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1917-10 The American Magazine Contents for October 1917

1917/10 — Cover illustrated by J. Knowles Hare

Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:

  • Frontispiece: Illustrating “771” by Clarence F. Underwood
  • My Creed – The way to happiness as I have found it – by Mary Roberts Rinehart

  • Mary Roberts Rinehart as She Appears to Bob Davis by Robert H. Davis
  • The Importance of Mr. and Mrs. Dinsmore — A Story by John Barton Oxford and illustrated by F. Graham Cootes

  • Dropping the Easy Job and Tackling the Tough One by H. Thompson Rich
  • Henry L. Doherty – Portrait in Alco Gravure
  • Mary Roberts Rinehart – A Portrait in Alco Gravure
  • Foolish Things The War May Stop by Fred C. Kelly

  • What Salary Do You Need to Make You Happy?
  • “771” – The story of a Cinderella without a Prince – by Mabel Nelson Thurston and illustrated by Clarence F. Underwood
  • How I Advertised Myself into a Better Job
  • The Four Square Man — a story by William Dudley Pelley and illustrated by Douglas Duer
  • A Clown Who Build a Skyscraper with Laughs by Fred Stone
  • Small inset as part of Fred Stone article: Gentleman Jim Corbett’s Tribute to Fred Stone by James J. Corbett
  • Fred Stone – A Portrait in Alco Gravure
  • Arthur Train – A portrait in Alco Gravure
  • Have You a Friend Who is a Lawyer by Arthur Train
  • A Severe Attack of the Gerties A Baseball Story by Hugh S. Fullerton and illustrated by W.E. Hill
  • Sid Says: It’s the encores people call for that make lying difficult
  • Places of Retirement by David Grayson and illustrated by Thomas Fogarty
  • Fanny Herself by Edna Ferber and illustrated by M. Leone Bracker

    • Interesting People:

  • Frank W. Woolworth by Ada Patterson
  • Aaron I. Dotey by Alfred Grunberg
  • Mrs. Clara Pressler by W.W. Major
  • Henry B. Gentry by Don Herold

  • Prize Contest Winners: The Man Who Helped Me Most and What He Taught Me
  • Some Windows That Sell Goods by Dale Carnegie
  • Letter froma Reader by mary Dana-Hicks Prang
  • Suggestions to Old Folks
  • Are You Using Your Wife’s Business Sense? by Alfred Grunberg
  • Bad Teeth vs. Good Health by Edwin F. Bowers, M.D.
  • Prize Contest Announcement: What I Have Seen Booze Do
  • The Family’s Money
  • Getting Ahead by Henry C. Walker

    • 1958-04-07 Sports Illustrated Magazine Contents April 7 1958

    1958/04/07 – Front cover features The Masters at the top of the cover and Trout Report at the bottom

  • Handicap, My Eye! – Sugar Ray Robinson wins 5th Middleweight title from Carmen Basilio
  • Spectacle: The Masters
  • Distaff Diplomats on the Mark – Women athletes of the U.S. and U.S.S.R. prepare for javelin, discus and basketball
  • Youth on Trial: The Rookies – Includes Norm Siebern, Albie Pearson, Carleton Willey, Vada Pinson, Ron Hansen, Don Demeter, Willie Kirkland
  • Trout Report: Three Dream Streams covers Penns’ Creek, PA; Armstrong’s Creek, MO; Quinalt River, WA
  • Some Australian Arrivals – Silky Terriers
  • The Willow and the Cherry Tree by Jean Paradise
  • Plus Departments containing semi-regular features

    • 1957-05-27 Sports Illustrated Magazine Contents May 27 1957

    1957/05/27 – Front cover features Preview of the Indianapolis 500 featuring National Champion Driver Jim Bryan

  • Speed and Indianapolis by Kenneth Rudeen
  • In a Paris Wood – The Bois de Boulogne has something for both Parisians and tourists, with photos by Robert Doisneau and story by Horace Sutton
  • The Wonderful World of Sport
  • The Ruler Is Restored – how a trainer and a jockey lifted a temperamental champion to new heights in Pimlico’s 81st Preakness – About Bold Ruler, Eddie Arcaro and Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons by Whitney Tower
  • Don Hoak – Then and Now by Roy Terrell
  • One Town’s Secret – An old-fashioned formula for fitness pays off in Newtown, Connecticut by Dorothy Stull
  • Part 3 of 4: The Lady and the Trout — John McDonald and Dwight A. Webster recontruct the Berners flies, and John Langley Howard paints them in four pages in color
  • Plus Departments containing semi-regular features

    • 1957-04-29 Sports Illustrated Magazine Contents April 29 1957

    1957/04/29 – Front cover features Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Gene Fullmer – Sugar Ray’s Last Chance

