This August 1925 issue of Popular magazine features fiction across multiple genres. The lead story is "The Isle of Missing Masters," a mystery-romance by Robert H. Rohde. The issue includes Holman Day's "This Is the Woods!," a northern Indian tale; "The Pearl of Tia Juana" by Jack O'Donnell featuring the character "Old Doc" Doane; Frederick Niven's "The House on the Bluff," concerning a ghost in real estate dealings; and the first installment of Edgar Wallace's four-part crime story "The Squealer." Additional stories cover criminal schemes ("In the First Degree" by William S. Dutton), marriage and business ("Abe's Naddan" by Benjamin Richard Sher), and an author's problem-solving ("Plotluck" by Theodore Seixas Solomons). A poem by N. Howard Thorp titled "Never Loan Your Gun" is also included. The issue announces William Morton Ferguson's forthcoming adventure novel "Deep Water" for the next publication.
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- Date
- August 7, 1925
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