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1933-11-25 Colliers Magazine Contents November 25 1933

1933/11/25 — Cover design by Arthur Crouch

Contents as follows:

  • Far Pasture by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • Lost Dog by Dana Burnet and illustrated by Irving Nurick
  • “Miami Holiday” — The Short Short Story by Teresa Hyde Phillips with illustration by Mario Cooper
  • Midnight Council by Ray Tucker and illustrated by Harry Haenigsen
  • Rough Air Ahead by Leland Jameson and illustrated by Elmore Brown
  • “Conspiracy” — Part 10 by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • Are Policemen Soldiers? by William G. Shepherd
  • “The Man Without Nerves” — Conclusion by E. Phillips Oppenheim and illustrated by George Howe
  • Visitors From the East by Frank Condon and illustrated by Robert O. Reid
  • “Woman’s Place” by Quentin Reynolds
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Pro and Coin by Benny Friedman and John B. Kennedy and illustrated by C.C. Beall
  • Editorial: Repeal Opens a Door

    • 1933-11-18 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1933/11/18 — Cover illustrated by Antonio Petruccelli

  • They Sometimes Come Back by Alan LeMay and illustrated by Walter C. Klett — Love’s not different in Hollywood: it’s just more complicated
  • Indiana Gets a New Brew by Walter Davenport and illustrated by William Steig — A lesson in practical politics–Governor Paul McNutt
  • “The Grass in the Cotton” by Roark Bradford and illustrated by Harry Burne
  • “Conspiracy” — Part 9 — by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Bringing ‘Em Back to Life by Bill Cunningham — Coach Crisler–with a new tonic for Tigers
  • “Marriage in Moderation” — The Short Short Story — by John Erskine and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “The Beast in the Dark” by Day Edgar and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “Mrs. Walder’s Diamonds” by William MacHarg and illustrated by Harry L. Timmins
  • Toying With Taxes by Ray Tucker with illustrations by Gluyas Williams
  • “The Man Without Nerves” — Part 11 — by E. Phillips Oppenheim and illustrated by George Howe
  • Face in the Mirror by W.B. Courtney and illustrated by George De Zayas
  • Distinguished Service in Time of Peace – Editorial
  • Coca-Cola ad featuring MGM Star Diana Wynyard on the inside back cover

    • 1933-11-04 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1933/11/04 — Cover illustrated by C.C. Beall

  • How to Build a Football Business by Bill Cunningham — The formula of Coach Meehan of N.Y.U. It packed the Yankee Stadium
  • “By the Clock” — The Short Short Story — by Teresa Hyde Phillips and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “Going, Going, Gone” by Edward L. McKenna and illustrated by James W. Earley
  • The Bond Between Us by Winston Churchill with cartoons by J.N. Darling
  • “You Sing Something” by Stanley Paul and illustrated by Robert O. Reid
  • “Along Came Prosperity” by Grover Jones and illustrated by Joseph M. Clement
  • Fur Bearings by Marie Beynon Ray
  • Unhappy Hunting Grounds by W.B. Courtney and illustrated by William Steig
  • “Conspiracy” — Part 7 — by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • “The Man Without Nerves” — Part 9 — by E. Phillips Oppenheim and illustrated by George Howe
  • “Too Much Wife” by Talbert Josselyn and illustrated by George de Zayas
  • Tammany Must Go –Editorial

    • 1933-10-07 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1933/10/07 — Cover illustrated by Gene Klebe

  • Humanity, Common, Goes Up by William G. Shepherd
  • “Doom Over Red Gash” by R.G. Kirk and illustrated by C. Peter Helck
  • “Moons Must Be Golden” by Teresa Hyde Phillips and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “Their Own Lights” by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • “Conspiracy” — Part 3 — by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • Plot That Kick! by Walter Davenport
  • “The Man Without Nerves” — Part 5 — by E. Phillips Oppenheim and illustrated by George Howe
  • “He Will Never Know” — The Short Short Story — by Richard Sherman and illustrated by Al Parker
  • Goin’ Through the Rye by Ray Tucker and illustrated by William Steig, an inventory of our liquor reserves–for future reference
  • Curves Ahead by Marie Beynon Ray with drawing by Walter C. Clett and photos of Mae West and Marlene Dietrich
  • “Lion Lover” by Paul Jones and illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Pass the Child Labor Amendment — Editorial

