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National Brain Power [v4 #1, March 1923] (The Contructive Publishing Corp., 25¢, 80pp+, large, cover by Leo Sielke, Jr.)
Details supplied by John Locke.

11 · Character Building · Bernarr Macfadden · ed
12 · Getting Away with Murder · James Craig Gordon · ar; illustrated by F. A. Hamilton
14 · The Green Eyes of Failure · Newbold Kew · ar; illustrated by F. A. Hamilton
17 · Will Hays says: “Don’t Let the Censor Chain Our Brains” · T. Howard Kelly · ar; illustrated by Harold Denison
18 · Start Poor and Work Hard · Leda Vera Bauerberg · ar
20 · The Girl Is the Main Thing [Part 2 of 7] · John R. Coryell · sl
22 · The Man with the Hoe and His Gospel of Labor · Arthur H. Howland · ar
23 · She Said, “I Can Do It”—and She Did (Edna Williams) · Ada Patterson · ar
24 · From Office Boy to Theatre Magnate at Twenty-Five (Michael Goldreyer) · William A. Fields · ar
25 · How a Cowboy Made an Asset of Blindness (Bert Persons) · Earl Christmas · ar
26 · Fear—the Arch Enemy [Part ? of ?] · Fulton Oursler · sl
30 · Class Loyalty and Its Part in Success · Fulton Oursler · ar
33 · How to Conquer Despair · Bruce Haywood · ar
35 · Eddie Learns How to Be a Mixer · Helen Redington · ss
38 · Are Lawyers Preventing Crooks from Being Reformed? · John W. Grey · ar; illustrated by Norman E. Jennett
41 · Beginning Again · Shaylor Turner · ar
42 · Science and Ghosts · Dr. Frank Crane · ar
43 · How to Develop Will Power and Personal Magnetism [Part 4 of ?] · Dr. David H. Reeder · ar; illustrated by Norman E. Jennett
45 · Is a Woman a Parasite? · Jean Doris · lt
46 · Explaining “He Could Not Fail” · Anon. · ar

National Brain Power [v4 #3, May 1923] (The Contructive Publishing Corp., 25¢, large, cover by Leo Sielke, Jr.)
Macfadden magazine, formerly titled Brain Power; originated in 1921; intended as a companion to Physical Culture. Details supplied by Denny Lien from Table of Contents.

11 · What Is Knowledge?—What Is Ignorance? · Bernarr Macfadden · ed
15 · I Have Quit Trying to Get Even · An Ex-Dub · ar; illustrated by R. Crawley
19 · Peachy Puts One Over · Neil Moran · ss
31 · Peer Gynt · Fulton Oursler · pl; “The Story in a Modern Play”.
33 · Trading Ideas for Spot Cash · P. L. Atkinson · ar; illustrated by F. A. Hamilton
35 · The Girl Is the Main Thing [Part 4 of 7] · John R. Coryell · sl
40 · Fear—the Arch Enemy [Part ? of ?] · Fulton Oursler · sl
44 · How to Develop Will Power and Personal Magnetism [Part 6 of ?] · Dr. David H. Reeder · ar; illustrated by Compton McCoy

National Brain Power [v4 #6, September 1923] (The Contructive Publishing Corp., 10¢, 52pp, large s/s)
Details supplied by John Locke.

7 · More Wages for Teachers · Bernarr Macfadden · ed
8 · How to Make More Money · P. L. Atkinson · ar; first in series.
10 · How Many of These Words Do You Know? · Fulton Oursler · nf
11 · Strong Body Needed for a Strong Mind · Bernarr Macfadden · ar
13 · The Better Mouse Trap · Stuart Rivers · ss; illustrated by Delos Palmer
16 · The 13th Letter [Part ? of ?] · Natalie Sumner Lincoln · sl
19 · The Girl Is the Main Thing [Part 7 of 7] · John R. Coryell · sl
21 · The Lonesome Club · The Chairman · cl
27 · [full-page ad for Garden City Publishing] · Anon. · ms
36 · Prescription for the Blues · [Various] · hu
37 · [full-page ad for Beautiful Womanhood] · Anon. · ms
38 · About Your Mind · Anon. · cl
45 · He Couldn’t Beat a Retreat · Harry Estey Langmaster · vi

National Brain Power [v5 #1, October 1923] (The Contructive Publishing Corp., 10¢, 34pp+, large s/s, cover by Leo Sielke, Jr.)
Details supplied by John Locke.

