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1928-10 American Magazine Contents

1928/10 — Complete contents taken from the contents page and from paging through this issue:
ARTICLES:

  • “What Education Means to Me” by John Erskine
  • “Popular Beliefs About Animals” by Dr. W. Reid Blair and illustrated by Herman Palmer
  • “What Is Happening to the American Family?” by Harry Emerson Fosdick with portrait by William Oberhardt
  • “Upton Close, the Man Who Cannot Stay Still” by Mildred Harrington with drawings by William Stevens
  • “Try Giving it Up” by M.K. Wisehart with drawing by B.J. Rosenmeyer
  • “Champion White Water Pilot of the North” by Barrett Willoughby with drawings by Adolph Treidler
  • “Why the Mills Boys Did Not Leave Home” by Frank Parker Stockbridge
  • “De-Bunking the Glands” by Albert Edward Wiggan
  • “Kate Gleason’s Adventures in a Man’s Job” by Helen Christine Bennett
  • “Your Cousin Mehitabel” by Don Marquis and illustrated by Norman Price
  • “My Last Hope for Freedom Has Flown” by W.O. Saunders and illustrated by Harry Townsend
  • “Don’t Short Change in the Little Things in Life” by Edgar A. Guest
  • “Autumn” by Archibald Rutledge and illustrated by Thomas Fogarty
  • FICTION:

  • “The Bishop Murder Case” — A Novel — Part I — by S.S. Van Dine and illustrated by H.M. Stoops
  • “The Stronger Voice” by Edmund Ware and illustrated by Gayle Hoskins
  • “Dot Rushes In Where Wisom Fears to Tread” by Fannie Kilbourne and illustrated by T.K. Hanna
  • “Scattergood Compounds a Felony” by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Paul Meylan
  • “Sunset Pass” — A Novel — Last Installment — by Zane Grey and illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner
  • “The Sheriff” by Samuel A. Derieux and illustrated by Stockton Mulford
  • SHORT FEATURES:

  • If You Ask Me by Merle Crowell
  • Interesting People:

  • Clifton Robert Sparks, Jr. by Stella Burke May
  • Ethel Christoffersen by H.D. Christoffersen
  • Charlie Ulrich by Brett Yates
  • Gladys Chase Gilmore by Rosa Strider Reilly
  • Guy Hunter by Frederick A. Jacobson
  • What the “Auction” Means to Me includes the 3 prize winners
  • Prize Contest Announcement: If You Had Leisure and Money What Would You Do with Them?
  • The Family’s Problems
  • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: the Straight-Eight from Maron Motor Car Company, Ivory Flakes, “He’s a Great Boss!” ad from Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. with illustration by James Montgomery Flagg, De Soto, 2-pages for Sherwin-Williams, the Victory Six from Dodge, Harley-Davidson 1/4 Ton Capacity Package Truck*, Chesterfield Cigarettes ad with color illustration by Tepper, Barbasol, General Electric Refrigerator illustrated by CJ Munro, Listerine (as an after-shave), Coca-Cola, Prudential, Lucky Strike Cigarettes with a large illustration of Amelia Earhart (black & white), Soap and Water illustrated by Winsor McCay, Gillette, and a Face Brick ad illustrated by Leupold on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1928-11 American Magazine Contents

    1928/11 — Cover illustrated by Edmund Davenport

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

  • The Art of Making Friends by Edgar A. Guest and illustrated by Howard McCormick and Joseph Simont
  • The Elephant and the Donkey Take the Air by Graham McNamee with cartoons by Herbert Roth
  • After a Year in the Spotlight by William S. Dutton with drawing by David Robinson
  • Fair Ellen by Albert Payson Terhune includes full-page illustration of the blind Collie dog Fair Ellen by Charles Livingston Bull
  • Days of Drudgery Will Soon Be Over by Sherman Gwinn
  • Quit Picking On Yourself by William S. Sadler, MD with cartoons by F.G. Cooper
  • I Have the Most Interesting Job on Earth by E. Alexander Powell with decorations by Franklin Booth
  • The Skyscrapers of New York Rest on Breuchaud’s Genius by Rosa Strider Reilly with decorations by Sydney Fletcher
  • Are You Asking Too Much of Life? by S. Parkes Cadman, D.D.
  • Something for Nothing by Neil M. Clark
  • Queer Kicks About the Movies by Mary B. Mullett with cartoons by Rollin Kirby
  • When Tempests Lash the Cradle of the Deep by George W. Gray and illustrated by W.J. Aylward
  • How I lOst Money Trying to Get Rich
  • Alligator Tales by Herbert Ravenel Sass and illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull
  • FICTION:

  • “The Bishop Murder Case” — Part 2 — by S.S. Van Dine
  • “The Suppressed Story of Mrs. Jackson” by Chester T. Crowell and illustrated by Joseph Simont
  • “Two I Love” by Dixie Wilson and illustrated by Stockton Mulford
  • “A Good Home” by Edith Barnard Delano and illustrated by Victor C. Anderson
  • “As the Twig Is Bent” by Octavus Roy Cohen and illustrated by George Brehm
  • “The Man Who Believed in God” by William Dudley Pelley and illustrated by F.C. Crooks
  • SHORT FEATURES:

  • Be Yourself! – A Poem by Arthur Guiterman
  • If You Ask Me: Hope Is One of Our Grandest Virtues by Albert Payson Terhune
  • Interesting People

  • Jesse Crawford – Article by Rosa Strider Reilly
  • Mrs. James L. Clark – Article by Esther Melbourne Knox
  • Dr. William T. Griggs – Article by Rupert E. West
  • William Boular – Article by R.P. Holland
  • Mrs. Charlotte Sculthorpe – Article by E.M. Wright
  • What I Don’t Like About the Movies – Prize Contest Announcement
  • The Thing in Nature That Thrills Me Most – Prize Awards
  • The Family’s Problems – “We’re Up Against It–We Young Folks Who Haven’t Money Enough to Get Married” by M.S.
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1930-09 American Magazine Contents

    1930/09 — Cover design by John E. Sheridan.

    Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • “When Do We Come Out of It?” by Dr. Julius Klein and illustrated by C.H. Sykes
  • “Which College–If Any?” by M.K. Wisehart and illustrated by Joseph Simont
  • “Filling Empty Arms” by Neil M. Clark with decoration by Mochi
  • “The World’s Best Loser” by Will Rogers with painting by W.N. Wilson and drawing by Robert Fawcett
  • “The Sea Devil Tells the Rest of the Story” by Lowell Thomas and illustrated by Gustav Tenggren
  • The High Cost of Whiffing” is a golf article by Fitzhugh Green and illustrated by Frank A. Mutz
  • “They Do Remember!” is an article about animal memories by Archibald Rutledge and illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull
  • “Settled Out of Court” by A. de Ford Pitney and illustrated by John E. Sheridan
  • “Too Much Dictation” by Mildred Harrington and illustrated by Charles R. Chickering
  • “The Books of Ralph L. Polk Have Thousands of Characters” by William S. Dutton with cartoons by F.G. Cooper and portrait by B.J. Rosenmeyer
  • “Hunters Who Search the World for New Plants” by Herbert W. Waring and illustrated by Charles S. Chapman
  • “We All Talk Too Much!” by Channing Pollock and illustrated by Gluyas Williams
  • “Nobody is Interested in Religion” by Bruce Barton with drawing by S.J. Woolf from photograph
  • FICTION:

  • “Through the Window” by Gerald Mygatt and illustrated by Herbert Paus
  • “Four Blocks Apart” — A Novel — Part III — by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by Harry L. Timmins
  • “Lochinvar Does It Again!” by Fannie Kilbourne and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “The White Patch” by Melville Davisson Post and illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner
  • “The King’s Minion” — A Novel — Part VI — by Rafael Sabatini and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • “A Million Apiece!” by Courtney Ryley Cooper and illustrated by Charles R. Chickering
  • SHORT FEATURES:
    Interesting People:

  • Big Ed Walsh — Article by Franklyn Eugene Doan
  • Mrs. Nettie Hubbard — Article by Robert E. Flaherty
  • Adam Schmitt — Article by Dixie Willson
  • The Babe Shows How — Photographs Posed by Babe Ruth — This is a huge 4-page article containing a total of 8 photographs of the Babe hitting, fielding, sliding and 3 more small pics of him gripping the ball. 11 paragraphs of text. The 4 pages are full-page with no advertising on them.
  • Index to Our Advertisers
  • Our First Reader by Bruce Barton
  • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Metropolitan Life Insurance ad with illustration by James Montgomery Flagg, “Of Course the Boardwalk is Trimmed with soda fountains for the pause that refreshes” Coca-Cola ad with illustration of Atlantic City boardwalk, and a General Tire and Rubber Company ad on the back cover.

    Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1930-10 American Magazine Contents

    1930/10 — Cover design by John LaGatta.

    Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • “Right Now is the Time to Begin to Get Rich!” A Talk with John G. Lonsdale by Neil M. Clark
  • “The Three-Day Week Is Here” by Neal O’Hara and illustrated by G.H. Clisbee
  • “The Truth About Reno” by Mary B. Mullett and illustrated by T.D. Skidmore
  • “What Won’t They Do Next?” by John T. Flynn with drawing by B.G. Seielstad
  • “What’s Your Game?” by Leonard Falkner
  • “The Taming of Wild Mary” by Edward B. Garnett and illustrated by Victor C. Anderson
  • “How to Dodge the Dentist” by John Griffin
  • “The Greatest Motive Power in the World” by Joseph Cummings Chase
  • “Don’t Throw That Away” is abotu collectibles by John Chapman Hilder with decorations by Robert W. Johnson
  • “Betty Holds the Reins” is about Will Rogers and his wife by Jerome Beatty
  • “Where Ministers Go Wrong” by Rev. Frederick K. Stamm and illustrated by Rico Tomaso
  • FICTION:

  • The Man With the Scarred Hand” — A Mystery Romance — Part I — By Kenry Kitchell Webster and illustrated by William Welsh
  • “Ladder to the Moon” by Katharine Newlin Burt and illustrated by Frank D. Hoffman
  • “The Come-Back” by Juliet Wilbor Tompkins and illustrated by H.R. Sutter
  • “Scattergood Takes a Shore Excursion” by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Paul Meylan
  • “Four Blocks Apart” — A Novel — Part IV — by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by Harry L. Timmins
  • “October Occupancy” by James Gould Cozzens and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
  • “The King’s Minion” — A Novel — Last Installment — Part V — by Rafael Sabatini and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • SHORT FEATURES:
    Interesting People:

  • J.J. Rosedale — Article by Rudolph Ericson
  • Stella Walsh — Article by Josef W. von Stein
  • Charles Leiner — Article by Naomi Swett-Sommers
  • Demi-tasse Games — Photogravure Feature
  • Index to Our Advertisers
  • Our First Reader by Bruce Barton
  • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Milky Way candy with color illustration by Andrew Loomis, Old Gold Cigarettes ad featuring a color illustration of a young Marilyn Miller dancing for her Grandmother’s furnaceman “Mar’lyn chile, shake yo’ feet!”, Corona Typewriters with photos of Albert Payson Terhune with Collie, Damon Runyon and others, and an Orange Life Savers ad on the back cover.

    Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1930-11 American Magazine Contents

    1930/11 — Cover design by John E. Sheridan.

    Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • “Hurry Up! Said America to Bill Knudsen” by Edwin Lefevre and illustrated by Herbert Paus
  • “What Makes Men Fight!” is about University of Illinois coach Bob Zuppke by Neil M. Clark and illustrated by Charles R. Chickering
  • God and Two Men:

  • Faith and Contentment” by Thomas L. Masson
  • “Doubt and Loneliness” by W.O. Saunders
  • “People We All Like” is about Norman Rockwell by Jerome Beatty with painting by Norman Rockwell and a photo of Rockwell at work
  • “Heredity” by William S. Sadler, MD with silhouette by Mochi
  • “How it Feels to See Again After Thirty Years” by Frank M. Hill
  • “How to Win an Argument” by Albert Edward Wiggam and illustrated by Oliver Herford
  • “Do You Ever Get Off on the Wrong Foot?” by John Kidder Rhodes
  • “I Built 20 Houses to Find One That Would Suit Me” by Claude H. Miller
  • “Galloping Words” by David McKevitt and illustrated by Arthur Edrop
  • “The Ceaseless Search for Something New” by Ruth Moore Morriss and illustrated by Frank Mutz
  • “The Human Flash” is about Percy Williams by Bob Granger
  • “Which Man Struck the Fatal Blow?” by Henry Smith Williams
  • FICTION:

  • “Don’t Twist the Tail!” by Ellis Parker Butler and illustrated by Frank Hoffman
  • “Man-wise” by Sewell Peaslee Wright and illustrated by Harold von Schmidt
  • “Riches to Rags” by Gelett Burgess and illustrated by Jules Gotlieb
  • The Man With the Scarred Hand” — A Mystery Romance — Part II — By Kenry Kitchell Webster and illustrated by William Welsh
  • “Four Blocks Apart” — A Novel — Part V — by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by Harry L. Timmins
  • “Peace Without Victory” by Fannie Kilbourne and illustrated by John LaGatta
  • “Folded Wings” by James Saxon Childers and illustrated by Joseph M. Clement
  • SHORT FEATURES:
    Interesting People:

  • Margaret Bourke-White — Article by Edna Robb Webster with photo of Bourke-White with camera atop the Chrysler Building
  • James Quinn and Morris Skinner — Article by Maude E. Schroeder
  • Captain W.A. Sigsbee — Article by Mary margaret McBride
  • Blue-Bloods of the Kennel — Photogravure Feature
  • Index to Our Advertisers
  • Our First Reader by Bruce Barton
  • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: 2-page ad for Chesterfield Cigarettes features large color fencing illustration, Old Gold Cigarettes ad includes color illustration of Lawrence Tibbett, and a Victor Radio ad on the back cover.

    Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1930-12 American Magazine Contents

    1930/12 — Cover design by John LaGatta

    Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • The Great American Worm by Neal O’Hara and illustrated by G.H. Clisbee
  • Jimmie Doolittle – The Scrappiest Pilot of Them All by Lowell Thomas with portrait by McClelland Barclay
  • A Big Little Man Talks About Showmanship by James R. Crowell about Roy W. Howard
  • Hell Broth by George Allan England
  • Fine Feathers by Edgar A. Guest
  • Mysterious Compasses Guide the Wild Creatures Home by Archibald Rutledge and illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull
  • The Smartest Criminals Spring Their Own Traps by Arthur C. Bartlett and illustrated by Joseph Simont
  • My Twentieth House by Claude H. Miller
  • Can You Think Fast in a Crisis? by E. Alexander Powell and Illustrated by Harold von Schmidt
  • Cashing in on the Classics by William Lyon Phelps with drawing by Geroge Van Werveke
  • What Are Your Rights? by John Griffin with cartoons by A. Halpert
  • FICTION:

  • “Shoestring” – A Novel, Part 1 — by Berton Braley and illustrated by Herbert Paus
  • “The Nipper Napoleon” by T. Morris Longstreth and illustrated by Harold von Schmidt
  • “The Man with the Scarred Hand” — Part 3 — by Henry Kitchell Webster and illustrated by William Welsh
  • “Scattergood Among the Old Masters” by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated Paul Meylan
  • “Pine Song” by William Byron Mowery and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • “Four Blocks Apart” — Last Installment of a Novel — by Arthur Somers Roche
  • “His Private Life” by Margaret Culkin Banning and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • SHORT FEATURES:
    Interesting People:

  • Captain Knut Andersen – Article by Leonard Falkner
  • Battalion Chief Edward L. Boatright – Article by Josephine H. Forney
  • Mabel Millspaugh — Article by Mabel M. Wheeler
  • James F. Martin — Article by Howad M. Rudeaux
  • Knots and Kinks for Christmas Wrapping — Photogravure Feature
  • Index to Our Advertisers
  • Our First Reader by Bruce Barton
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1931-03 American Magazine Contents

    1931/03 — Cover design by John E. Sheridan.

    Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • “Back in Ward Four” by Bruce Barton
  • “How We Behave Away From Home” by Margaret A. Barnes with cartoons by George Clishee
  • “We’re Going to Stay Married” by Channing Pollock and illustrated by Frank Bensing
  • “Can You Turn Your Back on Your Mistakes?” illustrated by Herbert Roese
  • “What’s the Good Word” by Henry Morton Robinson and illustrated by Charles R. Chickering
  • “How to Widen Your World” by Will Durant and illustrated by Edward L. Chase
  • “What Your Banker Knows About You” by James R. Crowell and illustrated by Winold Reiss
  • “Smart Folks Are Easy to Fool” by Philip Kerby
  • “When It Comes to Neighbors” by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg
  • “The Only Unpaid Movie Star” by Harry Carr is about Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney with photos and drawings but the top right corner of one of the pages torn off
  • “Spunk Never Cost a Man a Job Worth Having” by Neil M. Clark
  • “You Don’t Have to Be Rich to Live in a Mansion” by Jerome Beatty
  • “All Dressed Up” by Mildred Harrington
  • “Are You Committing Suicide on the Installment Plan?” by William S. Sadler, MD
  • FICTION:

  • “Take it to Tink” by Howard Brubaker and illustrated by J.G. Gannam
  • “War Paint and Rouge” a novel part 2 by Robert W. Chambers and illustrated by Norman Price
  • “His Folks” by Katharine Haviland-Taylor and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “Happy Birthday!” by Gerald Mygatt and illustrated by C.D. Williams
  • “Shoestring” a novel part 4 by Berton Braley and illustrated by Herbert Paus
  • “Dot Finds a Man for Polly” by Fannie Kilbourne and illustrated by John LaGatta
  • “Man Overboard” by Murney Mintzner and illustrated by J.W. Schlaikjer
  • “Control” by Frank Wead and illustrated by Oscar F. Schmidt
  • SHORT FEATURES:
    Interesting People:

  • Frank C. Reilly by Leonard Falkner
  • Frank Carretta by Edwin W. Teale
  • Walter J. Colpus by James Montagnes
  • Prize Contest Announcement — How the American Magazine Helped Me
  • Here’s the Truth About Those Pullman Car Names by William S. Dutton
  • When Animals Escape by Courtney Ryley Cooper
  • Our First Reader by Bruce Barton
  • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Whitman’s Sampler ad illustrated by Peter Hurd, Ivory Soap, Campbell’s Soup, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company with illustration by James Montgomery Flagg, William Powell for Lux Toilet Soap, Chesterfield Cigarettes, Florenz Ziegfeld for Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil*, and a Camay ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1931-04 American Magazine Contents

    1931/04 — Cover design by John LaGatta.

    Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Winged Terror by Bruce Gould is about Anthony Fokker with portrait by John Rogers and drawing by Clayton Knight
  • Are You a Safe Driver? by Robbins B. Stoeckel and illustrated by Frank Dobias
  • What the Man in the Street Has Taught Me by Heywood Broun and illustrated by George Clisbee
  • He Started at the End of His Rope by Mary B. Mullett and illustrated by Carl V. Burger is about concert pianist and noted author on game birds, Otto G. Beyer
  • “I’m Getting to Know My Son” by Keene Sumner
  • How to Move Ahead While Standing Still by James Layfield
  • We’re Ninety-Nine Percent Honest by James R. Crowell
  • But They Do Come Back by W.O. McGeehan
  • A Job You Wouldn’t Want by G.K. Chesterton is about The Prince of Wales and illustrated by B.J. Rosenmeyer
  • “Where Do I Get Off?” by Merle Crowell
  • The House of a Thousand Servants by Claude H. Miller with drawing by Byron Musser
  • Take a Tip from the Waiter by Fritz Nocker and illustrated by Arthur Edrop
  • FICTION:

  • “If I Were You” — A Novel — Part I — by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Frederick Chapman
  • “Dangerous as a Dagger” — Another “Emmy” Story — by Patterson Dial and illustrated by John H. Crosman
  • “Sea Worthy” by Frank Wead and illustrated by W.J. Aylward
  • “War Paint and Rouge” — A Novel — Part III — by Robert W. Chambers and illustrated by Norman Price
  • “Shoestring” — A Novel — Part V — by Berton Braley and illustrated by Herbert Paus
  • “A Guttersnipe Grows Wings” by Robert E. Pinkerton and illustrate by J.W. Schlaikjer
  • “A Chance to Be Somebody” by Louis F. McCabe and illustrated by Charles R. Chickering
  • “Hollyhock Lane” by Margaret Craven and illustrated by John H.Crosman
  • SHORT FEATURES:
    Interesting People:

  • Clifford Laibly and Laman C. Johnson by Neil M. Clark
  • Cliff Self by Ruth Moore Morriss
  • Chief Cuviboranandi, alias A. Hyatt Verrilt by George Allan England
  • Prize Winners — January Contest — “Pulling Out”
  • Our First Reader by Bruce Barton
  • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: “Swing Along” ad for Camel Cigarettes, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ad is illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg, Hugh Trevor for Lux Toilet Soap*, Hoover Vaccuum Clener ad illustrated by Arthur William Brown, beautiful color ad for the new Ford Victoria, Chesterfield Cigarettes ad illustrated in color by J. Knowles Hare, Babe Ruth in a 2/3 page ad for Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States*, and a Wheaties ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1931-10 American Magazine Contents

    1931/10 — Cover design by Hayden Hayden.

    Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • “Owen D. Young” by Ida M. Tarbell with sketch portrait by Joseph Cummings Chase
  • “What Is Your Wife Worth To You?” by Jerome Beatty
  • “Why I Shall Send My Son to An American College” by Emil Ludwig with drawings by Norman Reeves
  • “Hitting Fifty” by Clarence Budington Kelland
  • “Miracles Do Happen” says Lily Pons by Rose Heylbut
  • “Where to Find a Fortune” by E. Alexander Powell and illustrated by Fred Ludekens
  • “What No Man Can Take From Me” part 2 Adventures in Solitude by David Grayson and illustrated by Joseph Chenoweth
  • “Raymond M. Hood — Showman of Steel and Stone” by J.B. Griswold and illustrated by Will Hollingsworth
  • “If You Were a Football Star” by Edwin B. Dooley
  • “It All Comes Out on Moving Day” by Martin H. Kennelly and illustrated by Herbert Paus
  • “The Man Who Gets the Honey Doesn’t Fight With the Bees” by Bruce Barton and illustrated by M.B. Aleshire
  • “You Don’t Need a Big Place to Grow a Big Heart” by Neil M. Clark
  • FICTION:

  • “The Smile That Wins” by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Roy F. Spreter
  • “White-Hot” by Frank Knox Hockman and illustrated by J.W. Schlaikjer
  • “Aunt Emma and the Devil’s Ditch” by Ellis Parker Butler and illustrated by Floyd M. Davis
  • “A Gentleman for a Night” by Octavus Roy Cohen and illustrated by T.D. Skidmore
  • “Too Many Parties!” by Fannie Kilbourne and illustrated by John H. Crosman
  • “West of the Pecos” a Novel Part 3 by Zane Grey and illustrated by Frank Hoffman
  • “Bill John Goes to Jail” by Helen Topping Miller and illustrated by Joseph M. Clement
  • “High Summer” A Novel – Last Installment by Booth Tarkington and illustrated by Wallace Morgan
  • SHORT FEATURES:
    Interesting People:

  • Edson Brewster by George Oslin
  • P.G. Wodehouse by Lenora Wodehouse
  • Carlyle R. Robinson by Arthur C. Bartlett
  • Francis Ingalls by Doris Montague
  • Mrs. Edith Mae Pennington by Louis Lacoss
  • R.B. Bilkosky by Warren B. King
  • Index to Our Advertisers
  • Our First Reader by Bruce Barton
  • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Firestone, “Let Davy Jones Chase Sinker Soaps” color ad from Ivory, Camay, bright red Campbell’s Tomato Soup ad, Pauline Frederick for Lux Soaps photographed by Ray Huff, “Smoke a Fresh Cigarette” from Camel, Dutch Boy, Granger Tobacco with color illustration by Rico Tomaso, Ford Motor Company, Fred and Adele Astaire for Chesterfield Cigarettes on the inside back cover, Orange Life Savers on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1931-12 American Magazine Contents

    1931/12 — Cover design by C.E. Chambers.

    Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • “If We Had the Dole” by John J. Leary, Jr. with drawing by Irwin Smith
  • “Walter C. Teagle — Giant of Oil” by Jerome Beatty
  • “The Fastest Start Doesn’t Always Win” by Kaye Don and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • “A Brother and Sister Who Never Quarrel” by John Janney is about Fred and Adele Astaire with a full-page color photograph of them
  • “They Never Tell–All” by John N. Wheeler
  • “We Fell Out Over Fifty Cents” by Carl Goerch
  • “Lyle Stephenson Reads Poetry For Breakfast” by Hubert Kelley
  • “You Can’t Tame a Rat With a Club” by Lewis E. Lawes
  • “Out of a Job” by Bruce Barton
  • “Making Curiosity Pay Dividends” by J.B. Griswold
  • “Wearing Burbank’s Shoes” by Edward Bernard Garnett
  • “Edison — The Greatest American of the Century” by Emil Ludwig
  • FICTION:

  • “Old Man Christmas” by Leona Dalrymple and illustrated by Marshall Frantz
  • “Fightin’ Mad” by James Stevens and illustrated by Philip Lyford
  • “White Stallion” by Emma-Lindsay Squier with illustration by J.W. Schlaikjer; Painting by Frank Hoffman
  • “Rich Man’s Town” — A Novel — Part II — by Faith Baldwin and illustrated by H.R. Ballinger
  • “The Missing Mystery” by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Roy F. Spreter
  • “Pliny Wins a Medal” by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Paul Meylan
  • “One Chance in a Million” by Will Payne and illustrated by Rico Tomaso
  • “West of the Pecos” — A Novel — Part V — by Zane Grey and illustrated by Frank Hoffman
  • SHORT FEATURES:
    Interesting People:

  • Isaac Davis article by Leonard Faulkner
  • Mrs. Mary Breckingridge article by Helen Worden
  • P.H. Peyran article by Mrs. S.M. Le Crone
  • Joan Wing article by D. Jay Culver
  • J.S. Rex Cole article by Myrtle Gebhart
  • Prize Contest Announcement: Did You Ever Fight Over a Dime?
  • Prize Winners, September Contest: What’s Going On In Your Town?
  • Index to Our Advertisers
  • Our First Reader by Bruce Barton
  • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Camel Cigarettes, Camay, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ad illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg, Life Savers Cough Drops, Hoover, and a Lucky Strike Cigarettes ad featuring Jean Harlow on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1932-08 American Magazine Contents

    1932/08 — Cover design by Hayden Hayden

    Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Flying the Atlantic by Amelia Earhart with drawing by Clayton Knight
  • Something to Tell the Folks Who Can’t See See Where Business Is Going by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by C.W. Massaguer
  • Raymond Ditmars, Wizard of the Zoo by Beverly Smith
  • A Winner Never Quits, the Story of Spike Webb, by Albert Benjamin
  • What “a Fraction More” Can Do For You, a vivid close-up of John R. Todd, by Emmet Crozier
  • Your Town Can Save You Money by Neil M. Clark
  • Can You Hear a Pin Drop? by Hugh Grant Rowell, M.D.
  • How Many Friends Have You? by Joseph Cummings Chase
  • You’re As Old As You Act by Albert Edward Wiggam
  • A Ship’s Doctor Talks About His Job by Frank Stewart, M.D.
  • Whether the Break Is Good Or Bad, It’s Worth Something by Tom Gill
  • We Never Thought of That by John Chapman Hilder and illustrated by C. Peter Helck
  • FICTION:

  • “A Social Error” by Leona Dalrymple and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • “Hearts and Clubs” by Octavus Roy Cohen and illustrated by Floyd M. Davis
  • “His Own Kind” by Sewell Peaslee Wright and illustrated by James E. Allen
  • “The Tall Ladder” — Part 5 — by Katharine Newlin Burt and illustrated by Saul Tepper
  • “Someone Special” by Brooke Hanlon and illustrated by Herbert Paus
  • “Junior Partners” by Howard Brubaker and illustrated by John H. Crosman
  • “Forlorn Island” – Last installment – by Edison Marshall and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
  • SHORT FEATURES:
    Interesting People:

  • William H. Egan article by Beverly Smith
  • Sally Belle Cox article by John B. Kennedy
  • Henry Brady, Roscoe Dittrick and George Abrams article by Leonard Falkner
  • Dr. Isabel Beck and Charles Davies article by Ruth Millard
  • Adrian Nelson article by Leslie Dawson
  • Index to Advertisers
  • Forgetting–It’s a Blessing We Too Often Forget by Bruce Barton
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1932-12 American Magazine Contents

    1932/12 — Cover design by John E. Sheridan.

    Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • “Can You Get a Square Deal in a Traffic Court?” by R.L. Burgess with drawing by Edmund F. Ward
  • “The Thing We Need Today” by General John J. Pershing
  • “Good for the Heart” by Don Marquis with drawings by Herbert Paus and Diana Thorne
  • “I’m Looking for Men Like These” as told to Arthur H. Little
  • “This Bridge Business Has Gone Too Far!” by Ely Culbertson with cartoons by H.T. Webster
  • “He Dug Deep to Reach the Top” — The story of Robert Ridgway — by Beverly Smith
  • “A Grandmother Talks About Picking Toys” by Jane Allen Franklin with Mildred Harrington
  • “Axes and Fiddlesticks” by Karl Detzer
  • “Glasses Aren’t So Bad” by Peggy Wood
  • “How People Act in Restaurants” by Jerome Beatty
  • FICTION:

  • “Havana Stop-Over” by Margaret Widdemer and illustrated by Ralph Pallen Coleman
  • “Dusty Has His Christmas” by Leona Dalrymple and illustrated by Walter Biggs
  • “Walls of Gold” — A Novel — Part III — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • “Red Fingernails” by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Paul Meylan
  • “Guardians of the Desert” — A Novel — Part IV — by Tom Gill and illustrated by Ralph Pallen Coleman
  • “The Buck-Up” by Richard Connell and illustrated by Joseph Chenoweth
  • “A Cagey Gorilla” by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Roy F. Spreter
  • SHORT FEATURES:
    Interesting People:

  • Frank T. Courtney — Article by Beverly Smith
  • Captain R.M. Wassen article by R.L. Burgess
  • Mrs. Genevieve Berkeley article by Fred Hawkins
  • Mrs. Ann C. Willis article by Nancy Woods Walburn
  • John Henry Nash article by Henry F. Pringle
  • Richard B. Russell Jr. article by Magner White
  • Dr. Harry M. Archer article by Ruth Moore Morriss
  • Prize Contest Announcement: “My Experiences With Traffic Laws”
  • The Family Problem — I Let My Husband Run the House
  • Prize Winners of September Contest: “How to Make Money”
  • Index to Our Advertisers
  • In the Night by Bruce Barton
  • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Ivory Soap, Eastman’s Christmas Shopping Guide ad from Eastman Kodak, Remington Typewriters, and a Lucky Strike Cigarettes ad on the back cover featuring “Custer’s Last Stand” as portrayed by N.C. Wyeth. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))

    Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1933-03 American Magazine Contents

    1933/03 — Cover design by Diana Thorne

    Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Here’s Howe by Jerome Beatty
  • Blame It on the Queen — Part 2 of Those Incredible Barrymores — by John Barrymore
  • Tomorrow We Move – A look at the future – by Charles F. Kettering with John T. Flynn
  • Father Pays the Bill – an interview with Dr. Charles Ricketson Allen – by John Janney
  • They Use Their Heads by Archibald Rutledge
  • What About Technocracy? by Frederick Lewis Allen
  • Who Are Your Friends? by Courtney Ryley Cooper
  • They May Be Your Neighbors – Our Present Day Immigrants – by Beverly Smith
  • I’m Growing Wings at 43 by Ben Ames Williams
  • Turnips or Tulips by Webb Waldron
  • It’s Good to Get Man Now and Then by Hugh Grant Rowell, M.D.
  • FICTION:

  • “13 For Dinner” — Part 1 — by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Weldon Trench
  • “Official Escort” by Harold Titus
  • “Three Months’ Trial” by Leona Dalrymple
  • “Amateur Villain” by Howard Brubaker
  • “A Star is Born” by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Roy Spreter
  • “Walls of Gold” — Part 6 — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • “Scattergood Makes a Deal” by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Paul Meylan
  • SHORT FEATURES:

  • The Meeting Place
  • – Prize Winners and Announcement
  • Life Savers ad illustrated by John Held, Jr.
  • Chase and Sanborn’s Coffee ad illustrated by John LaGatta
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

    1933-05 American Magazine Contents

    1933/05 — Cover design by W.T. Benda

    Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • The Man We Forgot to Hate – A Close-Up of Senator Norris – by Beverly Smith
  • The Alabama Ghost by Morris Markey
  • Smoke on the Ball, about tennis champ Ellsworth Vines, by John R. Tunis
  • A Secret Worth a Fortune, the story of Pat Joyce railroad president, by Neil M. Clark
  • “Accustomed As I Am–” by Irvin S. Cobb
  • If I Were Giving Medals by George Creel
  • My America…Belittle It If You Dare! by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Frank Tenney Johnson
  • A Man Who Walked Through a Needle’s Eye by W.O. Saunders
  • It Doesn’t Make Sense by Albert Benjamin
  • My Son John — Part 4: Those Incredible Barrymores — by John Barrymore with illustration of John, Dolores Costello and John Jr. by Martha Sawyers and large photo taking up the top half of a two page spread of the entire Barrymore family
  • The New Deal by Walter Lippmann
  • Politics, Government, and You by Ray Lyman Wilbur
  • SHORT FEATURES:

  • The Family Problem – What Is a Safe Investment?
  • The Meeting Place
  • – Prize Winners and Announcement
  • FICTION:

  • “Western Packet” by F. Britten Austin and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • “Star Magic” – Part 2 – by Channing Pollock and illustrated by Saul Tepper
  • “Scattergood Plays with Fire” by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Paul Meylan
  • “13 for Dinner” by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Weldon Trench
  • “The Last Straw” by Dorothy Sanborn Phillips
  • “Days of Grace” by Leona Dalrymple and illustrated by Floyd M. Davis
  • “Tropical Flight” by Eustace L. Adams and illustrated by J.W. Schlaikjer
  • “A Man and a Half” by James Stevens and illustrated by Phil Lyford
  • INTERESTING PEOPLE:

  • Mermaid – Georgia Coleman
  • Nemesis – Roy S. Lobdell
  • Star – Constance Cummings
  • Writers – Beatty, Cohen and Cooper
  • Surgeon – Dr. William James Mayo
  • Designer – Elizabeth Hawes
  • Minstrel – Jilson Setters
  • Judge – Charles Franklin Price
  • Life Savers ad with color illustration by John Held Jr.
  • Lux Toilet Soap ad featuring photo of Jean Harlow
  • Filed Under: American Tagged With: The American Magazine

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