    • 1933-09-02 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1933/09/02 — Cover illustrated by C.H. Twelvetrees

  • “Broadway Love” by Patterson McNutt and illustrated by Robert O’Reid
  • “He Didn’t Know Marjorie” by Lucian Cary and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
  • How to Make a Gangster by William G. Shepherd — The young criminal in the making, with photo of John Landesco and Corrado De Sylvester, photo of Nick Maentanis, Joe Porello and Paul Ross, photo of a stripped car, more
  • “Masquerade” by Deems Taylor and illustrated by Franz Felix
  • The Democrat Who Made Good by T.R. Ybarra — Thomas Masaryk, the philosopher President of Czechoslovakia
  • “Manhattan Love Song” — Part 8 — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Walter C. Klett
  • “Front-Wheel Drive” by R.G. Kirk and illustrated by C.C. Beall
  • “Starlight Rider” — Conclusion — by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Water Cure by Marie Beynon Ray and illustrated by Loren Stout
  • “Over the Hump” — The Short Short Story — by Denver Lindley and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • A Great Pair of Hands by Bill Cunningham — Hunting ivory for the diamond, about baseball scouts
  • “The Crowd Pleaser” by Day Edgar and illustrated by Franz Felix
  • Round Up the Laggards ad Cheats — Editorial
  • Coca-Cola ad on the inside back cover — “Banish that Yawn with a Sparkling Come-Back”

    • 1933-08-19 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1933/08/19 — Cover illustrated by Robert O. Reid

  • “Take It and Like It” by George Agnew Chamberlain and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • Working on the Railroads by George Creel and illustrated by Harold Talburt
  • Trial and Error by Stephen Morehouse Avery and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • Nothing Left – The Short Short Story – by Grace Flandrau with illustration by Seymour Ball
  • Figure It Out by Ruth Chandler Moore and illustrated by Clara Ernst
  • Hist! Who’s That? by Ray Tucker and illustrated by George Shanks
  • Lady, Don’t You Grieve by Roark Bradford and illustrated by Harry Burne
  • “Starlight Rider” — Part 8 — by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • Within the Law by Hon. Joseph E. Corrigan and John B. Kennedy
  • Omar, the Mental Giant by Frank Condon and illustrated by Floyd M. Davis
  • Manhattan Love Song — Part 6 — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Walter C. Klett
  • The Great Hoiman by Kyle S. Crichton is about Chicago Cubs baseball star Babe Herman
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: A Mark of Distinction
  • Beautiful color ad for Lucky Strike Cigarettes on the back cover is illustrated by Sundblom

    • 1933-08-12 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1933/08/12 — Cover illustrated by Anthony Fraioli

  • “The Pay-Off” by Lucian Cary and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • America Flies Ahead by W.B. Courtney
  • “They Will Never Die” by S.B.H. Hurst and illustrated by Courney Allen
  • “The Way of the Girl” by Harold Lamb and illustrated by Franz Felix
  • “Manhattan Love Song” — Part 5 — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Walter C. Klett
  • “Leave Me Alone” by Hilda Mauck and illustrated by Elmore Brown
  • “Starlight Rider” — Part 7 — by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • Feet First by Dorothy Ducas and Adele Brown
  • Strictly in Confidence by Billy Evans — Gauging ball players on the hoff–and inside picture of the big leagues, with photos of Evan, Chalmer Cissell, Earl Averill
  • Teamster for the Iron Horse by George Creel — Joseph B. Eastman : He needs, and has, a hand of steel, with cartoon of Eastman by C.J. Post
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Time for Play — Editorial
  • Budweiser ad on back cover

