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1942-04 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

1942/04 — Cover design by Preston Duncan

Contents as taken from the contents page and paging through the issue:

COMPLETE IN ONE ISSUE NOVEL:

  • A Far-Off Music by Ursula Parrott and illustrated by Andrew Loomis

    • FICTION:

  • The Athaletic Type by Sarah Lorimer and illustrated by Robert O. Reid
  • Drivin’ Woman — Part 3 of 6 by Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier and illustrated by Al Parker
  • Aunt Ella Takes a Trip by Marcelene Cox and illustrated by Norman Rockwell
  • The Irresistible Object by Phyllis Duganne and illustrated by Jon Whitcomb
  • These Foolish Things by Dorothy Black and illustrated by Walter Biggs
  • The Heart Has April Too — part 4 of 5 by Gladys Taber and illustrated by Jon Whitcomb

    • SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • Orange Juice — Penny a Glass
  • This War and teh Common Sense of Women by Dorothy Johnson
  • Could Your Husband Take It? by Bette Davis
  • If You Ask Me by Eleanor Roosevelt
  • Give the First Baby Second Place by Paul Popenoe
  • How Old Are You? by Constance J. Foster
  • How America Lives
  • Meet the Griffins, of Lyndon, Kentucky
  • How Should Children Be Trained for a War Situation? by Leslie B. Hohman, M.D.

    • GENERAL FEATURES:

  • Our Readers Write us
  • Scandal Sheet – The Sub-Deb by Elizabeth Woodward
  • Fifty Years Ago in the Journal
  • Journal About Town
  • How to Torture Your Friends by Peter Storme and Paul Stryfe
  • This Is America: Breed by Struthers Burt
  • This Is a Fidgety by Munro Leaf
  • Ask Any Woman by Marcelene Cox
  • Diary of Domesticity by Gladys Taber
  • Journal’s End by Ann Batchelder
  • Reference Library

    • FASHION AND BEAUTY:

  • Your Favorite Has a Dual Personality by Wilhela Cushman
  • Make It Look Like Spring by Wilhela Cushman
  • April Additions to a Spring Wardrobe by Dawn Crowell
  • How Good Are You? by Ruth Mary Packard
  • You Might Consider by Ruth mary Packard
  • Four-Piece, Year-Round by Ruth Mary Packard
  • Heads High–Backs Straightn by Louise Paine Benjamin

    • FOOD AND HOMEMAKING:

  • Serve Something Simple by Ann Batchelder
  • Line a Day by Ann Bathelder
  • Keeping His Best Foot Forward by Grace L. Pennock
  • Nutrition Made Easy for the Griffins by Louella G. Shouer
  • Make Your Rubber Goods Last by Margaret Davidson

    • BUILDING, INTERIOR DECORATION AND GARDEN:

  • First Victory House by Richard Pratt
  • “I Made Them Myself” by Henrietta Murdock
  • Finishing the Attic by Richard Pratt
  • A Garden of Animals by Richard Pratt

    • POETRY:

  • For An Old Fisherman by Eleanor Alletta Chaffee
  • In the Spring by George Stewart
  • City Robin by Geraldine Ross
  • Washington in April by Ethel Barnett De Vito
  • The Need of Speech by Marion Lineaweaver
  • Equivalence by Louise Shaw
  • To A Disapproving Spouse by Virginia Scott Miner
  • Sea Will Remain by Robert P. Tristram Coffin
  • Occupations by Grace Noll Crowell
  • 160 pages plus covers inside this oversized magazine

    • 1940-07 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

    1940/07 — Cover design by Al Parker

    Contents as taken from the contents page and paging through the issue:

    NOVEL COMPLETE IN THIS ISSUE:

  • The Phantom Shore by Vina Delmar and illustrated by Robert G. Harris

    • FICTION:

  • The Smart Set by Ruth Rodney King and illustrated by Roy Spreter
  • To Marry With a Stranger by Howard Fast and illustrated by Walter Biggs
  • Women in White — Conclusion by Franken Meloney and illustrated by Robert G. Harris

  • A Mighty Man Was He by Graeme and Sarah Lorimer and illustrated by Irving Nurick
  • Speak No Evil — Part 2 of 5 by Mignon G. Eberhart and illustrated by Stanley Parkhouse

    • SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • Citizens in Training by Alberta Williams
  • Give and Take by Peggy McEvoy
  • American White Paper by Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner
  • The Story of Two Mustaches by Henry F. Pringle is about Adolf Hitler and Charles Chaplin who’s movie “The Dictator” is coming soon
  • “Being of Sound Mind” by Don Wharton
  • It’s a Woman’s World by Dorothy Thompson
  • How America Lives – No. 6
  • Meet the Wrights of Burlington, Vermont

    • GENERAL FEATURES:

  • Keep Her in the Dark — The Sub-Deb by Elizabeth Woodward
  • Fifty Years Ago in the Journal
  • Journal About Town
  • This Is a Know-It-All by Munro Leaf
  • Scarlet Fever by Dr. Herman N. Bundesen
  • Early Is the Watchword in Cancer Control
  • As the Twig Is Bent — No. 15 by Leslie B. Hohman, M.D.
  • The Dear Man – Cartoon by Helen E. Hokinson
  • Diary of Domesticity by Gladys Taber
  • Reference Library
  • Journal’s End by Ann Bathelder

    • FASHIONS AND BEAUTY:

  • There’s Nothing Like White by Wilhela Cushman
  • We’re a Family of Little Women by Wilhela Cushman
  • Wright About Face by Louise Paine Benjamin
  • Shoe Counsel by Wilhela Cushman

    • FOOD AND HOMEMAKING:

