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1887-09 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

1887/09 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:

16-pages as edited by Mrs. Louisa Knapp (brief history below). Issue measures appx. 11″ X 16″. Vol. IV, No. 10.

The issue opens with fiction by Marion Harland, Anna W. Barnard, Katherine Faxon

  • Article about Mrs. Christine Terhune Herrick with engraving of Mrs. Herrick
  • “Early Marriages” by Louisa May Alcott

    • The rest of the issue includes standard columns that fit the title of Ladies Home Journal and Practical Housekeeper:

  • Mothers Corner
  • Artistic Needlework
  • Brush Studies (painting)
  • The Practical Housekeeper
  • Dress and Material
  • Flowers and Houseplants

    • Advertising mostly consists of smaller ads with a few “display” ads featuring illustrations including a quarter-page ad from Ivory Soap.