Pulp Fiction, 1941 · page 110 of 116
10-Story Detective, March 1941 — page 110: what you’re looking at
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# Page Analysis: 10-Story Detective This page is primarily **story prose** with multiple **advertisements** interspersed. The main narrative appears to be part of a detective story titled "Childless Wives" (visible at top). The visible story text concerns a woman named Doris Adair explaining to someone (likely detective Clark) about a crucial will stored in a Downtown Bank vault that must be produced in court by ten o'clock that morning. The woman mentions a man named Wilson Drake who apparently tried to force her cooperation and hired thugs to obtain a key to her vault. The page is typical of pulp magazines, mixing serialized fiction with period advertisements for medical remedies, self-improvement courses, and novelty products.
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