    • 1933-08-05 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1933/08/05 — Cover illustrated by George de Zayas

  • “What, No Butler?” by Damon Runyon and illustrated by Robert O’Reid
  • Clear the Tracks! by George Creel
  • “The Face is Familiar” — The Short Short Story — by Stewart Robertson and illustrated by Seymour Ball
  • “Insult Accepted” by Dwight Mitchell Wiley and illustrated by James W. Earley
  • Land of Corn and Lobsters by Winston Churchill and illustrated by Gluyas Williams
  • “Head Down!” by Frank Condon and illustrated by Harry Beckoff
  • “Starlight Rider” — Part 6 — by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • Starch for the Red Sox by Bill Cunningham — Mr. Yawkey makes a second-hand purchase in Boston, with photos of Yawkey with Eddie Collins and with Collins and manager Marty McManus. This is when Yawkey bought the Red Sox
  • “Manhattan Love Song” — Part 4 — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Walter C. Klett
  • “Busy Wires” by Elaine Sterne Carrington and illustrated by C.C. Beall
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Danged Varmints by Howard S. Reed as told to W.B. Courtney and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
  • Your Dollars Worth — Editorial

  • 4″ X 4-1/2″ black & white ad for Flit is illustrated by Dr. Seuss

  • Coca-Cola ad on the inside back cover — “Put Your Best Face Forward”

    • 1933-07-29 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1933/07/29 — Cover illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum

  • As If He Cared! By Teresa Hyde Phillips and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • Stop Lying to Investors by William G. Shepherd and illustrated by F.G. Cooper
  • Wow of the Week by Everett Rhodes Castle and illustrated by Floyd Davis
  • Legs Last Just So Long by Quentin Reynolds and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • “Manhattan Love Song” — Part 3 — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Walter C. Klett
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • You Can’t Get to Heaven That Way by T.R. Ybarra with illustrations (of Hitler) by Harry Haenigsen — Adolf Hitler Tackles Religion
  • Through the Cabin Window by William MacHarg and illustrated by Irving Nurick
  • All About Women by Andre Maurois and illustrated by Ralph Pallen Coleman
  • Beauty Without Bunk by Ruth F. Wadsworth, M.D.
  • “Starlight Rider” — Part 5 — by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • In the Saddle by The Gentleman at the Keyhole
  • Editorial: When the Dam Comes Down

    • 1933-07-15 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1933/07/15 — Cover illustrated by Lawson Wood

  • “Manhattan Love Song” — Part 1 — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Walter C. Klett
  • “Pinch Hitter” by Talbert Josselyn and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • The Farmer Is Whistling Again by William G. Shepherd and illustrated by Wm. Steig
  • “Meet the Family” by Paul Jones and illustrated by Elmore Brown
  • The Open Season for Eating by Dorothy Ducas and Adele Brown — How to picnic properly
  • Customs of the Country by James B. Herzog as told to John B. Kennedy — A day with our duty-dodgers
  • “Starlight Rider” — Part 3 — by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “Cotton Need Pickin'” by Roark Bradford and illustrated by Harry Byrne
  • The Right Spirit by Don Marquis and illustrated by Ray Rohn. Featuring Marquis’ character “The Old Soak”
  • “Back Seat” — The Short Short Story — by Hugh MacNair Kahler and illustrated by Irving Nurick
  • Keep Up with the World by Freling Foster
  • Pay for Prosperity — Editorial
  • Coca Cola Ad on Back Cover — “Don’t Trump Your Partner’s Ace”

    • 1933-07-01 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1933/07/01 — Cover illustrated by Robert O. Reid

