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1924-08 The American Mercury Magazine Contents for August 1924

1924/08 — Contents as follows:

  • Mr. Coolidge by Frank R. Kent
  • The Gates of Tamerlane — A Story by Achmed Abdullah
  • Godey’s Lady’s Book by Richard Fay Warner
  • Canned Music and the Composer by Harry B. Smith
  • The Trial of the Dead Cleopatra — A Poem by Vachel Lindsay
  • The Ordeal of Prohibition by Clarence S. Darrow
  • A Note on Tights by Carl Van Vechten
  • Americana
  • El Paso by Owen P. White
  • American Portraits – 6: The Advertising Agent by Orrick Johns
  • Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan and H.L. Mencken
  • The Mercy of God by Theodore Dreiser

    • The Arts and Sciences:

  • Jazz by Virgil Thomson
  • Cavalry in Modern War by G.A. Moore
  • The Books of Dard Hunter by Nelson Antrim Crawford
  • The Inquiring Mind by Zechariah Chafee, Jr.
  • Pariah — A Story by Chester T. Crowell
  • A Forgotten American Statesman by Milledge L. Bonham, Jr. about Edward Livingston
  • The Theatre by George Jean Nathan
  • The Library by H.L. Mencken

    • 1938-09-24 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1938/09/24 — Cover painted by Floherty, Jr.

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL:

  • What Kind of Jobs Do the Voters Want? by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • Room Without View by Hamlen Hunt and illustrated by J. Henry
  • Free Air From a Taxi Pilot by Bert Green
  • Cupid Coups by Sidney S. Lenz
  • From Worse to Better by Walter Brooks and illustrated by Phil Berry

    • SERIALS:

  • Lose the Woman! — Part 1 by Whitman Chambers and illustrated by Vincentini
  • Thunder Over Kansas City — Part 2 by Fred Allhoff and illustrated by Stephen Grout
  • The Man in My Life — Part 6 of 6 by Oscar Schisgall and illustrated by R.F. Schabelitz
  • Paradise Kate — Part 9 by Achmed Abdullah and Anthony Abbot and illustrated by A.N. Simpkin

    • ARTICLES:

  • Edgar Allan Poe ‘s Lost Short Story — Found at Last! by Edward Doherty about “The Spectacles”
  • Why Akron Is a Ghost City by Former Mayor C. Nelson Sparks
  • The Field Was Afire–And I Prayed by Ella Marie Farmer
  • “Dizzy Dean is a Pop-Off” by Harry T. Brundidge
  • The Incorrigible Corrigan by Bernarr Macfadden is about Douglas Corrigan

    • FEATURES:

  • Twenty Questions
  • To the Ladies by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin

    • $1,000 Wisecracks Contest

  • Movie Reviews by Beverly Hills includes a 3-1/2 star review of “Four Daughters”
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Vox Pop

    • 1937-08-14 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1937/08/14 — Cover is credited to Russell Sambrook

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL:

  • “Fools Rush In–” by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • Take Me Home by Peter Paul O’Mara and illustrated by Stanley Parkhouse
  • The Sex Angle by Scott Littleton and illustrated by Karl Godwin
  • After Midnight — Liberty’s Short Short by Thomas W. Duncan

    • SERIALS:

  • Strip-Tease Girl — Part 2 illustrated by Charles La Salle
  • Death in the Dark — Part 5 by Frederic F. Van de Water and illustrated by Sewell Booth
  • Family Scandal — Conclusion by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.
  • Why Jean Harlow Died — Part 3 of 3 by Edward Doherty

    • ARTICLES:

  • Has Industry a Program? by C.M. Chester as told to Earl Reeves
  • An Open Letter to President Roosevelt by Upton Sinclair
  • The Winchell-Bernie Feud Goes On by Frederick James Smith about Walter Winchell and Ben Bernie
  • Strange Sights I’ve Seen by Irwin Kostin
  • Bringing Outdoors Into the House by Frederick L. Collins
  • Good Luck, Champ! by Donald Furthman Wickets is about the soapbox derby
  • Builders of Men by Floyd Gibbons
  • The Case of the Grisly Flotsam and the Woman Scorned by A Headquarters Old-Timer

    • FEATURES:

  • Comers by Ed Sullivan
  • Twenty Questions
  • Good Books by Oliver Smith
  • Genius Collids With Life — Movies by Beverly Hills is highlighted by a 4-star review of Paul Muni in “The Life of Emile Zola”
  • To the Ladies by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Crossword Puzzle

    • $1,000 Game of Cities Contest

  • Vox Pop
  • Two-Minute Story by Achmed Abdullah
  • Huge 2-page ad spreads the center of the issue for Jack Benny in “Artists and Models” with photos of Benny, Judy Canova and the Yacht Club Boys, Canova with Ben Blue, Martha Raye, and Sandra Storme

    • 1937-08-21 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1937/08/21 — Cover is credited to Robert G. Harris

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL:

  • Ancestors Don’t Make Or Break You by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • A Purely Platonic Honeymoon by Nancy Kelsey and illustrated by C.D. Mitchell
  • Kolinsky Calling — Liberty’s Short Short by Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • Master Villon Brings Up a Child by John Erskine and illustrated by Marshall Frantz

    • SERIALS:

  • We Can Take Care of Our Own — Part 1 by Elmer Davis and illustrated by Arthur Sheldon
  • Poor Bloody Observers — Part 1 by Arch Whitehouse and illustrated by Albin Henning
  • Strip-Tease Girl — Conclusion illustrated by Charles La Salle
  • Death in the Dark — Conclusion by Frederic F. Van de Water and illustrated by Sewell Booth

    • ARTICLES:

  • I Meet Edward and Wallie by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.
  • We Can Prevent Crime — The American Program by Attorney General Homer S. Cummings
  • More Power! — Tyrone III Carries On by Fredrick L. Collins is about a young Tyrone Power
  • Is Japan Sabotaging Our New Canal? by Robert M. Field
  • Baseball Brainstorms by C.T. Donnelly

    • FEATURES:

  • Twenty Questions
  • Good Books by Oliver Smith
  • When Ghosts Are Gay — Movies by Beverly Hills with 3-star reviews for each “Topper”, “Easy Living”, and “The Toast of New York”
  • Crossword Puzzle

    • $1,000 Game of Cities Contest

  • Vox Pop
  • Two-Minute Story by Achmed Abdullah
  • Ad for Lucky Strikes on back cover features Barbara Stanwyck