8 · President Coolidge’s Message to Readers of National Brain Power · Calvin Coolidge · ms
9 · How to Lengthen Life · Bernarr Macfadden · ar
10 · More Pay for Teachers! · Wainwright Evans · ar; illustrated by C. McCoy
12 · From East-Side Tenement to Governor’s Chair (Al Smith) · Ada Patterson · ar
14 · Rival Bait · Florence C. White · ss; illustrated by Delos Palmer
16 · Your Handwriting Tells What You Are Best Suited For · Louise Rice · ar
18 · The 13th Letter [Part ? of ?] · Natalie Sumner Lincoln · sl; illustrated by Raeburn Van Buren
21 · How to Make More Money: 2. · P. L. Atkinson · ar
22 · The Lonesome Club · The Chairman · cl
34 · [full-page ad for Beautiful Womanhood] · Anon. · ms

National Brain Power [v5 #2, November 1923] (The Contructive Publishing Corp., 10¢, 36pp, large s/s)
Details supplied by John Locke.

4 · About Your Mind · Anon. · cl
7 · The Value of Physical Culture in Business · Bernarr Macfadden · ed
8 · A Higher Salary · Dr. Albert Sidney Gregg · ar
10 · Her Little World · Theodocia Pearce · ss; illustrated by Ralph Crawley
14 · The 13th Letter [Part ? of ?] · Natalie Sumner Lincoln · sl
17 · What Do You Do with Your Time? · P. L. Atkinson · ar; illustrated by Ralph Crawley
18 · Develop Your Shoulders and Keep Your Head Erect! · Bernarr Macfadden · ar; posed by Rudolph Valentino.
19 · A Living Wage for Teachers! · Wainwright Evans · ar
21 · Hard Knocks Are a Blessing to a Growing Boy (Al Smith) · Ada Patterson · ar
32 · The Lonesome Club · The Chairman · cl

National Brain Power [v5 #3, December 1923] ed. Lee Brown (The Contructive Publishing Corp., 10¢, 36pp, large s/s)
mg. ed. F. O. Tremaine. Details supplied by John Locke.

4 · About Your Mind · L. D. B. · cl
7 · The Manhood Test · Bernarr Macfadden · ed
8 · The Return of Eytinge · John W. Grey · ts
11 · Christmas and the Child · Ida Alexander · ss
13 · A Square Deal for Teachers! · Wainwright Evans · ar; illustrated by C. McCoy
14 · Seven Secrets of Making Money · P. L. Atkinson · ar
16 · The 13th Letter [Part ? of ?] · Natalie Sumner Lincoln · sl
18 · Develop Your Neck and Increase Your Vitality · Bernarr Macfadden · ar; posed by Charles Atlas.
22 · The Lonesome Club · The Chairman · cl
24 · Al Smith’s Secret of Success · Ada Patterson · ar

National Brain Power [v5 #4, January 1924] (The Contructive Publishing Corp., 10¢, 32pp, large s/s)
misidentified as v5 #3, December in the Table of Contents. Details supplied by John Locke.

2 · Making Money · Bernarr Macfadden · ed
6 · And the World Called Them Crazy! · William M. Van der Weyde · ar
9 · As Others See You · Theodora Booth · ss
11 · The Present Generation? · Hubert V. Coryell · ar
13 · Some Tips for You from Gov. Smith’s Career · Ada Patterson · ar
15 · Buoyant Health · Bernarr Macfadden · ar
17 · What Handwriting Tells · Louise Rice · ar
18 · The 13th Letter [Part ? of ?] · Natalie Sumner Lincoln · sl
20 · How to Rest Your Nerves · P. L. Atkinson · ar
20 · The Lonesome Club · The Chairman · cl

National Brain Power [v5 #5, February 1924] (The Contructive Publishing Corp., 10¢, 32pp, large s/s)
Details supplied by John Locke.

