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1906-11-29 The Youth’s Companion Magazine Contents

1906/11/29 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Thanksgiving Number – Volume 80, No. 48 – November 29, 1906.

Contents as taken from paging through this issue are as follows:

  • The Uninvited Guests by Mary Stewart Cutting and illustrated by Ernest Fosbery
  • Heartening the Superintendent by Richard Barker Shelton with illustration by W.F. Stecher
  • Modern Occupations for Women by Edward Williston Frentz
  • In the Unknown Dark by Charles G.D. Roberts with drawings by Sears Gallagher
  • Rupert’s Choice — American History Stories, 6th Story of 2nd Group — by Ellen Mackuin with drawing by W.F. Stecher
  • Sarah Brown’s Effort by Elizabeth I. Samuel with drawing by H. Burgess
  • Fighting the Slave-Traders by Sir H.H. Johnston, African Explorer and Administrator with image of Mlozi, Chief of the Arab Slave-Traders
  • Davie Rhys, Coward by William Macleod Raine and William Henry Eader with drawing by Griswold Tyng
  • A Happy Citizen, poem by Frank L. Stanton
  • An Autumn Evening, poem by L.M. Montgomery

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  • The Journey of the Water-Drops by Marion Wathen with drawing by Henry Ihlefeld
  • His Repentance, poem by Laura E. Richards
  • A Winter Game, poem by E.H.T.

    • Notable advertising includes: Fairy Soap*, The Packard Piano from The Packard Company*, Ivory Soap*, Waterman’s Fountain Pen*, Stevens Firearms*, Flexible Flyer Sled from S.L. Allen & Co., Barney & Berry Skates*, full-page for The Perfection Oil Heater from Standard Oil Company, and an ad for the Kodak Box from Eastman Kodak on the back cover. NOTE: An * denotes ad is smaller than a full-page.

    1906-04-12 The Youth’s Companion Magazine Contents

    1906/04/12 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Easter Number – Volume 80, No. 15 – April 12, 1906.

    Contents as taken from paging through this issue are as follows:

  • The Girl Next Door — A Tale of Easter Day — by Mabel Nelson Thurston with drawing by H. Burgess
  • A Sunday Visit by F.E.C. Robbins with drawing by H. Burgess
  • “Melindy” and the Lynxes by Charles G.D. Roberts with drawings by Ernest Fosbery
  • Harry Harding’s Last Year by Arthur Stanwood Pier with drawing by Ernest Fosbery
  • The Convalescent, a poem by Agnes Lee
  • American Homes and Hospitality by Pastor Charles Wagner with photo of the Pastor
  • The Brakeman on the “Sweet Bye and Bye” by May McHenry with drawings by F. Strothmann
  • Down the Incline by Charles Newton Hood with drawing by W.F. Stecher
  • Learning a Trade — A Series of Papers by Edward Williston Frentz — Part XII. Typesetting
  • The Twisted Knee, poem by David C. Gale
  • A Bird’s Egg, poem by Frank Dempster Sherman

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  • An Easter Mystery, poem by Nannie Byrd Turner with drawing by Waunita Smith
  • Lula’s Easter Offering by Elizabeth Hill
  • Best of All, poem by Minnie Leona Upton

    • Notable advertising includes: “Top of the Morning” ad featuring Rastus for Cream of Wheat*, Ivory Soap*, Spalding’s Encyclopedia of Baseball*, Parker Pen*, full-page for Jap-A-Lac Varnish, Chiclets*, Domino Sugar*, Wizard Repeating Liquid Pistol*, Nabisco*, Waterman’s Ideal Fountain Pen*, The New No. 3 Folding Brownie from Eastman Kodak*, Quaker Oats*, Heinz*, Swift’s Premium Hams and Bacon*, and an ad for Hinds’ Honey and Almond Cream on the back cover. NOTE: An * denotes ad is smaller than a full-page.

    1906-05-03 The Youth’s Companion Magazine Contents

    1906/05/03 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Special May Number – Volume 80, No. 18 – May 3, 1906.