  • An SI Special: The Great U.S. Pool Boom – A 14 page report covers pool building, living, fashions by Fred R. Smith and Jo Ahearn
  • April Is for the Young In Heart – Tony Kubek awaits his chance as other youngsters shine; also opens with a nearly full-page black & white photo of Roger Maris crossing the plate after his first home run
  • Spectacle: The Horse Show That Is Italy’s Pride – It is in Rome, of course, and one of the reasons for its success is the brilliant riding of the D’Inzeo brothers, by Luigi Barzini, Jr.
  • The Wonderful World of Sport
  • It’s Sugar Ray vs Gene Again – Gene Fullmer is favored to keep the middleweight title won from Sugar Ray Robinson by Martin Kane
  • Part 2: The Tex Rickard Story by Charles Samuels
  • Plus Departments containing semi-regular features

    • 1957-06-17 Sports Illustrated Magazine Contents June 17 1957

    1957/06/17 – Front cover features Eddie Arcaro illustrated by Robert Riger

  • Part 1 of 5 — The Art of Race Riding by Eddie Arcaro and Whitney Tower with drawings by Robert Riger
  • Skills of the Baseball Hitter by Robert Creamer and John G. Zimmerman includes full-page color photos of each Hank Aaron, Yogi Berra, Harvey Kuenn, Jim Lemon
  • A Square (Congressional) Deal for Sports by Representative Kenneth B. Keating
  • Now It’s Eddie vs. Shoe by Whitney Tower about the 89th running of the Belmont Stakes
  • High-Seas Hot Rods by Ezra Bowen – Speedboats of 1957
  • Dust-Up at Devon by Alice Higgins
  • Dude’s Delight by Toni Frissell
  • Danish Dazzle by Horace Sutton
  • Fair Ladies and Royal Ascot by A.P. Herbert with drawings by Rowland Emmett
  • Plus Departments containing semi-regular features

    • 1964-05-30 The New Yorker Magazine Contents May 30 1964

    1964/05/30 —

  • Cover by Arthur Getz
  • Goings on About Town
  • The Talk of the Town
  • Man’s Face by Donald Barthelme
  • The Fair – 6 pages of pages of Stevenson

  • The Three Cats by Sylvia Townsend Warner
  • “Cadenza” — A Poem by Ted Hughes
  • Onward and Upward with the Sciences — The Tail of Taxonomy by Geoffrey T. Hellman
  • The Theatre: Melange by John McCarten
  • The Phone Call by Tom Mayer
  • The Sporting Scene: A Clean Well-Lighted Cellar is about the New York Mets by Roger Angell
  • The Current Cinema: Lessons in Acting by Brendan Gill

  • Letter from Paris by Genet
  • The Race Track: Marking Time by Audax Minor
  • Musical Events: Blues in the Night by Winthrop Sargeant

    • 1948-01-21 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1948/01/21 —

  • Cover cartoon is “Who’s on Whose Side of the Street” by Willard Mullin showing how baseball and Football compete from mid-September to mid-October with small article below “Majors’ Closing to Nudge Into Grid Season”
  • Headline on front cover is “Yanks Fined $500 for Inking Schoolboy – N.Y. Team Loses Title to Kid Star” about Harry Nicholas of Valley Stream, NY
  • Braves 1915 Park Given $500,000 New Look
  • “‘Thanks for Memories,’ Fans Tell Sam – Breadon, at Dinner, Says He Will Miss Game” about Cardinals owner Sam Breadon ‘s testimonial dinner upon his leaving baseball, 3 pages total coverage packed with photos
  • 3 pages, 1 all photos, covering retirement of umpire George Magerkurth (Mage)
  • “Busy Winter for Auto Salesman Wynn” about Early Wynn with photos
  • “Majors’ Lineups Sagging at First Sack” about problems at first base throughout baseball
  • “Ex-Phil Star Set Homer Marks Broken by Ruth” is just over a half page feature including photos about Gavvy Cravath
  • Max Patkin “Who Joked Himself Out of Job with Tribe, Gets Funny Role for Phils”
  • Plus, believe it or not, much more! Including box scores, standings, statistics, minor league coverage, plus the 8 page All-Sports section which covers boxing, golf, hockey and other sports.
  • Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on back cover features large image of Loretta Young

    • 28 pages plus 8 page All-Sports News Supplement for 36 pages total.

