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1934-02-17 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1934/02/17 — Cover design by Bradshaw Crandell

Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
SHORT STORIES:

  • “American Bar” by Guy Gilpatric and illustrated by William C. Hoople
  • “Little Orvie’s Fixation” by Booth Tarkington and illustrated by George Brehm
  • “Orphan Money” by Hugh MacNair Kahler and illustrated by Phil Lyford
  • “The Foolscap Rose Unfolding – Three Views of Amasa Kinzer” — Part 3 — by Joseph Hergesheimer and illustrated by F.R. Gruger

    • ARTICLES:

  • Do We Pay Our Picture Stars Too Much? by Samuel Goldwyn – With photos along the top of the page of Clark Gable – Marlene Dietrich – Norma Shearer – Joan Crawford – John Barrymore
  • The Twilight of the Sheriff by Karl Detzer
  • If You Are a White House Guest by Irwin H. (Ike) Hoover and edited by Wesley Stout
  • The Old Tramp Printer by Jay E. House and illustrated by Ernest Fuhr

    • SERIALS:

  • “The House of Dawn” — 6 parts — by C.E. Scoggins and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “Winner Take All” — Conclusion — by J.P. Marquand and illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts

    • 1934-03-03 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1934/03/03 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by W.H.D. Koerner.

    Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Davy Jones” by J.P. Marquand and illustrated by Robert W. Crowther
  • “It’s All So Relative” by Norman Matson and illustrated by May Wilson Preston
  • “Doctor Rattlesnake” by William J. Neidig and illustrated by Arthur E. Becher
  • “Tryout” by Corey Ford and illustrated by May Wilson Preston

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Two Chapters in the Story of Gold” by Garet Garrett with decoration by Wyncie King
  • “Go On and Fight!” by William J. Brown with Boyden Sparkes
  • “Presidents Are People” by Irwin H. Hoover and edited by Wesley Stout
  • “A Brief for Hollywood” by Rupert Hughes
  • “They’ve Kept Out of the Red” by Jesse Rainsford Sprague with cartoon by Herbert Johnson

    • SERIALS:

  • “The House of Dawn” part 3 of 6 by C.E. Scoggins and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “The First Race of Blue Dandy” conclusion by Walter D. Edmonds and illustrated by F.R. Gruger

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts

    • Cartoon and Comedy

  • The Literary Lowbrow by Donald Gordon

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Ivory Soap, a 1/4″ page ad from Universal proclaiming Margaret Sullavan “America’s Brilliant New Star”.

    1934-06-23 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1934/06/23 — Cover design by J.F. Kernan

    Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Rich Man, Snow Man” by Agnes Burke Hale and illustrated by Henrietta McCaig Starrett
  • “They Had an Argument” by Lucian Cary and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “Gambler” by Patterson McNutt and illustrated by Frederic Mizen
  • “Oyster-Juice Cocktail” by Everett Freeman and illustrated by Charles La Salle

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Emergency Laws” by David Lawrence
  • What Price Acting? by Eddie Cantor and David Freedman and illustrated by George Shanks
  • Is Golf Justifiable? by H.I. Phillips and illustrated by George Shanks
  • Courtship and Marriage of a President by Irwin H. (Ike) Hoover and Edited by Wesley Stout
  • Out at Second by Eddie Collins with Boyden Sparkes
  • Two Cures for Crowding by Morris Markey with Cartoon by Herbert Johnson
  • The Sports Proselyter’s Progress by Anonymous

    • SERIAL:

  • “Murder in Three Acts” — Part 3 of 6 — byt Agatha Christie and illustrated by John La Gatta

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Postscripts
  • “One From One Leaves Two” — A Poem by Ogden Nash
  • “Henry” by Carl Anderson

    • 1934-09-08 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1934/09/08 — Cover design by Anton Otto Fischer

    Contents of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “The White-Nosed Colt” by Walter D. Edmonds and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “Ile de Mort” by Eleanor Mercein and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “Alibi and the Forty Thieves” by Octavus Roy Cohen and illustrated by George Brehm
  • “Famous Last Remarks” by Everett Rhodes Castle and illustrated by May Wilson Preston

    • ARTICLES:

  • The Challenge to Liberty by Herbert Hoover with decorations by J.C. Leyendecker
  • The German Revolution – Continued Story – by Dorothy Thompson with photographs of Hitler with Mussolini, Goebbels, and thousands of Storm Troopers
  • I Wish I’d Said That! by J.A.G. Rice and illustrated by George Shanks

  • Of All the Crust! by George Rector
  • Closing the Gap in National Defense by Major General Johnson Hagood with cartoon by Herbert Johnson

    • SERIALS:

  • “Captain Caution” — Part 4 of 6 — by Kenneth Roberts and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer
  • “Brute” — Part 3 of 4 — by Millard Ward and illustrated by Arthur William Brown

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • Henry by Carl Anderson

    • 1934-12-08 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1934/12/08 — Cover design by John E. Sheridan

    Contents of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Salvation by Lowestoft” by Aaron Davis and illustrated by Rico Tomaso
  • “Sweeney” by W. Thornton Martin and illustrated by Rico Tomaso
  • “He Loved Her and She Loved Him, But” by George Bradshaw and illustrated by John LaGatta
  • “Stooge” by Hagar Wilde and illustrated by Harley Ennis Stivers

    • ARTICLES:

  • Living Up to Lizzie by Lillian Day and illustrated by D’Alton Valentine
  • Sitting on Our Hands by Letitia Preston Randall and illustrated by D’Alton Valentine
  • From Farm Boy to Financier by and about Frank A. Vanderlip with Boyden Sparkes
  • The Vanished American by J.C. Furnas with cartoon by Herbert Johnson
  • Cow Business and Monkey Business by J. Evetts Haley

    • SERIALS:

  • “Ming Yellow” — Part 1 of 6 — by J.P. Marquand and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “Death Sentence” — Part 2 of 5 — by Alice Duer Miller and illustrated by Robert W. Crowther

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts

    • The Boiled-Onion Racket by Doug Welch

  • Third Floor, Men’s Yellow Waistcoats by Ogden Nash

  • As I Grow Older by E.W. Howe
  • Henry by Carl Anderson

    • 1935-01-19 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1935/01/19 — Cover design by John La Gatta

    Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Proving Ground” by Eric Fleet and illustrated by Ralph Pallen Coleman
  • “Champagne Charlie” by Guy Gilpatric and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer
  • “I Only Get What’s There” by Joseph Marshall and illustrated by Robert W. Crowther
  • “The Bought Woman” by Mary Hastings Bradley and illustrated by Phil Lyford

    • ARTICLES:

  • The Blue Eagle from Egg to Earth by General Hugh S. Johnson
  • One Man’s Food by Hermann B. Deutsch with cartoons by Chase
  • Shopping for Utopia by Margaret Culkin Banning with decorations by Wyncie King
  • Government in Business by Albert W. Atwood with cartoon by Herbert Johnson
  • From Farm Boy to Financier by Frank A. Vanderlip with Boyden Sparkes

    • SERIAL:

  • “The House of Trujillo” — Part 3 of 5 — by Anne Cameron and illustrated by Rico Tomaso

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • Coca-Cola ad on back cover with woman at beauty parlor and headline “O-o-oh for the pause that refreshes”

    • 1935-03-02 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1935/03/02 — Cover design by Bradshaw Crandell

    Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “They Had a Horse” by Walter D. Edmonds and illustrated by Orison MacPherson
  • “Next Year” by T.S. Stribling and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “Hear How They Talk!” by Matt Taylor and illustrated by Harley Ennis Stivers
  • “Conservation Corps” by Thomas Beer and illustrated by Benton Clark

    • ARTICLES:

  • People of the Hills by Alvin F. Harlow
  • The Blue Eagle From Egg to Earth by General Hugh S. Johnson
  • Work Relief by Victoria Hazelton with Cartoon by Herbert Johnson

    • SERIAL:

  • “Stampede” — Part 2 of 5 — by Stewart Edward White and illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner
  • “Death in the Air” — Part 4 of 6 — by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Frederic Mizen

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Postscripts
  • “Judgment Day” — A Poem by Ogden Nash

    • 1935-03-30 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1935/03/30 — Cover design by Anton Otto Fischer

    Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Over the Bumps” by Stephen Vincent Benet and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • East Bridge, West Bridge by Joseph Marshall and illustrated by Rico Tomaso
  • “Ladies Order Asparagus” by Leonard H. Nason and illustrated by William C. Hoople
  • “Storm Warnings” by Lucia Alzamora, Ruth Rodney King, Malcolm Reiss, George Bradshaw and illustrated by William Reusswig
  • “Wildfire” by Elsie Singmaster and illustrated by Rico Tomaso

    • ARTICLES:

  • Wings Without Halos by Swanee Taylor with Sloan Taylor
  • The Ordeal Called Fishing by H.I. Phillips and illustrated by D’Alton Valentine
  • Lion’s Taming the Bunk! by Bert “Suicide” Nelson
  • A Common-Sense Confession by Will Payne with Cartoon by Herbert Johnson
  • From Farm Boy to Financier by Frank A. Vanderlip and Boyden Sparks

    • SERIALS:

  • “No Hero” — Part 1 of 6 — by J.P. Marquand and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “Crash–Miss J. Looks On” — Part 2 of 5 — by Sophie Kerr and illustrated by May Wilson Preston

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • “Spring” — A Poem by Lord Dunsany

    • 1935-08-03 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1935/08/03 — Cover design by Guy Hoff

    Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Judge” by Walter D. Edmonds and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “The Magnolia Grove” by Tristram Tupper and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “The Wrong Room” by Mary Hastings Bradley and illustrated by Harland Frazer
  • “Love Me, Love My Car” by Vivien R. Bretherton

    • ARTICLES:

  • The House We Live In by Garet Garrett with cartoons by Herbert Johnson
  • Cafe Value by Alice-Leone Moats and illustrated by John LaGatta
  • Inside Those Ropes by James J. Jeffries with Eddy Orcutt
  • Holding the Foreign-Bond Bag by Isaac F. Marcosson
  • My Lesson in Free Land by Will Payne

    • SERIALS:

  • “Anchor Man” — Part 1 of 7 — by Fanny Heaslip Lea and illustrated by Harland Frazer
  • “Pampa Joe” — Part 4 of 6 — by C.E. Scoggins and illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • “Children’s Party — A Poem by Ogden Nash

    • 1935-08-17 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1935/08/17 — Cover design by M.L. Bower

    Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Crooked Circle” by Elanor Mercein and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “Second Honeymoon” by Corey Ford and illustrated by Harland Frazier
  • “Heads I Win!” by Norman Reilly Raine and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer
  • “Music Hath Charms” by Richard Macaulay and illustrated by George Brehm

    • ARTICLES:

  • Shall We Join the Next War? by Frank H. Simonds with cartoons by Wyncie King
  • The Whiskers on the Wisecrack by Milton MacKaye and illustrated by D’Alton Valentine
  • Inside Those Ropes — Part 4 — by James J. Jeffries with Eddy Orcutt with photos
  • A Touch of Eggomania by George Rector with cartoon by Herbert Johnson

    • SERIALS:

  • “Anchor Man” — Part 3 of 7 — by Fanny Heaslip Lea and illustrated by Harland Frazer
  • “Pampa Joe — Conclusion — by C.E. Scoggins and illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Postscripts
  • Little Lulu cartoon by Marge

    • 1935-08-24 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1935/08/24 — Cover design by Guy Hoff

    Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Long Marsh Point” by John Taintor Foote and illustrated by Robert W. Crowther
  • “Waste Heat” by Eric Fleet and illustrated by Ralph Pallen Coleman
  • “French Leave” by Richard Sherman and illustrated by Henrietta McCaig Starrett
  • “Things Just Happen” by Price Day and illustrated by George Brehm

    • ARTICLES:

  • In Defense of Curiosity by Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  • Vitamins and the Green-Plush Rabbit by Dorothy Thompson
  • I Was an Alien by Eleanor Kinsella McDonnell with cartoon by Herbert Johnson
  • Selling Selfridge by Harry Gordon Selfridge

    • SERIALS:

  • “Furious Young Man” — Part 1 of 7 — by I.A.R. Wylie and illustrated by H.J. Mowat
  • “Anchor Man” — Part 4 of 7 — by Fanny Heaslip Lea and illustrated by Harland Frazer

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Postscripts
  • Personal Form Sheet by Ogden Nash
  • Little Lulu cartoon by Marge