    Contents as taken from paging through this issue are as follows:

  • The Coxswain’s Training by Ralph D. Paine with drawing by H. Burgess
  • Once on a May Night by Charles Adams with drawing by Sears Gallagher
  • Salmon-Fishing in a Town by Robert Grant with drawing by E. Fosbery
  • The Downfall of a Boss — Chapter 1 of 8 — by Adeline Knapp with drawing by George Varian
  • On a Tight Rope by Albert W. Tolman with drawing by W.F. Stecher
  • The Poison Ivy by Annie Oakes Huntington
  • Sea-Horses, poem by Almon Hensley

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  • The New Scholar by Elizabeth L. Gould with drawing by L.J. Bridgman
  • Savng Bobbie’s Tears by Katharine Walker
  • Hanging the May Basket, poem by Johnson Morton

    • Notable advertising includes: Gillette Safety Razor*, Quaker Puffed Rice*, Ivory Soap*, “The Joy Maker” featuring Rastus in kilt with bagpipes for Cream of Wheat*, The Savage Junior from Savage Arms Company*, Chiclets*, The Ingersoll Dollar Watch*, The Packard Piano*, Jell-O Ice Cream Powder*, Yellowstone National Park from Northern Pacific Railway*, Mead Cycle Company*, Domino Sugar*, Reach Baseball Goods*, and “The Finishing Touch” from Hand Sapolio is on the back cover. NOTE: An * denotes ad is smaller than a full-page.

    1906-05-31 The Youth’s Companion Magazine Contents

    1906/05/31 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Memorial Day 1906 – Volume 80, No. 22 – May 31, 1906 — Cover illustration attributed to Ernest Fosbery.

    Contents as taken from paging through this issue are as follows:

  • The Half-Acre Lot by Elsie Singmaster with drawing by B.J. Rosenmeyer
  • Memorial-Day Desertion by F.E.C. Robbins with drawing by H. Burgess
  • Thebes of the Hunted Gates by H. Rider Haggard with photos from Thebes
  • The Downfall of a Boss — Chapter 5 of 8 — by Adeline Knapp with drawing by George Varian
  • Lame Charlie’s Tole by Franklin Welles Calkins with drawing by H.C. Edwards
  • For Sale or Rent, poem by Nannie Byrd Turner
  • Prairie Windflowers by Charles Moreau Harger

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  • Letty’s Memorial Day by Mary T. Ballard with drawing by Alice Barber Stephens
  • The Roads, poem by Hannah G. Fernald
  • The “Mislocated” Arm by Edith Perry Estes

    • Notable advertising includes: Heniz 57 Varieties*, Ivory Soap*, Cream of Wheat with Rastus*, Pettijohn’s Breakfast Foods*, Perry Mason Company*, Winchester Repeating Arms Co., full page for New Companion Sewing Machine from Perry Mason Company, and an illustrated ad from Eastman Kodak is on the back cover. NOTE: An * denotes ad is smaller than a full-page.

    1906-09-20 The Youth’s Companion Magazine Contents

    1906/09/20 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Autumn Number 1906 – Volume 80, No. 38 – September 20, 1906.

    Contents as taken from paging through this issue are as follows:

  • Answerers to the Call by Charles G.D. Roberts with drawing by Charles Livingston Bull
  • The “Jack-Lot” Barn by Sheldon C. Stoddard with drawing by Griswold Tyng
  • Irish Schools: Ancient and Modern by Jane Barlow
  • Detective Dorothy by Priscilla Leonard with drawing by Ernest Fosbery
  • Under the Crown: Tales of Colonial Days — “Young Chief” Part 1 of 2 by C.A. Stephens with drawing by H. Burgess
  • Investigation, poem by M.A. DeWolfe Howe
  • The Drip of the Rain, poem by Emma G. Weston

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  • Betty’s Walk by Alice Turner Curtis
  • Friends and Foes, poem by Arthur Macy
  • “The Tenement Oak” illustration by L.J. Bridgman

    • Notable advertising includes: New Home Sewing Machine*, Ivory Soap*, Lowney’s Breakfast Cocoa*, Parker Pens*, Wizard Repeating Liquid Pistol*, Ingersoll Dollar Watch*, U.M.C. Cartridges*, The Packard Piano*, Waterman’s Ideal Fountain Pen*, White House Coffee*, Kalamazoo Stove Co.*, Pears’ Soap*, Heinz 57 Varieties*, Swifts’ Premium Bacon*, Quaker Oats*, and a Cream of What ad is on the back cover. NOTE: An * denotes ad is smaller than a full-page.

