and illustrated by John R. Neill
  • “The Government Company” by Will Payne and illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner
  • “Beating Back — The Long Riders” by Al J. Jennings and Will Irwin with photos of Jennings
  • “In Search of a Husband” by Corra Harris and illustrated by Will Foster (part of a serial)
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • “Who’s Who and Why”

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: American Radiator Company on the inside front cover with a Maud Wilson illustration of a young girl and collie, Occident Flour, Holeproof Hosiery, Campbell’s Soup*, Willys Utility Truck from The Willys-Overland Company, Quaker Oats*, 2-page ad for The National Cash Register, United States Cartridge Company*, Prince Albert*, Arrow Semi-Bosom Shirts*, Imperial Automobile Co., United States Tire, Franklin Automobile Company, Community Silver ad with illustration by Coles Phillips, Anderson Electric Car Co., the Marathon from Herff-Brooks Corporation, Sherwin-Williams*, and a Victor Talking Machine ad on the back cover and shown below. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))