  • Three Cheers by Ann Batchelder
  • Line a Day by Ann Batchelder
  • If You Camp as the Wrights Do by Grace L. Pennock
  • From Mrs. Wright’s Personal Collection by Louella G. Shouer
  • “I’d Still Give All My Time to My Home” by Grace L. Pennock
  • “I’m Not as Thorough as Mother” by Grace L. Pennock
  • The Coffee Question by Margaret Davidson

    • INTERIOR DECORATION, BUILDING AND GARDEN:

  • Gardening at Dawn and Dusk by The Gardener’s Assistant
  • Time to Open Camp by Henrietta Murdock
  • The Wrights Inspire a Page of Summer Camps by Richard Pratt

    • POETRY:

  • Only the Living by Daniel Whitehead Hicky
  • Song by Elizabeth Coatsworth
  • Thank Little Boys by Robert P. Tristram Coffin
  • Troth by Barbara A. Jones
  • The Other Woman by Violet Alleyn Storey
  • Shadows of the Future by Helene Mullins
  • Against the Night by Paul Engle
  • The Touch by Clenn Ward Dresbach
  • 126 pages plus covers inside this oversized magazine

    • 1943-05 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

    1943/05 — Cover design by Wilhelm Cushman – Photograph by James Abbe, Jr.

    Contents as taken from the contents page and paging through the issue:

    NOVEL COMPLETE IN THIS ISSUE:

  • Intimate Strangers by Mildred Cran and illustrated by Al Parker

    • FICTION:

  • Navy Nurse — Part 1 of 5 by Gladys Taber and illustrated by Lt. Jon Whitcomb U.S.N.R.
  • Life Can Be Skunky by Sarah Lorimer and illustrated by Robert O. Reid
  • Sorrow Acre by Isak Dinesen
  • It’s a Wise Child by Anne Hall and illustrated by R.G. Harris
  • Journey Proud by Gene Henry and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • Survival — Part 4 of 6 — by Phyllis Bottome and illustrated by Andrew Loomis

    • SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • A War For What? by Dorothy Thompson
  • Junior Home Nurses by Betty Hannah Hoffman
  • For 40,000,000 Reasons by Beatrice Blackmar Gould
  • The Teacher Looks at Delinquency by Samuel Tenenbaum
  • If You Ask Me by Eleanor Roosevelt
  • College on $300 a Year by Paul Popenoe
  • How America Lives
  • Meet the Lusks, of Avon, Connecticut
  • Child-Training Rules and Temper Tantrums by Leslie B. Hohman, M.D.
  • You Can Help Avert a Paper Shortage

    • GENERAL FEATURES:

  • Our Readers Write Us
  • Doctor’s Orders — The Sub-Deb by Elizabeth Woodward
  • Your Men in Uniform
  • Fifty Years Ago in the Journal
  • Journal About Town
  • Reference Library
  • Ask Any Woman by Marcelene Cox
  • This Can Be America – “Practical Men” by Struthers Burt
  • Fun to Make — Gay Little Party Napkins
  • Are You Right About Love and Marriage by Donald A. Laird
  • This Is a Food-Waster by Munro Leaf
  • Diet in Pregnancy by Dr. Herman N. Bundesen
  • Diary of Domesticity by Gladys Taber

    • FASHIONS AND BEAUTY:

  • Stars in Your Wardrobe by Wilhela Cushman
  • Trousseau for a Day by Wilhela Cushman
  • Good_Neighborhood Policy by Dawn Crowell
  • Sewing Means Saving by Ruth Mary Packard
  • Hands At Work by Louise Paine Benjamin

    • INTERIOR DECORATING AND GARDENING:

  • Gardens Off the Ground by Richard Pratt
  • No Priorities in Antiques by Henrietta Murdock
  • A Garden to Get In by Richard Pratt
  • The Summer Campaign by The Gardener’s Assistant

    • FOOD AND HOMEMAKING:

  • Fisherman’s Luck by Ann Batchelder
  • Line a Day by Ann Batchelder
  • Thrifty Ways for War Days by Margaret Davidson
  • Something Can Be Done by Margaret Davidson
  • The Lusks Can As They Grow by Louella G. Shouer

  • Follow the Fruit Parade by Louella G. Shouer

  • Main Dishes on Your Budget by Louella G. Shouer

    • POETRY:

  • The American Way of Life by Jan Struther

  • Copycats by W.E. Farbstein

  • What Is In Water? by Glenn Ward Dresbach

  • Women Mending by Nelle Graves McGill
  • Defense Worker by Janet Moore

  • Cockade by Agnes Yarnell
  • 166 pages plus covers inside this oversized magazine

    • 1940-06 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

    1940/06 — Cover design by Steichen

    Contents as taken from the contents page and paging through the issue:

    NOVEL COMPLETE IN THIS ISSUE:

  • Quiet Family Wedding by Naomi Lane Babson and illustrated by John Falter

    • FICTION:

  • Speak No Evil — Part 1 of 5 by Mignon G. Eberhart and illustrated by Stanley Parkhouse
  • As Far Apart as the Polls by George Bradshaw and illustrated by Al Parker
  • Love Your Neighbor by Dorothy Black and illustrated by Haddon Sundblom
  • Common Ground by Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger and illustrated by Tom Lovell
  • Women in White — Part 4 of 5 by Franken Meloney and illustrated by Robert G. Harris

    • SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • Mrs. Drummond Writes Us
  • Cleanup in Lubbock by Paul W. Kearney
  • Youth and the Real World by Dorothy Thompson
  • Early Cancer Can Often Be Cured by Parker Morell
  • The White House Speaks by Eleanor Roosevelt
  • Heart Q. by Hughes Mearns
  • Mr. and Mrs. Walter Winchell by Parker Morell
  • Time of My Life — Conclusion by Katharine Brush
  • How America Lives — No. 5
  • Meet the Cricks, of Cucamonga, California