    1906-02-22 The Youth’s Companion Magazine Contents

    1906/02/22 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Washington’s Birthday Number – Volume 80, No. 8 – February 22, 1906.

    Contents as taken from paging through this issue are as follows:

  • The Last Sedan-Chair by Elia W. Peattie with drawing by H. Burgess
  • The Gardiner-Grit by Margaret Johnson with drawing by G.V. Barker
  • Washington As Seen by Lafayette by Mary Caroline Crawford
  • When Lot Hardy Came of Age by F.E.C. Robbins with drawing by Ernest Fosbery
  • The Lion That Went Through the Mill by Henry Wallace Phillips with drawing by H. Burgess
  • Harry Harding’s Last Year by Arthur Stanwood Pier with drawing by Franklin T. Wood
  • Two Camels and Sixteen Mules by Herbert P. Coolidge with drawing by W.F. Stecher
  • Washington in Wall Street, poem by Arthur Guiterman
  • Hospitality, poem by Edith Hope Kinney

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  • The Tardy Mark by Martha Durant
  • Pink and Blue, poem by Pauline Frances Camp
  • “Little George Washington …” drawing by Clara E. Atwood

    • Notable advertising includes: Gillette Safety Razor*, Cream of Wheat*, Heinz 57 Varieties*, Ivers & Pond Pianos*, Peter’s Chocolate*, Packard Pianos*, Ingersoll Dollar Watch*, Lowney’s Cocoa*, Pettijohn*, Swifts’ Silver Leaf Lard*, and a Quaker Oats ad on the back cover. NOTE: An * denotes ad is smaller than a full-page.

    1906-01-01 The Youth’s Companion Magazine Contents

    1906/01/01 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    New Year’s Number – Volume 80, No. 1 – January 1, 1906.

    Contents as taken from paging through this issue are as follows:

  • The Churchill Latch-String — Chapter 4 of 10 — by Grace S. Richmond with drawing by B.J. Rosenmeyer
  • Burning the Mortgage b C.A. Stephens with drawing by Franklin T. Wood
  • What the Blind Can Do by Helen Keller
  • Coyote Holes by Mary Austin with illustration by W.F. Stecher
  • “Chuff” A Tale of Sakhalin by Paul Marcosson with drawing by H. Burgess
  • Snowflakes, poem by Emma Ghent Curtis
  • The Empty Nest, poem by Mrs. Frank A. Breck

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  • A Snow Map by Mary Alden Hopkins
  • A New Year’s Call, poem by E.A.F.
  • Crazy Pictures by Fannie Wilder Brown
  • Illustration by Wuanita Smith
  • Good-by to the Old Year drawing by Sears Gallagher

    • Notable advertising includes: Swift and Company Wool Soap*, Ivory Soap*, Cream of Wheat*, Scott’s Emulsion*, Jello ad with “The Jell-O Girl”*, full-page ad or Pettijohn, ad for Hand Sapolio on the back cover. NOTE: An * denotes ad is smaller than a full-page.

    1906-12-20 The Youth’s Companion Magazine Contents

    1906/12/20 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Christmas Number 1906 – Volume 80, No. 51 – December 20, 1906 — Cover illustration attributed to Ernest Fosbery.

