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1915-06-05 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1915/06/05 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by Sarah S. Stillwell Weber.

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

  • The Military and Naval Defenses of the United States: What They Are–What They Should Be by former President William Howard Taft
  • “Bad Bill Bobo” by George Pattullo and illustrated by Harvey Dunn
  • The Views of Mr. Wu by Samuel G. Blythe is about Doctor Wu Ting Fang
  • “The Unknown Masterpiece” by Frederick Irving Anderson
  • Made in America by Emerson Hough
  • “The Chalk Game” by L.B. Yates and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “The Busher’s Welcome Home” by Ring Lardner and illustrated by Martin Justice is one of the famed “You Know Me, Al” stories.
  • “H.R.” by Edwin Lefevre and illustrated by Clarence F. Underwood is a serial entry beginning with Chapter 6
  • Do You Want South American Business? The Presidents of Peru and Chile Talk to Merchants of the United States by Roger W. Babson

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Sunkist on the inside front cover, King Motor Car Company, Crisco, Corona Portable Typewriter*, Hires*, 2-page ad for the Overland from The Willys-Overland Company in the center, Empire Tires*, Dodge Brothers Motor Car, full-page ad from Paramount features small head shots of several actors and actresses (Mary Pickford, Elsie Janis, Marguerite Clark, Charlotte Walker, Pauline Frederick, Myrtle Stedman, Blanche Sweet, John Barrymore, Laura Hope Crews, Hazel Dawn, George Fawcett, Marie Doro and a coupon for the Paramount Magazine), Eveready Flashlight, Mecca Cigarettes, Buick Motor Company, Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company, Snider’s Catsup and Pork & Beans, Gillette*, Cadillac, Camel Cigarettes from R.J. Reynolds, Chandler Motor Car Company, “Keep a Kodak Baby Book” from Eastman Kodak, Florshiem Shoes*, Cole Motor Car Company, Goodyear Tires, and a Palmolive Shaving Stick ad on the back cover and shown below. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))