The Popular Magazine, October 20, 1924

This October 20, 1924 issue of Popular Magazine features Ralph D. Paine's complete novel "One Night in Zanzibar," about three American sailors enjoying liberty at an exotic port where their evening of recreation leads to various mishaps involving the British fleet's heavyweight champion, a damaged warrant officer, native police, and a rescue at sea. The issue includes eleven additional stories and serials: Frederick Niven's "The Faith Cure" about racial brotherhood; H. de Vere Stacpoole's "The Voice of the Torrent," depicting a murderer facing justice; Percival Wilde's "The Adventure of the Fallen Angels," a swindling scheme gone wrong; Thomson Burtis's "Slim Learns Something," involving Air Service operations in Texas; Dane Coolidge's four-part serial "The Law West of the Pecos" about Texas Rangers; and shorter pieces on golf, currency theft, desert hardship, and animal survival. A verse by Berton Braley and a detective short story by Robert H. Rohde complete the fiction offerings.