3 · The Dreamer · Bernarr Macfadden · ed
6 · How to Postpone Your Funeral · Edgar Douglas · ar
8 · How a Great Novelist Can Read Your Mind · Mary Austin · ar
10 · The 13th Letter [Part ? of ?] · Natalie Sumner Lincoln · sl
12 · Don’t Invest Another Cent Until You Read This · P. L. Atkinson · ar
13 · Is Physical Culture a Live Wire Subject? · C. G. Lehr · ar
15 · When Is a Man Too Old to Begin Again? · Kingsley Moses · ar

National Brain Power [v5 #6, March 1924] (The Contructive Publishing Corp., 10¢, 32pp, large s/s)
Details supplied by John Locke.

3 · Develop Your Nerve · Bernarr Macfadden · ed
6 · To Give Your Mind a Chance—Take Care of Your Body! · Bernarr Macfadden · ar
8 · What Are You Going to Be? · Elliston A. Douglass · cl
9 · Eternal Darkness · John W. Grey · ss
11 · How This Great Novelist Can Read Your Mind · Mary Austin · ar; illustrated by Albert Lane
12 · Champion Newsboy at 12—High-Salaried Executive at 23! · Olin Lyman · ar
14 · The 13th Letter [Part ? of ?] · Natalie Sumner Lincoln · sl; titled on this pg as “Who Killed Paul Abbott?”
16 · What Jimmie Harris Won in the Prize Contest · Paul Sand · ss; illustrated by Delos Palmer

National Brain Power [v6 #1, April 1924] (The Contructive Publishing Corp., 10¢, 32pp, large s/s)
Details supplied by John Locke.

3 · Do Something Worth While · Bernarr Macfadden · ed
6 · How You Can Measure Your Brains · Florence Mateer · ar
8 · What Your Face Shows · Dr. Holmes W. Merton · iv; interviewed by Lee Brown.
10 · What Are You Going to Be? · Elliston A. Douglass · cl
11 · Building Your Own Business · P. L. Atkinson · ar
12 · Perseverence—Does It Always Pay? · Walter Woodson · ar
14 · How to Feed Your Mind · Milo Hastings · ar
16 · The 13th Letter [Part ? of ?] · Natalie Sumner Lincoln · sl

National Brain Power [v6 #2, May 1924] (The Contructive Publishing Corp., 10¢, 32pp, large s/s)
last issue; merges with Physical Culture. Details supplied by John Locke.

3 · Measure Yourself · Bernarr Macfadden · ed
6 · The Lone Game [Part 1 of ?] · William Merriam Rouse · sl
9 · From Farm Boy to Senator (Senator Magnus Johnson) · James Craig Gordon · ar
10 · Two Heads Are Better Than One · Alice R. Bourke · ts
12 · Tricks That I Can Do with Your Mind · Howard Thurston · ar
14 · How to Choose a Profession · Elliston A. Douglass · ar
15 · Don’t Sleep Your Brains Away! · Milo Hastings · ar
17 · The 13th Letter [Part last of ?] · Natalie Sumner Lincoln · sl; titled on this pg as “Directed by the Brain of a Fiend”.
ibc. · [full-page ad for first issue of True Detective Mysteries] · Anon. · ms

National Detective Cases Magazine

National Detective Cases Magazine [v2 #7, May 1942] (pulp)
Details taken from eBay listing.

Sex Lair of Horror · M. A. Charles · ts
So Nobody Else Could Have Her · K. C. George · ts
The Nude in 506 · Clay Carter · ts
The Third Time Is Murder · Harlan Mendenhall · ts
Strange Case of Chattanooga’s Love Cheats · L. D. Miller · ts
Ohio’s School of Crime · J. Hoyt Cummings · ts
Joyride Killings on Johnnycake Road · Anon. · pi
Baffling Enigma of the Boston Bag of Bones · John N. Makris · ts
Tillie Took Him for a Ride · Floyd Copeland · ts
Prison Rivals Remember Pearl Harbor · Captain Charles B. Buehler · ts

The National Farm Journal (about)
--- see under Farm Journal.

The National Farmer and Home Magazine (about)

The National Farmer and Home Magazine [v28 #6, June 1906] (Lane’s List; Augusta, Maine, 15¢ per year, 16pp, 11½" x 16½")
(for the Home Circle): A Journal of Instructive Literature and Choice Stories. Details supplied by Morgan Wallace.