    1948-02-04 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1948/02/04 —

  • Cover cartoon is “Pin-Ball Baseball” by Willard Mullin with very small related article underneath “Bell-Ringing Bases, Illuminated Plate, Innovations Planned at Braves’ Field”
  • Headline on front cover is “Pasquel Blast Perils Mexican Peace Plan” about Jorge Pasquel
  • Half page Pittsburgh Pirates summary with roster
  • “Irish Duo of Joes Plots Flag for Boston – McCarthy on Field and Cronin in Office Tops” about Joe Cronin and Joe McCarthy of the Boston Red Sox
  • “Looping the Loops” column by J.G. Taylor Spink focuses on Tris Speaker this issue
  • Feature on Walter Masterson
  • Branch Rickey “Blueprints Front-Office Success Route,” full page (plus) featuring Branch Rickey
  • Feature article on baseball-basketball player Frankie Baumholtz with photos
  • Just under a half-page article about umpire Cal Hubbard with photo
  • Plus, believe it or not, much more! Including box scores, standings, statistics, minor league coverage, plus the 8 page All-Sports section which covers boxing, football, hockey and other sports.
  • Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on back cover features large image of Rise Stevens

    • 28 pages plus 8 page All-Sports News Supplement for 36 pages total.

    1948-01-07 The Sporting News Baseball Magazine Contents

    1948/01/07 —

  • Cover cartoon is “Wait Till They Try This in Brooklyn!”
  • Headline on front cover is “St. Louis Can’t Support 2 Clubs – Breadon — ‘Fan Area Smallest in the Majors’ featuring Cardinals owner Sam Breadon
  • St. Louis Interests Mustering Forces to Acquire Browns – Kentuckian ‘Fronts’ for Two Local Millionaires in Negoitions, But Muckerman Awaits ‘Firm Offer’
  • Feature article on Grady Hatton who’s switching from third base to the outfield – cartoon of Hatton with photos of stars who changed positions surrounding him including Babe Ruth, Jimmy Foxx, Jackie Robinson, Stan Musial and others
  • “Looping the Loops” column by J.G. Taylor Spink focuses on Bob Lemon with photo of Lemon
  • Feature article about Phil Masi with 4 photos
  • “Home Run Cup Copped for Keeps, Giants Figure” with large Willard Mullin cartoon of his Giant holding a cup for “Greatest Home Run Hitting Team in History, 1947”
  • Feature article on World Series star of the Yankees Aaron Robinson with focus on his being upset at upstart Yogi Berra being made starting catcher. There’s even a small pic of Yogi where he’s labeled “Usurper”
  • Roy Campanella “May Be Second Negro Big League Regular” includes 2 photos of Campy and makes up more than half a full page
  • Huge 2 page page center spread of photos headlined “Pictures of Year – Acrobatic Action in the Big Tent – Caught by Camera-Clickers”
  • Necrology – Obituary for George Blaeholder
  • Plus, believe it or not, much more! Including box scores, standings, statistics, minor league coverage, plus the 8page All-Sports section which covers football, basketball, hockey and other sports.
  • Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on back cover features large image of Gary Cooper

    • 28 pages plus 8 page All-Sports News Supplement for 36 pages total.

    1889-10 Century Magazine Contents

    1889/10 — Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:

  • Frontispiece: Portrait of Moliere as Caesar
  • The East Siberian Silver Mines by George Kennan
  • Moliere and Shakspere by C. Coquelin
  • The Martens by C. A. Bartol
  • Base-Ball – For the Spectator by Walter Camp
    7 pages about baseball including an illustration of the field and 10 additional small illustrations of players in various forms of action; talk of early days, first pros, formation of National League, with the bulk of the article an explanation of the game with explantions of rules and some strategy. No players are mentioned by name, though some clubs are.
  • Abraham Lincoln A History – Blair’s Mexican Project – The Hampton Roads Conference – The XIIth Amendment by J. G. Nicolay and John Hay
  • Italian Old Masters – Filippo Lippi by W. J. Stillman
  • Three Jewish Kings by Edward L. Wilson
  • Over their Graves by Henry Jerome Stockard
  • The Pretty Girls of the West — Part 10 of Pictures of the Far West by Mary Hallock Foote
  • On a Great Poet’s Obscurity by Robert Underwood Johnson
  • The Longworth Mystery by Young E. Allison and illustrated by Charles Dana Gibson
  • Compensation by Stuart Sterne
  • Songs of Ireland by Jennie E. T. Dowe
  • Ben and Judas by Maurice Thompson
  • Phryne in Hades by William Young
  • Reminiscences of the Herschels by Maria Mitchell
  • The Old Bascom Place — Part 3 of 3 — Joel Chandler Harris
  • Sunrise by Alice Wellington Rollins
  • Education. The Training of the Teacher by Nicholas Murray Butler
  • Education. Manual Training as a Factor in Modern Education by Francis Newton Thorpe
  • Education. The Democratic Ideal in Education by Felix Adler
  • Illusions by H. S. Sanford, Jr.
  • War Diary of a Union Woman in the South by George W. Cable
  • To a Dog’s Memory by Louise Imogen Guiney