    • GENERAL FEATURES:

  • Moneky Business — The Sub-Deb by Elizabeth Woodward
  • Fifty Years Ago in the Journal
  • Journal About Town
  • Diary of Domesticity by Gladys Taber
  • This Is a Won’t Try by Munro Leaf
  • Diphtheria by Dr. Herman N. Bundesen
  • As the Twig Is Bent — No. 14 by Leslie B. Hohman, M.D.
  • Journal’s End by Ann Batchelder
  • Reference Library

    • FASHIONS AND BEAUTY:

  • Make Your Own, Make Them Gay by Charlotte Johnson
  • This Is My Trousseau … and My Summer Wardrobe by Ruth Mary Packard
  • “I Have Three Growing Daughers” by Louise Paine Benjamin
  • Learning to Dress on an Allowance by Wilhela Cushman
  • You Might Have to Reconsider the Rebirth of Your Trousseau by Ruth Mary Packard
  • Shoe Counsel for Cool Comfort by Ruth Mary Packard

    • FOOD AND HOMEMAKING:

  • Happy Is the Bride by Ann Batchelder
  • Line a Day by Ann Batchelder
  • It’s Everybody’s Job by Grace L. Pennock
  • “I Want to Remodel My Sink” by Grace L. Pennock

  • Eating Out With the Cricks by Louella G. Shouer
  • Crick “Specials” by Louella G. Shouer

    • INTERIOR DECORATION, BUILDING AND GARDEN:

  • Gardens Outside Your Window by Richard Pratt
  • “Our Swimming Pool Cost $200” by Richard Pratt
  • “We Like the Outdoor Type of Living Room” by Henrietta Murdock
  • Spots for “Crickettes” by Henrietta Murdock
  • Food for Flower by The Gardener’s Assistant

    • POETRY:

  • Success by Emily Dickinson
  • Not Dreaming by Helene Mullins
  • Other Music by Elford Caughey
  • The Gardener by Selma R. Osterman
  • Dream in this Quiet by George Abbe
  • Discipline by Elizabeth G. Stewart

  • Private Performance by Ida Marian Breed
  • 140 pages plus covers inside this oversized magazine

    • 1940-01 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

    1940/01 — Cover design: Painting by Jane Van Eyck – Border design by W.P. Schoonmaker

    Contents as taken from the contents page and paging through the issue:

    NOVEL COMPLETE IN THIS ISSUE:

  • Happiness by Mildred Cram and illustrated by Andrew Loomis

    • FICTION:

  • Steel Edges by Newlin B. Wildes and illustrated by Roy Spreter
  • She’s So Embarrassing by Margaret Culkin Banning and illustrated by John Falter
  • Better to Dwell– by Hugh MacNair Kahler and illustrated by Walter Biggs
  • If I Were a Boy Again by Dorothy Black
  • Another Woman — Part 4 of 5 by Mary Hastings Bradley and illustrated by Andrew Loomis

    • SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • No Ivory Tower
  • Peace and Power by Dorothy Thompson
  • What Do the Women of America Think? — About Psychic Phenomena
  • The First Fortnight by Rebecca West
  • Time of My Life — Part 2 of 7 — by Katharine Brush
  • Finished at Last by Henry F. Pringle is about GONE WITH THE WIND and cover 4 pages including 1 full page, 2 pages with 3/4 text and 1/4 ad, 1 page of half text, half ads. Opening page includes color photos of Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, and Leigh with Clark Gable
  • Your Chances of Making a Success of Marriage by Albert Edward Wiggins, D.Sc.

    • GENERAL FEATURES:

  • Look Before You Leap — The Sub-Deb by Elizabeth Woodward
  • Fifty Years Ago in the Journal
  • Journal About Town
  • As the Twig Is Bent — No. 9 by Leslie B. Hohman, M.D.
  • Birthmarks by Dr. Herman N. Bundesen
  • This Is a Thoughtless by Munro Leaf
  • Diary of Domesticity by Gladys Taber
  • Journal’s End by Ann Batchelder
  • Reference Library

    • FASHION AND BEAUTY:

  • One Wonderful Night and You the Star by Wilhela Cushman
  • Gifts … Gifts … Gifts by Ruth Mary Packard
  • Earmarked — Youth by Charlotte Johnson
  • There’s a Beautiful Answer to Your Christmas Gift Problem by Louise Paine Benjamin
  • You Might Consider by Peggy Stevenson
  • Snow Belles by Peggy Stevenson
  • Show Counsel — For Feet at Home by Wilhela Cushman
  • Like Mother–Like Daughter

    • FOOD AND HOMEMAKING:

  • Home for the Holidays by Ann Batchelder
  • Line a Day by Ann Batchelder
  • Recipes for the Holiday Hostess by Louella G. Shouer
  • Freedom of Choice by Grace L. Pennock

    • INTERIOR DECORATION AND GARDEN:

  • An All-Summer Perennial Path by Richard Pratt
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear by Henrietta Murdock
  • Indoor Spring by The Gardener’s Assistant

    • POETRY:

  • Climbing by Helen Springer Moran
  • Adversity by Nina Gertrude Smith
  • Late Christmas by Robert P. Tristram Coffin
  • Daughter-in-Law by Grace Noll Crowell
  • Pair by Paul Engle
  • Matin by David Morton
  • The Birthday of the Child by Madeline Mason
  • 78 pages plus covers inside this oversized magazine

    • 1898-10 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

    1898/10 — Contents as taken from the contents page and paging through the issue:

  • Miss Wilkins in Her New England Home with illustrations from photographs by T.E. Marr features Mary E. Wilkins
  • When I Stood Face to Face With Death by General A.W. GreelyThe Most Interesting Sunday School in America by William Perrine
  • The Anecdotal Side of Mark Twain by Several Contributors with Illustrations from Photographs
  • The Man in Whose Lap I Set by Carl Herrick
  • Their Letters to a Good Friend – Reproductions of letters to the President of the United States from Queen Victoria, Napoleon I, Napoleon III, and William I
  • The Minister of Carthage by Carline A. Mason
  • The Personal Side of Richard Wagner by Houston S. Chamberlain with Illustrations from Photographs
  • Studying the Piano Abroad by Mrs. Hamilton Mott
  • The Boy of Ten Phenomenal Fingers by Mary B. Mullet

    • EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS:

  • Editorial Page by The Editor
  • About Men by Frances Evans
  • A Girl’s Best Reading by Ruth Ashmore

  • What a Window Can Do For a House by Frank S. Guild
  • Cupboards, Bookshelves and Box Seats by John Rusk
  • The Dining Room and the Table by Frances E. Lanigan
  • The Four Walls of a Room by Grace P. Goodrich
  • The Journal’s Little Readers by Several Contributors
  • The Right Food for Different Men by Mrs. S.T. Rover
  • Twenty-Five Desserts for Every Stomach by Mrs. S.T. Rover
  • The King’ Daughters by Mrs. Margaret Bottome
  • How to Give a Picture-Play by Alexander Black – three-quarters of a page with photos of scenes from “A Capital Courtship,” “Miss Jerry,” and 4 from “Miss America,” plus a small diagram of arrangement for a Picture Play
  • Reviving the Old-Fashioned Games by Angela C. Boyce
  • Designs in Venentian Point Lace by Sara Hadley
  • Starting a Village Library by Neltje Blanchan

  • The Gossip of the Editors
  • Literary Queries by The Literary Editor
  • Side-Talks With Girls by Ruth Ashmore
  • Musical Helps and Hints by The Musical Editors
  • Suggestions for Mothers by Elisabeth Robinson Scovil
  • Mrs. Rorer’s Answers to Questions by Mrs. S.T. Roer

    • 1890-06 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

    1890/06 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    30-pages plus outer covers, plus 40-page Premium Supplement section offering goods for attracting subscribers (some cool stuff, toy trains, magic lantern, lots of books). This is just the sixth issue edited by Edward W. Bok towards the start of his long history with Curtis Publications and the Ladies Home Journal audience (brief history below). Issue measures appx. 11″ X 16″. Vol. VII, No. 7.

    Contents as cribbed from the outer cover:

  • Myrtle’s Mistake – Part I – by Kate Upson Clark and illustrated by Frank T. Merrill
  • Useful Things Worth Knowing
  • A Progressive Conversation Party by Mrs. E.C. Allis
  • Out-Door Sports for Girls by Ellen Le Garde
  • Closing House for the Summer by Florence Howe Hall
  • The Eternal Will, a poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
  • Summer Widowers by Percy Vere
  • The Story of a New York House
  • Are Women Careless of Money? by Junius Henri Browne
  • Sunrise on the Nile by Mary J. Holmes
  • Her One Talent — A Story for Girls – by Fay Huntington and illustrated by C.T. Hill and F.S. Guild
  • Early Summer Fruits by Feliz L. Oswald, MD
  • A Patagonian Child Doctor
  • Ascutney Street — Chapters VII – VIII — by Mrs. A.D.T. Whitney and illustrated by W. St. John Harper
  • Some Questions I Am Asked by The Editor (Bok)
  • Under My Study Lamp by T. DeWitt Talmage, DD
  • Side-Talks With Girls by Ruth Ashmore
  • Letters to Beth: Manners in Public by Kate Tannatt Woods
  • Trusting Our Children by Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher
  • Notes for Young Mothers by Elizabeth Robinson Scovil
  • By-Low Song by Annie Hamilton Donnell and illustrated by C.J. Budd
  • How to Dress Baby
  • Helps to Literary Success by Edward W. Bok
  • Memoirs of a Tranquil Life
  • Reading Clubs in the Country by Marion Harland
  • Poets and Editors by Wolstan Dixey
  • Jamie, a poem by Elizabeth W. Cambell
  • Good Just for Spite: A Story by Emma C. Hewitt
  • A Mother’s Influence by Felicia Holt
  • Hints on Home-Dressmaking by Emma M. Hooper
  • For Woman’s Wear by Mrs. Mallon and illustrated by Victor F. Newman
  • In the World of Fashion by Mrs. Mallon and illustrated by Redfern
  • All About Flowers by Eben E. Rexford and illustrated by W. Hamilton Gibson
  • The Practical Housekeeper by Mrs. Louisa Knapp
  • A Few Appetizing Dishes by Anna Alexander Cameron
  • Old-Time Cookery
  • Three Household Novelties by Dinah Sturgis
  • Some Asked For Recipes
  • Just Between Ourselves by Aunt Catharine
  • A Paper Picnic by Lina Beard and illustrated by Lina Beard
  • Phillida — Chapters XVII – XIX — by Maud Howe
  • Questions and Answers
  • Artistic Needlework by Mary F. Knapp
  • 40-page Premium Supplement

    • Advertising includes smaller display ads and is becoming more prominent than in earlier issues.

    1890-05 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

    1890/05 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    28-pages plus outer covers. This is just the fifth issue edited by Edward W. Bok towards the start of his long history with Curtis Publications and the Ladies Home Journal audience (brief history below). Issue measures appx. 11″ X 16″. Vol. VII, No. 6.