1 · Cynthia’s Victory · Charles B. Garvice · ss
2 · The Man from Nome City [Part ? of ?] · Robert Richens · sl; chap 6 is the end.
3 · The Monk at Silent Creek · Emma Tolle Lewis · vi
6 · The Miser’s Daughter; or, The Stolen Jewel [Part ? of ?] · Ida M. Black · sl
7 · A June Wooing · Constance Beatrice Willard · ss
9 · A Girl’s Adventure [Part last of ?] · Etta W. Pierce · sl
10 · The Ebony Door · William S. Birge, M.D. · ss
11 · The Flight of the Winona Chap 1 · Walter Scott Haskell · sl

National Home Monthly: (about)

The Western Home Monthly

The Western Home Monthly [January 1925] (Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, 48pp, ?" x 14", cover by E. Gordon Smitty)
Details supplied by David Lee Smith.

4 · Lone Hand · Edith G. Bayne · ss
6 · Out of the Storm · Frank C. Steele · ss
7 · Within Four Walls · Leslie Frank Scott · ss
8 · Beautiful Within · Jean McMichael · ss
10 · Drift Inn · Mrs. W. Garland Foster · ss
12 · The Pig That Tried to Start a War · Emma Mauritz Larson · ss
14 · The Tyranny of Offspring · Phillip Crampton · ss
15 · Some Rare Things We Find Along the Atlantic · Bonnycastle Dale · ss
17 · The Kidnapped Kelly Kid · Richard S. Bond · ss
21 · The Mystery of the Violets · Mable D. Balfour · ss

The Western Home Monthly [August 1929] (standard)
Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

Need Contents
Checkmate for China · A. Ermatinger Fraser · ss

The Western Home Monthly [January 1930] (standard)
Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

Need Contents
Homesteaders · Francis Dickie · ss

The Western Home Monthly [February 1930] (standard)
Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

Need Contents
10 · The Sheiling at Camel’s Hump · Robert Watson · ss

The Western Home Monthly [June 1930] (standard)
Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

Need Contents
Lemon Filling · Hopkins Moorhouse · ss
Too Old · Edmund E. Pugsley · ss

The Western Home Monthly [August 1930] (standard)
Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

Need Contents
Blue Thistle · Louise Morey Bowman · ss
Out of the Depths · Ignatius Phayre · ss

National Home Monthly
Title changed from The Western Home Monthly.

National Home Monthly [October 1941] (cover by Hall Smith)
Details taken from eBay listing.

The Marquis of Medicine Hat [Part 1 of 4] · Louis Arthur Cunningham · sl
The Hitchhiker Trojan Horse · Glen Perry · ss
Expert Touch · Kerslake U. Bourne · ss Modern World Mar 22 1941
The Battle of the Atlantic · Ignatius Phayre · ss

National Home Monthly [December 1941] (cover by John Philips)
Details taken from eBay listing.

Murder Baits the Duck Blind · William Edward Hayes · ss
Perfect Timing · Peter B. Kyne · ss
Honeymoon Rug · Fulton Thatcher Grant · ss
The Marquis of Medicine Hat [Part 3 of 4] · Louis Arthur Cunningham · sl
Who Will Win the National Hockey League · H. H. Roxborough · ar
Benito Digs for Our Victory · W. J. Passingham · ar
Shadows of War on the Holy Land · W. G. Fitz-Gerald · ar

National Home Monthly [April 1942] (cover by John Philips)
Details taken from eBay listing.

Kisses in the Rain · Eric Howard · ss
Convoy S B 28 · Hugh Vernon · ss
The End of a Judge · Milward Kennedy · nv (r)
Doris for a Day · Victor Lauriston · ss
Japan’s Itching Fingers · Ignatius Phayre · ar
War Weapon Number 1 · Leonard L. Knott · ar
The BWRA: You Go to See and Remain to Sew · E. G. Bayne · ar
Gardens for Victory · Ursilla N. Macdonnell · ar

National Home Monthly [April 1944] (cover by Hall Smith)
Details taken from eBay listing.

The Beat · William Arthur Breyfogle · ss
Rainbow Mist · H. Gordon Green · ss
Next of Kin · Arnold Wareing · ss
A Man About a Dog · D. D. Beauchamp · ss
Fifty Million Waiting Warriors · Maurice Bensley · ar

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