  • “Starlight Rider” — Part 1 — by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • Now, Pop by Arthur “Bugs” Baer and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
  • Catching Up With Huey by Walter Davenport about Huey Long
  • Master of Arts by Elmer Davis and illustrated by John Gannam
  • “The Woman Pays” — The Short Short Story — by Octavus Roy Cohen and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • Says Hitler by T.R. Ybarra with illustrations (of Hitler) by Conrad Massaguer An exclusive message to the American people
  • At the Brink by Edwin Muller and illustrated by George Howe
  • To A Finish by Paul Annixter and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
  • Fu Manchu’s Bride — Part 9 — by Sax Rohmer and illustrated by John Richard Flanagan
  • She Who Gets Slapped by Henry Pringle — The Story of Actress Diana Wynyard
  • All the Answers by Don Marquis and illustrated by Roy Rohn
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: The Tax That Went Wrong

    • 1933-06-17 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1933/06/17 — Cover illustrated by Antonio Petruccelli

  • “Captain Belson’s Mate” by Albert Richard Wetjen and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “Himself in Person” — The Short Short Story — by Grover Jones and illustrated by Henry Luhrs
  • How Huey Long Gets Away With It by Walter Davenport
  • “There’s No Coincidence” by Ruth Burr Sanborn and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • “Fu Manchu’s Bride” — Part 8 — by Sax Rohmer and illustrated by John Richard Flanagan
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • The Kitchen Cabinet by George Creel
  • The Cook’s Day In by Betty Thornley Stuart with illustration by Harry Beckhoff
  • “Slander” — Part 11 — by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by John H. Crosman
  • Anything Can Happen by Duncan Norton-Taylor and illustrated by Francis Swain
  • Up We Go! by Don Marquis and illustrated by Ray Rohn — With “A Bulletin from Archy the Cockroach”
  • “Henrietta the Eighth” by Rupert Hughes and illustrated by John J. Flaherty, Jr.
  • Salaries for Service — Editorial
  • Coca Cola ad on back cover — “Snap Out of Afternoon Drowsy Time”

    • 1933-06-10 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1933/06/10 — Cover illustrated by Robert O’Reid

  • “It Comes Up Mud” by Damon Runyon and illustrated by Robert O’Reid
  • “To the Limit” by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Franz Felix
  • We Can Buid Our Way Out by John T. Flynn
  • “Fu Manchu’s Bride” — Part 6 — by Sax Rohmer and illustrated by John Richard Flanagan
  • “The Good Model” by Phyllis Duganne and illustrated by Walter C. Klett
  • Native Son by Grantland Rice about Max Baer
  • Take It Easy by Don Marquis with illustration by Ray Rohn and featuring “Archy Pulls a Parable”
  • “Slander” — Part 10 — by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by John H. Crosman
  • Off to the Fair by John B. Kennedy — How to get to Chicago and what to see
  • Swan Song by Clinton W. Gilbert with illustration by A.J. Fruch
  • “The Roads Aren’t Safe” — The Short Short Story — by Natalie Shipman and illustrated by Elmore Brown
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Wise Planning — Editorial

    • 1933-05-27 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1933/05/27 — Cover illustrated by Lawson Wood

  • “The Sweetheart of Gun Crew Three” by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “Languorous Eyes” by Stanley B. Paul and illustrated by Robert O. Reid
  • Help Cuba Quickly by William G. Shepherd
  • “You Couldn’t Blame Eddie” by Frank Leon Smith and illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst
  • “Fu Manchu’s Bride” — Part 4 — by Sax Rohmer and illustrated by John Richard Flanagan
  • Full-Throated Rapture by Don Marquis and illustrated by Ray Rohn
  • From the Ground Up by Selma Robinson
  • Long Chances by Clinton W. Gilbert with Huey Long cartoon by C.J. Post
  • “Time to Strike” by Walter Davenport and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • “Slander” — Part 8 — by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by John H. Crosman
  • “Romance Renewed” — The Short Short Story — by Ernest Haycox with illustration by Marshall Frantz
  • Keep Up with the World by Freling Foster
  • The Future of Our Dollar — Editorial
  • Coca-Cola ad on back cover — “No after-lunch Drowsiness”