    • Topics of the Time:

  • Disasters
  • History and Current Politics
  • The Late Professor Alexander Johnston
  • Politics, Current, and History
  • Education. A New College for Women
  • A New College for Women

    • Open Letters:

  • A View of the Confederacy from the Inside by Judge John A. Campbell
  • Maria Mitchell by Anna C. Brackett
  • The Single Tax on Land Values by William S. Kahnweiler
  • Country Roads by R. A. Learned
  • The Iowa Experiment by Johnson Brigham
  • A Tenor Farm by G. H. Wilson
  • Irish Estates by George W. Ruxton

    • Bric-A-Brac:

  • By the Sea by E. W. Kemble
  • Reflections by J. A. Macon
  • The Elder Galvanism by Dora Read Goodale
  • When Polly Goes By by M. E. W.
  • The Direct Tale by Margaret Vandegrift
  • Ol’ Pickett’s Nell by Mather Dean Kimball
  • Teddy by William Zachary Gladwin

    • 1937-03-06 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1937/03/06 — Cover is credited to Tom Hall

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL:

  • Sit-Down Strikes Costly to Workers by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • Afternoon on a Motorcycle by Rupert Hughes and illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg
  • Wedding Day by Judy Van der Veer and illustrated by Harold Denison
  • Love Letters of a Prizefighter and a Hollywood Extra by Bert Green
  • Thousand Dollar Trip by Robert E. Pinkerton and illustrated by Marshall Frantz
  • Hard – Liberty’s Short Short by Jerome Barry

    • SERIALS:

  • Coronation Secrets, Past and Future — Part 2 by Frederick L. Collins
  • Hell-Bent — Part 3 by Richard Carroll and illustrated by Sewell Booth
  • Gold Old Jack — Conclusion by Eric Hatch and illustrated by Will Graven

    • ARTICLES:

  • Park Avenue Crime in California by Jack Merrill
  • Why the Jew is Persecuted by David Lloyd George
  • In Plain American, To Hell With These Debt-Settling Foreigners by John Erskine
  • Why These Airplane Crashes? by Swane Taylor
  • Freedom in Marriage? It’s the Bunk! by Thomas Edgelow
  • …And Anyway, Who Wants It? by Francesca Doone
  • Man vs. Flood by Edward Doherty
  • I Am Going to Have My Baby at Home by Jeannette Blanchard Kaley
  • Spring Training Secrets by baseball immortal Walter Johnson

    • FEATURES:

  • Twenty Questions
  • Good Books by Oliver Smith
  • Machine Guns and Meolodies — Movies by Beverly Hills
  • To the Ladies by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Crossword Puzzle

    • $1,500 Man Hunt Contest

  • Vox Pop
  • It Happened In–

    • 1937-03-13 Liberty Magazine Contents

    1937/03/13 — Cover illustrated by Charles De Feo

    Contents as follows:
    EDITORIAL:

  • “To Hell With Capital!” by Bernarr Macfadden

    • SHORT STORIES

  • If You Really Want Me by Rita Weiman and illustrated by Gerald Leake
  • Confessional by Scott Littleton and illustrated by W.F. Couse
  • Mr. Dunkle’s Diary by Norman Anthony
  • No More Lies — Liberty’s Short Short by Hamilton Williamson

    • SERIALS:

  • Discretion Be Damned — Part 1 by Elmer Davis and illustrated by Charles Bryson
  • Marching Dead Men by Terry Brennan as told to Captain W.J. Blackledge and illustrated by Charles De Feo
  • Coronation Secrets, Past and Future — Part 3 of 3 by Frederick L. Collins
  • Hell-Bent — Part 4 of 4 by Richard Carroll and illustrated by Sewell Booth

    • ARTICLES:

  • Norma Shearer Now Looks to Future by Adela Rogers St. Johns
  • America’s Amazing Woman Rebel in China by Upton Sinclair
  • From Hill-Billy to $140,000 a Year – “Boss Ket” Reveals His Secrets of Success about Charles F. Kettering
  • Underworld Nights by Edward Doherty
  • Headaches of a Big-League Manager by Bill Terry
  • Those Income-Tax Blues by Donald Furthman Wickets

    • FEATURES:

  • Twenty Questions
  • Good Books by Oliver Smith
  • Hollywood Builds a Picture Monument — Movies by Beverly Hills includes a 4-star review of The Good Earth
  • To the Ladies by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Crossword Puzzle

    • $1,500 Man Hunt Contest

  • Vox Pop
  • It Happened In–