    • 1935-08-31 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1935/08/31 — Cover design by J.F. Kernan

    Contents of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “No Trump” by Mary Hastings Bradley and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “October Corn” by Sigman Byrd and illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner
  • “Hollywood Is Wonderful, But–” by William Hazlett Upson and illustrated by Tony Sarg

    • ARTICLES:

  • The Wealth Question by Garet Garrett with cartoons by Wyncie King
  • Oyesshurre Okai by J.P. McEvoy
  • I Play Hunches by Gene Sarazen as told to Davis J. Walsh
  • Amending the Brazilian Weather? by James E. Edmonds
  • Smoke Eater’s Menu by Paul W. Kearney with cartoon by Herbert Johnson

    • SERIALS:

  • “Furious Young Man” — Part 2 of 7 — by I.A.R. Wylie and illustrated by H.J. Mowat
  • “Anchor Man” — Part 5 of 7 — by Fanny Heaslip Lea and illustrated by Charles LaSalle

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Postscripts
  • Full-page ad for “Anna Karenina” with large photo of star Greta Garbo
  • Coca-Cola ad on back cover “Ice-cold every day in the year”

    • 1935-10-19 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1935/10/19 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by J.C. Leyendecker.

    Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Block That Bride” by George S. Brooks and illustrated by D’Alton Valentine
  • “A Salesman’s Like Eliza” by Everett Rhodes Castle and illustrated by Harley Ennis Stivers
  • The Singing Woman” by Sigman Byrd and illustrated by Orison Mac Pherson
  • “200,000,000 to 1” by Leonard Lee and illustrated by Charles La Salle

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Saving Agriculture” by Garet Garrett
  • “Touble in Tin Pan Alley” by Alva Johnston with photos of George Gershwin, Tot Seymour and Vee Lawnhurst, George Johnson and Al Lohmann, W.C. Handy, Fred Ahlert and Joe Young, Mabel Wayne
  • “The Trappers’ War” by Harris Dickson
  • “The New Deal for Transients: by Boyden Sparkes with cartoon by Herbert Johnson

    • SERIALS:

  • “Dreams That Come True” part 1 of 3 by Henry C. Rowland and illustrated by James H. Crank
  • “O Careless Love” conclusion by Rex Stout and illustrated by H.R. Ballinger

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • “On the Safe Side” a poem by Lord Dunsany
  • Do Poets Know Too Much? by Ogden Nash

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Lucky Strikes on the inside front cover, Philco ad with 1876 Currier & Ives picture of the first Intercollegiate Championship Football Game, American Airlines ad with clipout coupon to vote yes or no on whether they should serve liquor to passengers, and Sunkist Oranges ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    1935-10-26 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1935/10/26 — Cover design by Penrhyn Stanlaws

    Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “The Visitor” by W.W. Jacobs and illustrated by Tony Sarg
  • “His Public” by Ben Ames Williams and illustrated by May Wilson Preston
  • “Pioneers Eastward” by Leonard H. Nason and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer
  • “The Black Stone” by Walter de Steiguer and illustrated by Ralph Pallen Coleman

    • ARTICLES:

  • Think Fast, Captain! by General Hugh S. Johnson
  • Leningraduates by J.C. Furnas
  • Picking the Winner by Dr. John Bain Sutherland and William Shipman Maulsby is about football forecasting
  • The New Deal Corporate Maze by Albert W. Atwood with cartoon by Herbert Johnson
  • No Garden, No Relief! by Carl Rehder as told to Boyden Sparkes
  • Antiques – The Dealer’s Side by Edwin Lefevre

    • SERIALS:

  • “Knockout” — Part 1 of 6 — by Charles Francis Coe and illustrated by Rico Tomaso
  • “Dreams That Come True: — Part 2 of 3 — by Henry C. Rowland and illustrated by James H. Crank

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Postscripts
  • “Friend of My Friend” a poem by Ogden Nash
  • Who’s Who–and Why: Rex Stout – Adds up to about one column of a page total, with photo of the Stout family
  • Cartoon and Comedy
  • Appearing With Lillian Russell by Clarence Day
  • Something for a Little Boy by Marge

    • 1935-11-09 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1935/11/09 — Cover design by J.F. Kernan

    Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Conquest” by Leonard Lee and illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner
  • “Special Arrangements” by Richard Macaulay and illustrated by Ritchie Cooper
  • “Ranny” by Brooke Hanlon and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “My Name Is Trouble” by Price Day and illustrated by George Brehm

    • ARTICLES:

  • “207 to Newark —” by Richard Thruelsen
  • Leningraduates – Run-Run-Around by J.C. Furnas
  • Tiger Tamer by John B. Kennedy with cartoon by Herbert Johnson
  • Little Things Make Big Touchdowns by Red Grange with George Dunscomb
  • Running a Jewelry Store by Jesse Rainsford Sprague
  • Daze Without End; or, Some Pretty Loose Leaves by Katharine Dayton and illustrated by Wyncie King

    • SERIALS:

  • “Murder in Mesopotamia — Part 1 of 6 — by Agatha Christie and illustrated by F.R. Gruger

  • “Knockout” — Part 3 of 6 — by Charles Francis Coe and illustrated by Rico Tomaso

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Postscripts
  • Birdies, Don’t Make Me Laugh a poem by Ogden Nash
  • Who’s Who–and Why: Wyncie King
  • Little Lulu cartoon by Marge
  • Several car ads for the 1936 models

    • 1935-11-23 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1935/11/23 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by J.C. Leyendecker.

    Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “The Sergeant and the Spy” by John W. Thomason, Jr. and illustrated by the author
  • “Young Joseph’s Good Brethren” by Thomas Beer and illustrated by Robert W. Crowther
  • “Gift Horse” by Helen Hull and illustrated by Ralph Pallen Coleman
  • “Live Bait” by Laurie York Erskine and illustrated by Stirling Hill

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Another War to End War?” by Frank H. Simonds
  • “Just an Old Balinese Costume” by J.P. McEvoy
  • “Father Struck It Rich” by Evalyn Walsh McLean with Boyden Sparkes
  • “Potato Poor” by Kenneth Roberts

    • SERIALS:

  • “Murder in Mesopotamia” part 3 of 6 by Agatha Christie and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “Knockout” part 5 of 6 by Charles Francis Co and illustrated by Rico Tomaso

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • The Golden Millstone by Samuel Crowther
  • It’s Important to Be Alive by Ogden Nash

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Heainz Ketchup on the inside front cover, George Burns and Gravie Allen for Campbell’s Tomato Juice, famous aviators for Camel Cigarettes, Wallace Ford for Union Leader tobacco*, Philo Vance author S.S. Van Dine in a photo for General Electric Radio, Coca Cola in the inside back cover, and a Pillsbury Best ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    1935-11-30 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1935/11/30 — Cover design by Albert W. Hampson

    Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “A Girl Can Trim a Spinnaker” by Charles Rawlings and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “Five C’s for Fever the Five” by Dalton Trumbo and illustrated by Raeburn Van Buren
  • “Park Avenue Logger” by Bruce Hutchison and illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner
  • “Tat for Tat” by Norman Reilly Raine and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer

    • ARTICLES:

  • The Real Issue by Samuel G. Blythe
  • The Waste of the People’s Money by William N. McNair, the Mayor of Pittsburgh
  • Hot Shorts by Thomas J. Courtney, State’s Attorney, Cook County, Illinois
  • Father Struck It Rich by Evalyn Walsh McLean with Boyden Sparkes
  • Leningraduates — Catherine Doesn’t Live Here Anymore – by J.C. Furnas with cartoon by Herbert Johnson

    • SERIALS:

  • “Murder in Mesopotamia — Part 4 of 6 — by Agatha Christie and illustrated by F.R. Gruger

  • “Knockout” — Part 6 of 6 — by Charles Francis Coe and illustrated by Rico Tomaso

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Postscripts
  • Colds and Where to Catch Them by Frederick S. Bigelow
  • Little Lulu cartoon by Marge

    • 1913-11-15 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1913/11/15 — Cover design by J.C. Leyendecker

    Complete contents picked up from paging through the issue are as follows:

  • “The Reorganization of the Republican Party” by Senator Albert B. Cummins with drawings by H.J. Boulen
  • “The Last Assignment” by Peter B. Kyne and illustrated by W.B. King
  • “Wealth on Wings: The Wildfowl of America” by Emerson Hough
  • “Shakespeare’s Seven Ages and Mine ‘Then the Whining Schoolboy'” by Irvin S. Cobb
  • “The Girl and the Selling Game – A Personal Narrative” illustrated by Z.P. Nikolaki
  • “Birds of Paradise Lost” by Ida M. Evans and illustrated by F. Vaux Wilson
  • “Woodrowsby Legends – The Lorelei of the Potomac” by Wallace Irwin and illustrated by M.L. Blumenthal
  • “Beating Back — Between Two Natures” by Al J. Jennings and Will Irwin and illustrated by C.M. Russell
  • “The Butterfly” by Henry Kitchell Webster and illustrated by Clarence F. Underwood
  • “Who’s Who-And Why”
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • “How to Buy Coal” by Roger W. Babson

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: The Royal Tailers, Holeproof Hosiery, Keen Kutter*, American Thermos Bottle Co.*, Campbell’s Soups*, Mitchell-Lewis Motor Co.*, Ever-Ready Safety Razors*, Simmons Chains ad featuring Robert Mantell, Donald Brian and Josephine Cohan*, Edison Dictating Machine*, Waterman’s Ideal Fountain Pen*, Victor-Victrola, Bing Toys*, Velvet Tobacco*, Kissel Motor Car Co., Kirschbaum*, Hansen’s Gloves*, The Chandler Motor Car Co., Krit Motor Car Co., Prince Albert, Lysol*, Studebaker, Girard Cigars*, The Mysto Erector*, Towle’s Log Cabin Syrup*, King Air Rifles*, Hupp Motor Car Co., and Mazda from General Electric on the back cover and shown below. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    1913-12-13 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1913/12/13 — Cover design by William Haskell Coffin

    Complete contents picked up from paging through the issue are as follows:

  • The Goldfish: Being the Confessions of a Successful Man with illustrations by F.R. Gruger
  • “The Firm” by Josephine Daskam Bacon and illustrated by W.B. King
  • Humanizing the Law by Melville Davisson Post
  • “Brunette! Medium” by Henry Kitchell Webster and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “The Man Behind the Ticket” by Edward Hungerford and illustrated by Charles D. Mitchell
  • “The Fifth Tube: Infallible Godahl Turns a Trick With Gravity” by Frederick Irving Anderson and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “An Amiable Charlatan” by E. Phillips Oppenheim and illustrated by Will Grefe
  • Who’s Who–And Why: Serious and Frivolous Facts About the Great and the Near Great
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Prince Albert on the inside front cover, Cadillac, Louise Dresser and William Collier for Simmons Chains*, Paris Garters*, Campbell’s Soups*, 2-page ad for Wrigley’s Spearmint Gum featuring Santa Claus and reindeer is in the center of the issue, Waterman’s Ideal Fountain Pens, Iver Johnson’s Arms & Cycle Works, E. Howard Watch Works ad with illustration signed F.X.L. (I assume F.X. Leyendecker), Indian Motorcycles from Hendee Manufacturing Co, “The Telephone Doors of the Nation” from American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T)*, Florsheim Shoes, Edison Dictating Machine, 2-page ad from Columbia one with Columbia Records showing several personalities including Mary Garden, Marcia Gay and Lina Cavalieri and the other for Columbia Grafonola, Studebaker, Hupmobile, Snider’s Catsup, and a Victor Victrola ad on the back cover and shown below. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    1913-12-20 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1913/12/20 — Cover design by J.C. Leyendecker

    Complete contents picked up from paging through the issue are as follows:

  • “The Business of Going to Sea” by John Fleming Wilson and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer
  • “A Week on the Big Time” by Helen Van Campen and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “Every Man’s Castle” by Benjamin A. Howes and illustrated by John R. Neill
  • “Other People’s Shoes” by Fannie Hurst and illustrated by J.J. Gould
  • “An Amiable Charlatan” by E. Phillips Oppenheim and illustrated by Will Grefe
  • “The Forlorn Philanthropist: Is It More Blessed to Give Than to Receive!” by Charles Whiting Williams and illustrated by James M. Preston
  • “Autobiography of a Happy Woman: When the Ego in Front of One’s Eye Shuts Out the Universe” illustrated by Fanny Munsell
  • “Who’s Who and Why” appears to be about Cordell Hull
  • “Men” by Edward Mott Woolley