    Contents as cribbed from the outer cover:

  • Ascutney Street – Part VII – by Adeline D.T. Whitney and illustrated by W. St. John Harper
  • Both Sides of the Line, a poem by Cora Stuart Wheeler
  • Women in Business Life by Mrs. Frank Leslie
  • How to Choose Eye-Glasses by HV. Wirdeman, MD
  • Superstitions of the Chinese by Wah Le Tung
  • Domestic Life in Egypt by Mary J. Holmes
  • My Little Bo-Peep, a poem by Frank E. Holliday
  • How to Take Care of Kid Gloves by Augusta S. Prescott
  • Farmer Bell’s Bargain by Mrs. A.G. Lewis and illustrated by E.B. Bensell
  • The Coming of May, a poem
  • The Amateur Camera by A. Bogardus
  • The Value of Etiquette
  • The Master-Key, a poem
  • Woman’s Need of Exercise by Ellen Le Garde
  • A South African Wedding by W.P. Pond and illustrated by Frank C. Drake
  • What are Women Doing? by The Editor (Bok)
  • The Young Man of To-Day
  • Under My Study Lamp by T. DeWitt Talmage, DD
  • Side-Talks With Girls by Ruth Ashmore
  • Letters to Beth: No. VI by Kate Tannatt Woods
  • A Wedding Outfit for $200 by Emma M. Hooper
  • The Proper Care of Clothing by Helen Jay
  • The Life of a Busy Author by Alice Au Tance Campbell with portriat of Mrs. Kate Tannatt Woods
  • Is Literature a Trade? by Edward W. Bok
  • New Books on My Table by Annie R. Ramsey
  • Latest Fashions by Mrs. John W. Bishop and illustrated by Victor F. Newman
  • Hints on Home-Dressmaking by Emma M. Hooper
  • Jessie’s Opportunity by Florence B. Hallowell and illustrated by Frank T. Merrill
  • A May-Day Song, a poem by Laura E. Richards
  • All About Flowers by Eben E. Rexford and illustrated by F.S. Guild
  • A Puzzler for Baby, a poem by Dudley Dorn
  • An Allegory of To-Day by Margaret B. Harvey
  • Talks With the Doctor by Laury MacHenry
  • Practical Housekeeping by Louisa Knapp
  • What to Do With the Left-Overs by L.L.
  • Resurrection Dishes by Mary J. Safford
  • Shining and “Doing-Up” Shirts by Aunt Millie
  • A Few Dainty Desserts by Edith A. Grant
  • Questions and Answers
  • Artistic Needlework by Mary F. Knapp
  • Phillida — Chapters XV – XVII – by Maude Howe
  • Front cover: The Herald of Spring, a poem by Alexander Wilson
  • 2nd Cover: The Violet in France
  • 2nd Cover: Neatness in Dress at Home
  • 3rd Cover: Seven Ways of Marrying
  • Back Cover: Deceptive Housekeeping

    • Advertising includes smaller display ads and is becoming more prominent than in earlier issues.

    1890-03 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

    1890/03 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    32-pages plus outer covers. This is just the third issue edited by Edward W. Bok towards the start of his long history with Curtis Publications and the Ladies Home Journal audience (brief history below). Issue measures appx. 11″ X 16″. Vol. VII, No. 4.

    Contents as cribbed from the outer cover:

  • Mrs. Harrison in the White House by A.J. Halford – with portrait and interior views of White House
  • A Man’s Ideas of Home Comfort by Percy Vere
  • Diana and the Hunt Ball by Kate Tannatt Woods and illustrated by H. Winthrop Pierce
  • Home and Haunts of Scott, illustrated by W.L. Taylor and F.S. Guild
  • Ascutney Street – Part V – by Adeline D.T. Whitney and illustrated by W. St. John Harper
  • Woman a poem by Rose Hartwick Thorpe
  • Experiments in Wage-Earning by O.M.E. Rowe
  • How to Marry Well by The Duchess
  • Phillida – Chapters XI – XII- XIII – by Maud Howe and illustrated by H. Winthrop Pierce
  • The Editorial Desk
  • March Winds by Felix L. Oswald, MD
  • Under My Study Lamp by T. DeWitt Talmage, DD
  • Side-Talks With Girls by Ruth Ashmore
  • Letters to Beth – IV – by Kate Tannatt Woods
  • Keeping Store a poem by Nellie K. Kellogg
  • Four Bright New Games by Mary Catherine Crowley
  • Saved from the Poorhouse by Lavinia S. Goodwin and illustrated by Copeland
  • How a Boy’s Library Was Made by Jean Halifax
  • In Literary Circles by Annie R. Ramsey
  • Words to Young Authors by Edward W. Bok
  • Latest Fashions by Mrs. John W. Bishop
  • Hints on Home Dressmaking by Emma M. Hooper
  • There’s No Time Like the Present, a poem by Eben E. Rexford
  • Things for Baby’s Wear by Clarissa Potter
  • The Best Influence for Children by Minnie A. Woodward
  • Sunshine, Baby and I, a poem by A.M.H.D. and illustrated by C.J. Budd
  • Ready Made Mothers by Annie Hamilton Donnell
  • All About Flowers by Eben E. Rexford and illustrated by W. Hamilton Gibson
  • Practical Housekeeping by Mrs. Louisa Knapp
  • Sixteen Uses of Potatoes by Annie C. Stearns
  • Cookery for Convalescents by Mary Fisher Bosson
  • How to Serve Spring Chickens by Eliza R. Parker
  • Artistic Needlework by Mary F. Knapp
  • What Constitutes Success by Felicia Holt
  • Questions and Answers
  • Front Cover: March, a poem by Louise Chandler Moulton
  • 2nd Cover: Words of Potted Wisdom
  • 3rd Cover: A Practical View of Marriage by Marion Harland
  • 3rd Cover: Hints on Canvassing by Miss M.H. Valentine
  • Back Cover: Fancy Work for Odd Moments by Emma M. Hooper

    • Advertising includes smaller display ads.

