The Youth’s Companion, Regular Issue for October 20, 1904, Vol. 78, No. 42

Boston, Mass. Perry Mason Company, 201 Columbus Avenue, 1904. [JUVENILE] [PERIODICAL] [EPHEMERA]. Weekly periodical. Folio (16 ¼” x 11 ¼”); pp [489]-536; color pictorial wrapper, front features a full page ad for Baker’s Breakfast Cocoa printed in red and green, rear wrapper has a full-page NABISCO Sugar Wafers advertisement; two staple binding; advertisements throughout for children an adults; stories and features with illustrations; horizonal fold through all sheets as issued for mailing; 1” closed separation at foot of folded spine, a few spots; near fine. Item #2207

The featured story is titled “John Imberlay, Trustee” by Homer Greene, the eighth chapter of nine. Also featuring “Days and Dollars” by Carroll Watson Rankin, and “A Torpedoed Tornado” by Frank Littie Pollock. Five pages concentrate on boys who sell subscriptions to the periodical and their rewards. The boys are referenced as “companion workers” who “can speak personally of the merits of the paper.” Thirty six pages contain advertisements for the latest books, music, parlor games, crafts, small machines for the home, lanterns, sports equipment, dolls and toys for girls, tableware, and accessories for men and women.

Price: $35.00