    • 1933-04-22 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1933/04/22 — Cover illustration uncredited

  • Soft Coal by Grover Jones and illustrated by Joseph M. Clement
  • Or What Have You? By Walter Davenport and illustrated by F.G. Cooper
  • Walcome, Stranger by Kay Kennedy and illustrated by Norman T. Mingo
  • Time to Be Tough by Seymour Winslow and illustrated by Walter C. Klett
  • Henry P. Davison by Thomas W. Lamont
  • Slander — Part 3 — by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by John H. Crosman
  • Cold Trails — Part 8 — by Alan LeMay and illustrated by John Gannam
  • Always Right by John B. Kennedy is about baseball umpire Bill Klem with photo of Klem making call as Lou Gehrig slides home in 1932 World Series
  • For the Sake of Argument by Don Marquis and illustrated by Ray Rohn
  • Sorokin’s Mother — The Short Short Story by Helena Clayton and illustrated by George Howe
  • Editorial: Keep Beer Out of Politics
  • Beautiful color Life Savers ad includes an appx. half-page illustration by John Held, Jr.
  • Coca-Cola ad on back cover – You Walk 8 Miles a Day Just in Housework

    • 1933-03-25 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1933/03/25 — Cover illustrated by Lawson Wood

  • Another “Fight to End Fighting” by T.R. Ybarra – Japan’s point of view–described by the Ambassador

  • “Erginette” by John Erskine
  • Particles of Faith by H.I. Phillips with illustrations by F.G. Cooper
  • Painless Statesman by Clinton W. Gilbert — The wit and wisdom of Jimmy Byrnes with illustration by C.J. Post
  • “The Didn’t Know Nancy” by Ruth Burr Sanborn and illustrated by Robert O. Reid
  • “Gallows of Chance” — Part 12 — by E. Phillips Oppenheim and illustrated by T.D. Skidmore
  • “Party Line” by Hugh MacNair Kahler and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Millions for Tribute by John B. Kennedy with illustration by Herb Roth — The blackmailers’ prey–victims of cowardice
  • “Last Trip” — The Short Short Story — by Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • Including Everything by Don Marquis and illustrated by Ray Rohn, including drawing of Archy of Archy and Mehitabel fame. The article is an “interview” with Archy at a radio appearance.
  • “Cold Trails” — Part 4 — by Alan LeMay and illustrated by John Gannam
  • “But Not Too Nice” by Lucian Cary and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • One Man Can Do It — Editorial
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ad illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg
  • Perfect Circle Piston Rings ad includes an illustration by Tony Sarg taking up a little more than half the page
  • Coca-Cola ad on the back cover — “Don’t Wear a Tired Thirsty Face”

    • 1932-06-11 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1932/06/11 — Cover illustrated by Arthur Smith

  • Dream Street Rose by Damon Runyon and illustrated by Wallace Morgan
  • Born to Sing — Part 1 — by Alice Nielsen
  • But the Dead Don’t Vote by Walter Davenport and illustrated by F.G. Cooper
  • Love and Laughter by Roark Bradford and illustrated by Harry Burne
  • Steak With Onions by Lucian Cary and illustrated by Carl Mueller
  • Top Notch by Grantland Rice with small photos of article subjects Gene Venzke – Chuck Klein Max Schmeling with Bobby Jones
  • Fathoms Deep — The Short Short Story — by Octavus Roy Cohen and illustrated by L.R. Gustavson
  • The Mask of Fu Manchu — Part 6 — by Sax Rohmer and illustrated by John Richard Flanagan
  • Hot Water — Part 4 — by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Floyd Davis

  • The Girl to Marry by Zona Gale and illustrated by R.F. James
  • How Would You Play It? By Milton C. Work
  • Keep Up with the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: Take An Air Trip

    • 1932-04-02 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1932/04/02 — Cover illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst

  • Shanghai Madness by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and illustrated by Donald Teague

  • As Advertised by Roger W. Babson and illustrated by Herb Roth
  • A Man Must Fight – Conclusion: The story of the long count – by Gene Tunney with full-page photo
  • Not Too Hard-Boiled by M.C. Blackman and illustrated by L.R. Gustavson
  • Brazil Bucks Up by Edward Tomlinson
  • Capital Chatterbox by The Gentleman at the Keyhole

  • Mammoth Cave-Ins by Grantland Rice about heavyweight boxing, “The bigger they are the harder they fall”
  • They’re All That Way by Lucian Cary and illustrated by Carl Mueller

  • The Unguarded Queen — Part 6 — by Arthur Train and illustrated by Joseph Simont
  • The Gracious Lady — Part 8 — by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by John H. Crosman
  • The Seeing Eye — The Short Short Story — by Robert McNair and illustrated by Joseph M. Clement
  • Keep Up with the World by Freling Foster
  • How Would You Play It? By Milton C. Work
  • Editorials

    • 1931-12-05 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1931/12/05 — Cover illustrated by Herbert Paus

  • “Lass Who Loved a Sailor” by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and illustrated by R.L. Lambdin
  • “Sonnyboy’s Ear” by Jerome Beatty and illustrated by Carl Mueller
  • Bootleg Gasoline by John T. Flynn and illustrated by Herb Roth
  • “When You Carry the Star” by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
  • Kick Tricks by Sol Metzger

  • Ancient Romans of the U.S.A. by Arthur Weigall and illustrated by John Richard Flanagan is about Roman virtues in America

  • “The Strange Fate of Johann Bartok” by Erich Maria Remarque
  • Rest Cured by Grantland Rice includes photos of Helen Hicks, Mickey Walker, Max Schmelling and Burleigh Grimes
  • “The Key” – The Short Short Story – by Frederick Skerry and illustrated by C.D. Williams
  • “The Big Pink” — Part III — by Hugh MacNair Kahler and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff

  • “Are You Listening?” — Part 8 — by J.P. McEvoy and illustrated by Harry L. Timmins
  • Home Grounds, about the subtleties of coffee-making, by Edward Tomlinson
  • How Would You Play It? by Milton C. Work
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Rough Diamond by The Gentleman at the Keyhole
  • Long Ago in 1930 – Editorial

    • 1931-11-28 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1931/11/28 — Cover illustrated by Emmett Watson

  • “Rhapsody in Red” by Elmer Davis and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • “Annette’s Love Story” by Erich Maria Remarque and illustrated by Herbert Morton Stoops

  • King of the Prairie by William G. Shepherd is about William H. “Alfalfa Bill” Murray

  • Are You Listening – Part 7 – by J.P. McEvoy and illustrated by Harry L. Timmins

  • “My Quarterback” by James Hopper and illustrated by C.C. Beall
  • The Big Baffle by Grantland Rice, with large photo of Jack Sharkey
  • The Crime Situation, Interviews with Divers Authorites collected by Don Marquis
  • “The Big Pink” – Part 2 – by Hugh MacNair Kahler and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
  • “What Every Man Knows” – the short short story – by David Thibault and illustrated by Harrry Burne
  • If You Think You Can by Charley Paddock with photos of Douglas Fairbanks (Sr.) and Clarence DeMar
  • Spanking Allowed by Ruth F. Wadsworth, M.D.
  • Leaping into Fame by Sol Metzger

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster

  • Relief Worker: Mr. Hoover and the Bankers by The Gentleman at the Keyhole

  • How Would You Play It? by Milton C. Work
  • After Two Tough Years – Editorial

    • Notable advertising in this issue includes: Metropoliatn Life Insurance ad illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg, Coca-Cola ad “Up in the Sky” illustrated by Fred Mizen

    1931-10-31 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1931/10/31 — Cover illustrated by C. Twelvetrees