    1890-02 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

    1890/02 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    28-pages plus outer covers. This is just the second issue edited by Edward W. Bok towards the start of his long history with Curtis Publications and the Ladies Home Journal audience (brief history below). Issue measures appx. 11″ X 16″. Vol. VII, No. 3.

    Contents as cribbed from the outer cover:

  • Ascutney Street — Part IV by Adeline D.T. Whitney
  • The Man Who Made Me by Josiah Allan’s Wife
  • A Confession a poem by George Newell Lovejoy
  • Climbing the Social Ladder by Felicia Holt
  • The Vision a poem by Eben E. Rexford
  • St. Valentine’s Day by Alice Graham Lanigan
  • Phillida – Chapters IX – X by Maud Howe
  • The Story of Beatrice Cenci by Mary J. Holmes
  • How to Eat an Orange by Allan Forman
  • The Editorial Desk
  • Under My Study Lamp by T. DeWitt Talmage, D.D.
  • Side Talks With Girls by Ruth Ashmore
  • Letters to Beth – III – by Kate Tannatt Woods
  • In Literary Circles by Annie R. Ramsey — Will Carleton — Edward W. Bok
  • Latest Fashions by Mrs. John W. Bishop
  • An Open Confession by Helen Jay
  • Hints on Home-Dressmaking by Emma M. Hooper
  • Mother’s Corner
  • All About Flowers by Eben E. Rexford
  • Artistic Needlework by Mary F. Knapp
  • Tom Lawton’s Sled – A Story for Boys – by William P. Chipman
  • A Broken Promise by Florence B. Hallowell
  • The Practical Housekeeper by Mrs. Louisa Knapp
  • Questions and Answers
  • Christmas at Guttormson’s by Katharine B. Foot and illustrated by W.L. Taylor
  • February poem on the outer front cover by Margaret J. Preston and illustrated by H. Wintrop Pierce
  • On 2nd Cover: New Games for the Fireside by Mrs. A.G. Lewis
  • On 3rd Cover: Just Between Ourselves
  • on 4th Cover (back cover): Literary Salad by Mrs. E.C. Allis

    • Advertising includes smaller display ads.

    1890-01 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

    1890/01 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    24-pages plus outer covers. This is the first issue edited by Edward W. Bok beginning a long history with Curtis Publications and the Ladies Home Journal audience (brief history below). Issue measures appx. 11″ X 16″. Vol. VII, No. 2.

    Contents as cribbed from the outer cover:

  • Ascutney Street — Part III byAdeline D.T. Whitney
  • Christmas at Guttormson’s by Katharine B. Foot
  • 1890 a poem by Lee C. Harby
  • If I Were a Man by Elizabeth B. Custer
  • An Algerian Wedding Feast
  • A Word for an Old Favorite by Felicia Holt
  • Doors and Windows by Helen Evertson Smith
  • Evil Speaking a poem by Margaret E. Sangster
  • Bonnie’s Prayer a poem by Anna R. Henderson
  • What Is Good Form by Mrs. F.M. Howard
  • Phillida – Chapters VII – VIII by Maud Howe
  • Maud Howe Elliot — A Sketch
  • Editorial: Including An Editorial Change. An excerpt: In the capacity of Mr. Bok to continue the work so auspiciously begun and carried out under Mrs. Knapp’s direction, the management has every confidence. With the fullest appreciation of the needs of a representative woman’s periodical, a tried experience, and the liveliest sympathy with everything appertaining to the elevation and instruction of womankind, Mr. Bok enters upon his duties thoroughly equipped for the position…
  • Under My Study Lamp by T. DeWitt Talmage, D.D.
  • Side Talks With Girls
  • Books and Bookmakers
  • New Fashions by Mrs. John W. Bishop
  • Inexpensive Gowns for Winter by Emma M. Hooper
  • Hints for Housekeepers
  • Children’s Page by Emily Meigs Ripley
  • Mother’s Corner by Anna E. Watson
  • The Practical Housekeeper by Mrs. Louisa Knapp which opens as follows: In another column will be foundthe announcement of my retirement from the editorship of The Ladies Home Journal. For the past two years the nervous strain and anxiety in providing copy at stated periods, and the constantly growing demands for additional brain labor have been such that it seemed necessary, in justice to my home and family, that I should limit myself to such work only as can have the thorough oversight and preparation that the Journal demands…
  • Floral Department by Eben E. Rexford
  • Artistic Needlework by Mary F. Knapp
  • Questions and Answers
  • Letters from Our Readers

    • Advertising includes smaller display ads.

    1889-12 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

    1889/12 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    25-pages plus 16-page Premium Supplement plus outer covers, totalling 45 pages. Edited by Mrs. Louisa Knapp (brief history below) While Knapp is still listed as editor of this issue it does include writing by Edward W. Bok. This is the final issue with Mrs. Louisa Knapp listed as Editor, Bok will take over that honor in the January issue next month. Issue measures appx. 11″ X 16″. Vol. VII, No. 1.