    Contents as taken from paging through this issue are as follows:

  • Mr. Plunkett’s Protege by George Madden Martin with drawing by Ernest Fosbery
  • The Young Nation: Tales of Peace and War — American History Stories, Second Story of Third Group — The Quality of Courage by William R. Lighton with drawing by H.C. Edwards
  • The Long Trail by Hamlin Garland, Chapter 3 of 10, with drawing by H. Burgess
  • The Prettiest Cat in Wien by Ellis Meredith with drawing by W.F. Stecher
  • Modern Occupations for Women — Part VI – Gymnastics and Physical Culture — by Edward Williston Frentz
  • The Settlement of Disputes “Individual and National” by the Hon. David J. Brewer, Justice of the United States Supreme Court
  • Cota’s Defense by Herbert Coolidge with drawing by Griswold Tyng
  • Are You Going Home, poem by Hugh J. Hughes
  • Christmas Eve, poem by Edith Hope Kinney

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  • A Happy Tree, poem by Cara W. Bronson
  • Three of Them, poem by Laura E. Richards
  • Mildred’s Gift by Mary C. Callan
  • The Christmas Doll by Eva Earll Furlong
  • A Christmas Messenger drawing by Florence England Nosworthy

    • Notable advertising includes: Quaker Oats*, Ivory Soap*, Waterman’s Ideal Pen*, Packard Piano*, Heinz Mince Meat*, Winslow’s Skates*, Nabisco*, full page for Cuticura Medicinal and Toilet Soap, Jell-O*, Cream of Wheat*, and Pear’s Soap is on the back cover. NOTE: An * denotes ad is smaller than a full-page.

    1906-11-01 The Youth’s Companion Magazine Contents

    1906/11/01 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Announcement Number 1906 – Volume 80, No. 44 – November 1, 1906 — Cover illustration attributed to Arthur E. Becher.

    Contents as taken from paging through this issue are as follows:

  • Winning Independence: Tales of the Revolution — American History Series, 2nd Story of 2nd Group — Jabez Rockwell’s Powder-Horn by Ralph D. Paine with drawing by H. Burgess
  • Her First Long Ride by Mildred Stapley
  • Beginners in Politics by the Hon. Everett Colby
  • Uncle Dresser’s Money — Chapter 5 of 8 — by C.A. Stephens with drawing by W.F. Stecher
  • Ground-Fire by Laurence J. Yates with drawing by W.A. McCullough
  • Modern Occupations for Women — Part I. The Social Secretary — by Edward Williston Frentz
  • Little Louisa, poem by Ellen Manly
  • Children of the Streel by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay

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  • “A Lesson on the Early Bird” illustration by Nellie L. Umstaetter
  • A Surprise by Margaret Dane
  • Number Wheel by Isla M. Mullins
  • The Drop of Water and the Grain of Sand, poem by Abbie Farwell Brown
  • How the Thrush Marked His Nest by Sally Houston Green

    • Notable advertising includes: Cream of Wheat*, Pears’*, Brownie Cameras from Eastman Kodak*, Waterman’s Ideal Fountain Pen*, Ivory Soap*, Strauss the Toy King*, Peter’s Chocolate*, Winslow Skates*, Perfection Oil Heater from Standard Oil*, Quaker Oats*, Hand Sapolio*, and an all-text Gold Medal Flour ad is on the back cover. NOTE: An * denotes ad is smaller than a full-page.

    1906-10-18 The Youth’s Companion Magazine Contents

    1906/10/18 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Volume 80, No. 44 – Regular Issue for October 18, 1906.

    Contents as taken from paging through this issue are as follows:

  • Uncle Dresser’s Money — Chapter 3 of 8 — by C.A. Stephens with drawing by W.F. Stecher
  • His Initiation Into Kai Gar by Alice Louise Lee with drawing by F.T. Wood
  • Young Martin’s Fire-Trap with drawing by Griswold Tyng
  • Abbot Boniface, poem by William Hervey Woods
  • Eternal Youth, poem by Cora A. Matson Dotson

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  • Nutting-Time, poem by E.H.T. with drawing by K.R. Wireman
  • A Doll “Sky-Scraper” by Martha Cousins
  • For Halloween, poem by Johnson Morton
  • 38-page Reward Section displaying Prizes for gaining new subscribers

    • Notable advertising includes: Walter Baker & Co’s Cocoa and Chocolate is on the front cover, Ivory Soap*, Scott’s Emulsion*, Perfection Oil Heater from Standard Oil*, Spalding’s Athletic Library*, Cream of Wheat*, Waterman’s Ideal Fountain Pen*, and a Quaker Oats ad is on the back cover. NOTE: An * denotes ad is smaller than a full-page.