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: On the inside front cover is a Cream of Wheat ad painted by Edward V. Brewer featuring Rastus titled “Forty Winks”, Crisco, Victor-Victrola, Grape-Nuts*, King Air Rifles, Colgate’s Shaving Lather*, Empire Automobile Co.*, Hotel La Salle*, Stag Tobacco, Towle’s Log Cabin Syrup*, Maxwell Motor Co., Tuxedo Tobacco, and Gold Medal Flour on the back cover and shown below. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    1913-12-27 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1913/12/27 — Cover design by Philip Boileau

    Complete contents picked up from paging through the issue are as follows:

  • “The Lump of Gold” by James Hopper and illustrated by H.T. Dunn
  • “Making Heads for the Road” by Rufus Steele and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “The Kiss” by Arthur Stringer and illustrated by W.B. King
  • “Made-Beaver — What it Means to Jean Baptiste McDougal” by Emerson Hough
  • “The Goldfish – How Smart Society Amuses Itself” illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “Shakespeare’s Seven Ages and Mine – ‘Then A Soldier'” by Irvin S. Cobb and illustrated by John McCutcheon
  • “An Amiable Charlatan” by E. Phillips Oppenheim and illustrated by Will Grefe
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • “Who’s Who and Why”
  • “Axle-Grease” by Edward Mott Woolley
  • The Lame Duck — Views of an Innocent Bystander”
  • The Forehanded Man” by Will Payne

    Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Chalmers Motor Company on the inside front cover, 2-page Oldsmobile ad illustrated by Orson Lowell in the middle of the issue, Prince Albert*, Campbell’s Soups*, the Savage Automatic*, and a Fairy Soap ad on the back cover and shown below. End of the year issue very light on advertising. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    • 1914-12-05 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1914/12/05 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by Sarah S. Stillwell Weber.

    Complete contents picked up from paging through the issue are as follows:

  • An Interview with Lord Kitchener by Irvin S. Cobb
  • “Jermym the Munificent” by Julian Hinkley and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • War De Luxe by Irvin S. Cobb
  • “The Nth Commandment” by Fannie Hurst and illustrated by May Wilson Preston
  • The Agricultural Immigrant and the American Farm: The Land of the Alien Farm Hand by Forrest Crissey
  • “BIlly Fortune and the Ten-Cent Limit” by William R. Lighton and illustrated by H.T. Dunn
  • “Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo” by E. Phillips Oppenheim and illustrated by Will Grefe
  • The War and Your Money: The Attitude of the Administration by Roger W. Babson
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Jones Sausage from Jones Dairy Farm*, General Electric, Hoosier Cabinets, Baby Grand Carom or Pocket Billiard Tables from Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co.*, 2-page Hotpoint ad in the center, Florsheim Shoes*, Dodge Brothers Motor Car*, Winchester Rifles and Shotguns “Make Fine Holiday Gifts”*, Eastman Kodak*, full-page ad from Paramount which shows 19 different scene photos from films in varying sizes, Listerine*, Colt Automatic Pistol*, Detroit Electric “That’s What I’ll Give My Family” ad from Anderson Electric Car, Willys Utility Trucks from the Willys-Overland Company, Goodyear Tires, Daisy Pump Gun*, Vest Pocket Kodak*, Hanes*, Arrow Collars*, General Motors Truck Company, Cadillac, Franklin Six-Thirty, Firestone Non-Skid Tires, and Velvet Joe in a Velvet Tobacco ad from Liggett & Myers ad on the back cover and shown below. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    1915-03-06 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1915/03/06 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by Leslie Thrasher.