  • “Silent Weapons” – Part 1 – by Jeffery Farnol and illustrated by Edward A. Wilson
  • Bandits Unemployed by Walter Davenport and illustrated by Harry Haenigsen
  • The Wow That Wasn’t by William MacHarg and illustrated by C.C. Beall
  • Millionaires’ Playground by Jerome Beatty and illustrated by Harry L. Timmins
  • “Red Menaces – Indian Athletes in Action” by Glenn S. Warner, includes photos of Louis Tewanima, Chief Bender, and Jim Thorpe

  • “The Horse With the Flaming Mane” – The Short Short Story – by Mary C. McCall, Jr and illustrated by David Hendrickson
  • Stubborn Leader about Pierre Laval by T.R. Ybarra
  • Are You Listening? – Part 3 – by J.P. McEvoy and illustrated by Harry L. Timmins

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster

  • Signal Honors, Quarterbacks we have known, by Grantland Rice, includes large photo of Benny Friedman
  • Tiger Tales by Frank Buck with Edward Anthony and illustrated by Herman Rountree

  • “The Man from Sing Sing” – conclusion – by E. Phillips Oppenheim and illustrated by T.D. Skidmore
  • Flying Interference by Sol Metzger
  • The Perfect Congressman by The Gentleman at the Keyhole

  • How Would You Play It by Milton C. Work

  • Now’s the Time – Editorial

    • Notable advertising in this issue includes: huge 2-page color ad for Camel Cigarettes in the middle of the issue features a large image of an aviatrix with a smoke, illustrated Lucky Strikes ad on back cover features Frances Stewart Crossy on the back cover

    1931-10-24 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1931/10/24 — Cover illustrated by Lawson Wood

  • “Beyond the Goal Line” by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and illustrated by Herbert Morton Stoops
  • Business Is What You Make It by John T. Flynn
  • “Six-Gun Graduate” — The Short Short Story — by Alan LeMay and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • Second Glory by Grantland Rice with large photo of golfer Francis Ouimet
  • “The Hideaway” by Lucian Cary and illustrated by Joseph M. Clement
  • Are You Listening? – Part 2 – by J.P. McEvoy and illustrated by Harry L. Timmins

  • “Heap Big Run-Most-Fast” by Glenn S. Warner about Pop Warner, with photo, and some of his players including Metoxen, Little Old Man, Shouchuk the Eskimo, Yellowjacket, Man-Afraid-of-a-Bear, Little Boy, plus Jim Thorpe is pictured
  • Send-Off” by Frank Condon and illustrated by Frank Godwin
  • Strong Enough by Samuel Merwin and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • This Way Up by Margaret Norris and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff

  • The Man from Sing Sing – Part 9 – by E. Phillips Oppenheim and illustrated by T.D. Skidmore

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • V-Front: Football History by Sol Metzger
  • Mr. Curry’s Favors by The Gentleman at the Keyhole

  • How Would You Play It? by Milton C. Work

  • Editorial: It’s Time for a New Deal

    • 1931-07-25 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1931/07/25 — Cover illustrated by Joseph Farrelly

  • “The Queen’s Elephants” by Frank Condon and illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg
  • “Clothes Make the Man” the Short Short Story by Karl W. Detzer and illustrated by Adolph Treidler

  • “Good Times Knocking at the Door” by William G. Shepherd and illustrated by C.H. Sykes
  • “The Night Bird Flies” by Harold Lamb and illustrated by C.B. Falls
  • “Take My Chair” by Stephen Morehouse Avery and illustrated by Loren Stout
  • “The Medicine Girl” – Part 4 by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Wallace Morgan
  • Cook It Cold by Betty Thornley Stuart and illustrated by Irving Nurick
  • “The Wrong Wife” — Part 7 — by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by John H. Crosman

  • You Can’t Kill a Pitcher by Grantland Rice looks at Lefty Grove and George Earnshaw, with a photo of each
  • “A Captain’s Life” by Commodore Herbert Hartley and W.B. Courtney
  • “Sir Walter, Showman” by Sol Metzger is a short article about golfer Walter Hagen with a small photo

