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1916-09-16 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1916/09/16 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Cover design by Norman Rockwell.

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

  • “Piccadilly Jim” by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by May Wilson Preston – I believe this is Part I of a serialized work
  • “Lay Off, Macduff” by H.C. Witwer and illustrated by M.L. Blumenthal
  • “An Adventure in Backtothelandia” — Illustrated by Charles D. Mitchell
  • “Capitalizing Vanity” by Fred C. Kelly
  • “Snow-Blind” by Norman Duncan and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer
  • “Our Most Human Industry: When They Make Mines by Nickels and Dimes” by James H. Collins
  • “The Reformation of Major Miles” by L.B. Yates and illustrated by Martin Justice
  • “Ferdinand Finney, Buckeye” by Rob Wagner with sketches by Tony Sarg
  • “A Circuit Rider’s Widow” by Corra Harris and illustrated by Walter H. Everett
  • “The Leopard Woman” by Stewart Edward White and illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner
  • “The Emerald Snake” by Edith Orr and illustrated by Will Foster
  • “Movie Star Stories” by Mack Sennett with paragraphs titled for the star’s Sennett discusses: Popular Raymond Hitchcock, Willie Collier’s Dismay, The Discovery of Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand’s Bear Cub — 2page article with 3/4 columns filled with text on both pages.

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows:Studebaker on the inside front cover, Holeproof Hosiery, Campbell’s Soups, Sun-Maid Raisons, Pyrene, Mallory Hats, Red Cross Shoe, “The 1917 Smart Cards” from Mitchell, Perfection Smokeless Oil Heaters, 2-page ad for the Maxwell Motor-Company, United States Tire Company, Cadillac, Stetson Hats, Edison Mazda Lamps, Edison “talking machines”, Rinex Soles from U.S. Rubber Co., AutoStrop Safety Razor Co., Armco Iron, Self Starting Remington Typewriter, the Marmon 34 from the Nordyke & Marmon Company, Stephenson Underwear, Tuxedo Tobacco featuring 6 future Baseball Hall of Famers testimonials with a 2-inch diameter photo of each: Hughie Jennings, Christy Mathewson, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Wilbert Robinson, Ty Cobb, and Joe Tinker, Peerless 8, Kahn Tailoring Company, Munsing Wear on the inside back cover and Victrola on the back cover.