    Contents as cribbed from the outer cover:

  • The Old Front Gate by Will Carleton
  • Secrets of Entertaining Company Agreeably by Florence Howe Hall
  • Scissors and Paste by M.L.T.
  • Ascutney Street – Part II by Mrs. A.D.T. Whitney
  • Presidential Entertainments in the White House by Theodore R. Davis
  • Christmas at Guttormson’s by Katharine B. Foot
  • Santa’s Wonderful Jig by Mrs. A.G. Lewis
  • Verse Building by Frank H. Stauffer
  • Grandmother’s Baby a poem by Margaret E. Sangster
  • Rubbing the Baby by Annie Hamilon Donnell
  • The Mother’s Opportunity by Thorny Poppy
  • Phillida – Chapter V – VI by Maud Howe
  • Editorial
  • Books and Book Makers by Annie R. Ramsey
  • Gladstone’s Love for Reading and Bismarck’s Literary Tastes by Edward W. Bok
  • New Fashions by Mrs. John W. Bishop
  • Hints on Home Dressmaking by Emma M. Hooper
  • Artistic Needle Work by Mary F. Knapp
  • Christmas Dainties byEliza R. Parker
  • English Christmas Dishes by Mary Barrett Brown
  • A Carol for Christmas by Eben E. Rexford
  • The Window Garden in December
  • Christmas Floral Decorations
  • Talks About Flowers
  • Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever by Dr. T. Wallace Simon
  • A Literary Game by “Unomee”
  • Christmas Meats and How to Cook Them by Anna Alexander Cameron
  • 16-page Premium Supplement following page 25 of the regular issue

    • Advertising includes smaller display ads.

    1889-11 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

    1889/11 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    24-pages plus 16-page Premium Supplement plus outer covers, totalling 44 pages. Edited by Mrs. Louisa Knapp (brief history below) While Knapp is still listed as editor of this issue it does include writing by Edward W. Bok. The Editorial in this edition claims that the Ladies Home Journal has hit the one million mark in circulation. Issue measures appx. 11″ X 16″. Vol. VI, No. 12.

    Contents as cribbed from the outer cover:

  • Ascutney Street by Mrs. A.D.T. Whitney
  • Tamer Ann’s Idees by Josiah Allan’s Wife
  • Phillida by Maud Howe
  • Linda’s Responsibility — A Thanksgiving Story by Florence B. Hallowell
  • Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie a poem by Margaret E. Sangster
  • Consideration of Maid for Mistress by Felicia Holt
  • Fancy Work Patterns by Mary F. Knapp
  • A Talk About Bearing Pain by Mrs. M.P. Handy
  • The Cradle by Pearl
  • Editorial
  • Books and Book Makers by Annie R. Ramsey
  • Literary Leaves by Edward R. Bok
  • New Fashions by Mrs. John W. Bishop
  • New and Fashionable Fabrics for Fall and Winter Wear by Emma M. Hooper
  • Nursing in Fevers by Annie R. Ramsey
  • Oysters — How to Prepare by Eliza R. Parker
  • Old Time Thanksgiving Dinners by Eliza R. Parker
  • Talks About Flowers by Eben E. Rexford
  • Occasional Lapses of Manner by M.E.W. Sherwood
  • Mrs. Lew Wallace by Emily Meigs Ripley
  • Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever by Dr. T. Wallace Simon
  • Letters to Beth by Kate Tannatt Woods
  • Sonnet – November on the outer covering.
  • 16-page Premium Supplement following page 24 of the regular issue

    • Advertising includes smaller display ads.

    1889-10 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

    1889/10 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    24-pages plus outer covers as edited by Mrs. Louisa Knapp (brief history below) While Knapp is still listed as editor of this issue it does include writing by Edward W. Bok. Issue measures appx. 11″ X 16″. Vol. VI, No. 11.

    Contents as cribbed from the outer cover:

  • Phillida by Maud Howe
  • All Hallow Eve by Mrs. A.G. Lewis
  • Talks With the Doctor by Laury McHenry
  • A Coming Out by Susan Coolidge
  • In the Night Season a poem by Margaret E. Sangster
  • The Raindrop’s Story by Emily Meigs Ripley
  • Our Orchestra by Rebecca Hart
  • Forgotten Graves of Famous Authors by Edward W. Bok
  • A French Woman at Home by Dorothea
  • We Winna ‘Bide a Wee by Mrs. I.M. Lining
  • Fancy Work Patterns by Mary F. Knapp
  • The First Weeks of Infancy by Emilie Hoffman
  • Helpful Hints for Mothers by Phebe R.
  • The Evils of Spanking by Marie Merrick
  • Editorial: A Plea for Women by Felicia Holt
  • Books and Book Makers by Annie R. Ramsey
  • Literary Leaves by Edward W. Bok
  • New Fashions by Mrs. John W. Bishop
  • Hints on Home Dressmaking by Emma M. Hooper
  • Nursing in Fevers by Annie R. Ramsey
  • Game–Variety in Cooking by Eliza R. Parker
  • Aids and Accessories by Lillian S. Wells
  • Talks About Flowers by Eben E. Rexford
  • Inelegancies and Affectations of Speech by Florence Howe Hall
  • A Royal Road to Self Improvement by Virginia Alston
  • A New York Woman of Fashion
  • October poem by William Cullen Bryant on the outer covering.

    • Advertising includes smaller display ads and several items being offered directly by Curits Publishing as premiums in a subscription drive.

    1889-09 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

    1889/09 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    24-pages plus outer covers as edited by Mrs. Louisa Knapp (brief history below) While Knapp is still listed as editor of this issue it does include writing by Edward W. Bok. Issue measures appx. 11″ X 16″. Vol. VI, No. 10.