  • “Jungle Business” by Frank Buck with Edward Anthony and illustrated by Herman Rountree

  • White House Work by The Gentleman at the Keyhole
  • How Would You Play It? by Milton C. Work
  • Keep Up With the World! by Freling Foster

  • The Battle Lines Are Drawn – Editorial

    • Notable advertising in this issue includes: color ad for Lucky Strikes on the inside front cover, illustrated color ad for Milky Way, Barbarsol ad featuring photo of actor Ben Lyon, illustrated color ad for Chesterfields, slightly over 1/8th of a page ad for Flit with Dr. Seuss illustration

    1931-07-18 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1931/07/18 — Cover illustrated by C.C. Beall

  • “Mr. Litvinoff by W.R. Burnett and illustrated by Joseph Simont
  • “Everything But Love” by Mary Heaton Vorse and illustrated by Carl Mueller
  • Where Would the Money Go? By William E. Borah and illustrated by Harry Haenigsen

  • “The Wrong Wife” – Part 6 – by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by John H. Crosman

  • The Inventions of Prof. Lucifer G. Butts, A.K. by Rube Goldberg (only about a third of a page in size)

  • The Sports-Eye View by Grantland Rice with illustrations of Bobby Jones and Pop Warner

  • “Before the Flight” by Lella Warren is the “authentic story of Lindbergh ‘s preparations”

  • Divorce, Mister? by Uncle Henry and illustrated by Gluyas Williams

  • “The Medicine Girl” – Part 3 – by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Wallace Morgan

  • “Queen of Beasts” by Courtney Ryley Cooper is about elephants
  • A Medal to Show by George S. Brooks and illustrated by Dan Sayre Groesbeck

  • School for Champions by Sol Metzger

  • Retribution – the Short Short Story – by Bernice Brown and illustrated by John Gannam

  • Ask Your Congressman by Marguerite Mooers Marshall is actually about Congresswomen Ruth Pratt and Ruth Bryan Owen

  • Hard Headlines by The Gentleman at the Keyhole

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • How Would You Play It? by Milton C. Work
  • As We Forgive Our Debtors – Editorial

    • Notable advertising in this issue includes: Small ad only 1/8 of a page or so for Flit that’s illustrated by Dr. Seuss, Coca-Cola ad on back cover and shown below

    1931-07-04 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1931/07/04 — Cover illustrated by Frances Tipton Hunter

  • “The Medicine Girl” – Part 1 – by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Wallace Morgan
  • Officer’s Choice by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “The Wrong Wife” – Part 4 – by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by John H. Crosman

  • A Little Serious Gambling by John T. Flynn is about casinos abroad

  • Vagabond Loafer by Guy Gilpatric and illustrated by Mario Cooper

  • “The Bridal Wail” by Octavus Roy Cohen and illustrated by Frank Godwin
  • King of Wallop by Sol Metzger, short article with drawing of subject golfer Ted Ray
  • The Age of Smoot by Uncle Henry

  • Shaming Youth by Grantland Rice with cartoons by Llanuza of Eppa Rixey, Dazzy Vance, Sam Jones, Urban Faber and Burleigh Grimes
  • Putting Up a False Front by Betty Thornley Stuart
  • Protection – Conclusion – by W.R. Burnett and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • The Inventions of Prof. Lucifer G. Butts by Rube Goldberg – (only about a third of the page at the bottom)
  • “The Best Man Wins” – The Short Short Story – by Meredith Nicholson and illustrated by Carl Mueller
  • Will of the People by The Gentleman at the Keyhole

  • Keep Up WIth the World by Freling Foster

  • How Would You Play It? by Milton C. Work

  • Let’s Get to the Point – Editorial

    • Notable advertising in this issue includes: Williams Shaving Cream ad illustrated by George Brehm,