    Complete contents picked up from paging through the issue are as follows:

  • “A Social Quadrangle” by William Allen White and illustrated by W.B. King
  • “War’s Back Fire” by Irvin S. Cobb with decoration by Henry J. Soulen
  • Herbert Johnson’s Cartoon
  • “To Macedonia and Return” by Charles E. Van Loan and illustrated by Arthur William Brown is baseball fiction
  • “The House That Junk Built” by John R. McMahon
  • “Redcrossie” by Calvin Johnston and illustrated by Irma Deremeaux
  • “Firing” by Forrest Crissey and illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner
  • “The Strange Boarder” by Will Payne and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “Speeding Up the Man on the Road” by Charles N. Crewdson and illustrated by W.B. King
  • “Money-Making Hints” by Roger Babson

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Maxwell Motor Company, Ivory Soap, Campbell’s Soup, 2-page ad for Royal Tailors in the middle, 2-page ad for Reminton Steel Lined Shot Shells, Dodge Brothers Motor Car*, Fisk Tires, Empire Tires, Mecca Cigarettes, Cadillac, Prince Albert, Goodyear, and a 1847 Rogers Bros. ad on the back cover and shown below. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    1915-05-08 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1915/05/08 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by William Haskell Coffin.

    Complete contents picked up from paging through the issue are as follows:

  • “The Great Famer’s Strike — And How it Can Be Settled” by Herbert Quick
  • “Women Under Fire” by Arthur H. Gleason
  • “Secret Ciphers” by Melville Davisson Post
  • “Mrs. Mallaby’s Mistake” by George Weston and illustrated by W.B. King
  • “The Benevolent Exploitation” by Wilbur Hall and illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner
  • Troupin’ With Dan Cupid — A Romance of the Humming Bird” by L.B. Yates and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “Vote for Shimada! Phases of a National Congressional Campaign in Japan” by Samuel G. Blythe
  • “The Busher Abroad — Cairns, Barroom Falls, Brizz Bay, Sidney, Melbourne and the Grate Australian Bits” by Ring W. Lardner and illustrated by Martin Justice
  • “The Double Traitor” by E. Phillips Oppenheim and illustrated by Clarence F. Underwood
  • “An American Private in the German Army” by Karl N. Llewellyn
  • “For King and Country — No Man’s Land” by Mary Roberts Rinehart

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Community Silver*, Van Camp’s Pork & Beans*, Hercules Powder Co.*, Columbia Batteries*, Elgin Watches*, London Life Cork Tip Cigarettes*, 2-page for Willys-Overland in the middle, Velvet Joe Tobacco*, Eastman Kodak, Iver Ajohnson’s Arms & Cycle Works*, Champion Spark Plugs*, Dodge Brothers*, Beech Nut Peanut Butter*, Fisk Tires, Duke’s Tobacco, National motor vehicle Co.*, Arrow Collar*, Hudson Motor Car Co., Listerine*, Chalmers Motor Cars, Royal Typewriter Co., Welch’s Grape Juice Co., and a Gold Medal Flour ad on the back cover and shown below. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    1915-05-29 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

    1915/05/29 — ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by Penrhyn Stanlaws.

    Complete contents picked up from paging through the issue are as follows:

  • “Suspicion” by Harris Dickson and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “A Little Taste of Business: Matt Has it and Asks for More” by Peter B. Kyne and illustrated by Harvey Dunn is a Cappy Ricks story
  • “For Kind and Country I Nibble Them” by World War I correspondent Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • “The Phoenix” by Richard Washburn Child and illustrated by Irma Deremeaux
  • “Made in Japan” by Samuel G. Blythe
  • “The Mind Reader” by Edward Mott Woolley
  • “H.R.” by Edwin Lefevre and illustrated by Clarence F. Underwood
  • “Rubbing the Lamp: How the Specialty Shop Aladdin Makes His Profit” by Corinne Lowe

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Ajax Tires with a John LaGatta illustration, Elgin Watches*, Campbell’s Soups*, Quaker Oats*, 2 pages for United States Tires, Dodge Brothers Motor Car*, BVD*, 2 in 1 Shoe Polishes*, Tuxedo Tobacco with photos of spokesmen including Irvin S. Cobb, Boston Braves Secretary Herman Nickerson, and film director D.W. Griffith, Fisk Tire Service, Wilson Bros. Athletic Union Suit, Federal Precision Tires, Parker Fountain Pens*, The Milburn Wagon Company, Prince Albert, Savage Arms Co.*, Goodyear*, Oldsmobile, Florsheim Shoes*, Fatima Cigarettes, Summer Munsing Wear Union Suits from The Northwestern Knitting Co. on the inside back cover, and a Williams Holder Top Shaving Stick ad on the back cover and shown below. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))