    Contents as cribbed from the outer cover:

  • If Our Old Clock Could Speak by Will Carleton
  • The Mistakes of the Nineteenth Century by M.E.W. Sherwood
  • Modern Divorces by Evelyn Blake Harvier
  • A Coming Out by Susan Coolidge and illustrated by Graves
  • Homely Homilies – The Handy Man by Robert J. Burdette
  • Talks With the Doctor by Laury McHenry
  • An Advertisement and What Came of It by Marigold
  • Eight Little Housekeepers by Rachel True
  • English Home Life by Mary Barrett Brown
  • A Woman’s Hands by Emma J. Gray
  • Fancy Work Patterns by Mary F. Knapp
  • What Our Girls Eat by Helen Jay
  • One of Bobby’s Troubles a poem by Eben E. Rexford
  • Editorial: A Plea for Boarding Schools by Felicia Holt and The Evils of Boarding Schools by E.C. Hewitt
  • Books and Book Makers by Annie L. Ramsey
  • Literary Leaves by Edward W. Bok
  • New Fashions by Mrs. John W. Bishop
  • Hints on Home Dressmaking by Emma M. Hooper
  • Lunches for School Girls and Clerks by Eliza R. Parker
  • Aids and Accessories by Lillian S. Wells
  • Vegetable Salads and Their Dressing by Aunt Chloe
  • A Plea for Cabbage by Janet E. Runtz-Rees
  • Talk About Flowers by Eben E. Rexford
  • Vacation Flirtation by Felicia Holt
  • Inelegancies and Affectations of Speech by Florence How Hall
  • September poem by E.C. Hewitt on the outer covering.

    • Advertising includes smaller display ads and several items being offered directly by Curits Publishing as premiums in a subscription drive.

    1889-03 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

    1889/03 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    24-pages as edited by Mrs. Louisa Knapp (brief history below). Issue measures appx. 11″ X 16″. Vol. VI, No. 4.

    The issue opens with fiction and articles by Mrs. Mary J. Holmes, Hoep Harvey, Jennie Porter Arnold, Felicia Holt, Anna W. Barnard

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

  • Childrens Page
  • Mothers Corner
  • Artistic Needlework by Mary F. Knapp
  • The Practical Housekeeper by Eliza R. Parker
  • Dress and Material by Mrs. Jas. H. Lambert
  • Practical Fashions by Emma M. Cooper
  • Flowers and Houseplants by Eben E. Rexford

    • Advertising mostly consists of smaller ads with a few “display” ads featuring illustrations. Ads include Chase & Sanborn coffee, New York Ledger.

    1888-09 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

    1888/09 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    20-pages as edited by Mrs. Louisa Knapp (brief history below). Issue measures appx. 11″ X 16″. Vol. V, No. 10.

    The issue opens with fiction by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Christine Terhune Herrick, Anna W. Barnard, Ella Rodman Church

  • Illustration on the front cover is by W.L. Taylor
  • Article about Laura C. Holloway with engraving of Mrs. Holloway — A well-known Brooklyn Journalist, Cultured Lecturer, and the Author of Numerous Successful Books
  • Also a little less than a column of text with engraving of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

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

  • Childrens Page by Katherine B. Foot
  • Mothers Corner
  • Artistic Needlework by Mary F. Knapp
  • The Practical Housekeeper by Eliza B. Parker
  • Dress and Material by Mrs. Jas. H. Lambert
  • Practical Fashions by Emma M. Cooper
  • Small Greenhouses and Conservatories by Eben E. Rexford with sketches of exteriors
  • Philadelphia by Isaac B. Pennypacker

    • Advertising mostly consists of smaller ads with a few “display” ads featuring illustrations. Ads include Nestle’s, Dickens Works with sketch of Charles Dickens, Uncle Tom’s Cabin being offered with joining a book club.

    1888-03 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

    1888/03 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:

    20-pages as edited by Mrs. Louisa Knapp (brief history below). Issue measures appx. 11″ X 16″. Vol. V, No. 4.

    The issue opens with fiction by Mrs. Mary J. Holmes, Christine Terhune Herrick, Anna W. Barnard, Laura Gibbons

  • Article about Mrs. Frank Leslie with engraving of Mrs. Leslie — In her Editorial Sactum and at Home — Her Appearance and Personal Characteristics

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

  • Childrens Page
  • 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.

    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.

    1887-02 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

    1887/02 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:

    20-pages as edited by Mrs. Louisa Knapp (brief history below). Issue measures appx. 11″ X 16″. Vol. IV, No. 3.

    The issue opens with”Josiah Allen at Saratoga” by Josiah Allen’s Wife.

  • Illustration on the front cover is by W.A. Rogers
  • Fiction by S.S. Norton, Mrs. M.E. Stafford

    • 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, but there are two pages that seem to be a cross between article and in-house ad for “Our Premium List of Plants and Bulbs”.

    1887-01 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

    1887/01 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:

    16-pages as edited by Mrs. Louisa Knapp (brief history below). Issue measures appx. 11″ X 16″. Vol. IV, No. 2.

    The issue opens with fiction by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Marion Harland, Fannie L. Fancher, plus “The Charity of the Jonesvillians” by Josiah Allen’s Wife with illustration by Copeland

    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. No major products.

    1886-09 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

    1886/09 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:

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

    The beginning of the issue contains fiction by Ada E. Hazell,

    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, but this issue does contain a quarter-page ad for Ivory Soap.

    1886-08 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

    1886/08 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:

    16-pages as edited by Mrs. Louisa Knapp (brief history below). Issue measures appx. 11″ X 16″. Vol. III, No. 9.

    The beginning of the issue contains fiction by Ada E. Hazell, Cecil Earle and Helen Ayre

    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, but this issue does contain a quarter-page ad for Ivory Soap, one with an interesting graphic for the New Improved Western Washer, and The Bradley Two-Wheeler with illustration of horse and buggy.

    1886-03 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

    1886/03 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:

    16-pages as edited by Mrs. Louisa Knapp (brief history below). Issue measures appx. 11″ X 16″. Vol. III, No. 4.

    The beginning of the issue contains fiction by Mrs. Emma C. Hewitt and by Mary Abbott Rand

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

  • Department of Artistic Needlework
  • Brush Studies — New Series — No. 3 by Lida and M.J. Clarkson
  • The Practical Housekeeper
  • New Fashions — A Word to Mothers About Babies
  • Floral Rambles

    • Advertising mostly consists of smaller ads, but this issue does contain two quarter-page ads for Ivory Soap.