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The Popular Magazine/Popular Stories

The dating of the The Popular Magazine is incredibly complicated, with some issues potentially being referred to (e.g. on eBay) by up to three different dates. The precise picture is still not entirely clear, but the best information to date is as follows:

From v1 #1 (Nov-1903) to v13 #6 (Oct-1909) the issues were simply dated with a month and year, representing, in common with most other magazines, the date it should be taken "off" sale.

When it switched to being semi-monthly with v14, the first six issues were simply dated as the 1st or 15th of the month, although the covers for the three issues at the end of each month were also labelled "Month-End Edition" on the cover.

It was with the next issue (v15 #1) that life became complicated. The dates inside the magazine simply continued as the 1st and 15th of each month, but the covers were instead labelled as "First xxx Number" or "xxx Month-End Edition" respectively. In addition, the covers (alone) indicated the date the issue was published (e.g. v15 #1 was "Out Dec. 24th 1909"). It has not been possible to identify all the "out" dates precisely, but they were always from the previous month and started as the 24th on v15 #1, switched to the 10th & 25th in 1910, and then switched to 7th & 23rd in late 1911 or early 1912.
This pattern continued until v33 #5 (15-Sep-1914). During this period, the issues below have been labelled as 1st xxx & 2nd xxx to match the cover designations, with an estimated "out" date listed in brackets below.

With v33 #6, the practice changed so that the magazine was dated by the date it was "on sale" rather than "off sale". Thus there were four issues dated September 1914 - September 1st (v33 #4); September 15th (v33 #5); September 7th (v33 #6) and September 23rd (v34 #1) in that order. Just to make life even more complicated the first issue with the new approach (v33 #6), while dated September 7th on the cover and in the Table of Contents, was actually dated October 1st in the heading on the first page.

A further minor change occurred in August 1915, when the second issue in each month was dated the 20th instead of the 23rd. Another minor change occurred in September 1927 when the magazine shifted to a weekly schedule with the first issue dated September 24th (rather than the usual September 20th).

The next major change occurred in late 1928 when the policy was changed back so that the issues were again dated from the "off sale" dated and were labelled (on the cover at least) as "First xxx Number" or "Second xxx Number". For a while the covers also contained the "on sale" date but these vanished completely some time in 1930.

1903
v1 #1
Nov
v1 #2
Dec

1904 v1 #3
Jan
v1 #4
Feb
v1 #5
Mar
v1 #6
Apr
v2 #1
May
v2 #2
Jun
v2 #3
Jul v2 #4
Aug v2 #5
Sep
v2 #6
Oct
v3 #1
Nov
v3 #2
Dec

1905
v3 #3
Jan
v3 #4
Feb
v3 #5
Mar
v3 #6
Apr
v4 #1
May
v4 #2
Jun
v4 #3
Jul
v4 #4
Aug
v4 #5
Sep
v4 #6
Oct
v5 #1
Nov
v5 #2
Dec

1906
v5 #3
Jan
v5 #4
Feb
v5 #5
Mar
v5 #6
Apr
v6 #1
May
v6 #2
Jun
v6 #3
Jul
v6 #4
Aug
v6 #5
Sep
v6 #6
Oct
v7 #1
Nov
v7 #2
Dec

1907
v7 #3
Jan
v7 #4
Feb
v8 #1
Mar v8 #2
Apr
v8 #3
May
v8 #4
Jun
v9 #1
Jul
v9 #2
Aug
v9 #3
Sep
v9 #4
Oct
v10 #1
Nov
v10 #2
Dec

1908
v10 #3
Jan
v10 #4
Feb
v10 #5
Mar
v10 #6
Apr v11 #1
May v11 #2
Jun
v11 #3
Jul
v11 #4
Aug
v11 #5
Sep
v11 #6
Oct
v12 #1
Nov
v12 #2
Dec

1909
v12 #3
Jan
v12 #4
Feb
v12 #5
Mar
v12 #6
Apr
v13 #1
May
v13 #2
Jun
v13 #3
Jul
v13 #4
Aug
v13 #5
Sep
v13 #6
Oct

v14 #1
Oct 15
v14 #2
Nov 1
v14 #3
Nov 15
v14 #4
Dec 1
v14 #5
Dec 15

1910
v14 #6
Jan 1
v15 #1
2nd Jan
(Dec 24)
v15 #2
1st Feb
(Jan 10)
v15 #3
2nd Feb
(Jan 25)
v15 #4
1st Mar
(Feb 10)
v15 #5
2nd Mar
(Feb 25)
v15 #6
1st Apr
(Mar 10)
v16 #1
2nd Apr
(Mar 25)
v16 #2
1st May
(Apr 10)
v16 #3
2nd May
(Apr 25)
v16 #4
1st Jun
(May 10)
v16 #5
2nd Jun
(May 25)

v16 #6
1st Jul
(Jun 10) v17 #1
2nd Jul
(Jun 25)
v17 #2
1st Aug
(Jul 10) v17 #3
2nd Aug
(Jul 25)
v17 #4
1st Sep
(Aug 10)
v17 #5
2nd Sep
(Aug 25)
v17 #6
1st Oct
(Sep 10)
v18 #1
2nd Oct
(Sep 25)
v18 #2
1st Nov
(Oct 10)
v18 #3
2nd Nov
(Oct 25)
v18 #4
1st Dec
(Nov 10)
v18 #5
2nd Dec
(Nov 25)

1911
v18 #6
1st Jan
(Dec 10)
v19 #1
2nd Jan
(Dec 25)
v19 #2
1st Feb
(Jan 10)
v19 #3
2nd Feb
(Jan 25)
v19 #4
1st Mar
(Feb 10)
v19 #5
2nd Mar
(Feb 25)
v19 #6
1st Apr
(Mar 10)
v20 #1
2nd Apr
(Mar 25)
v20 #2
1st May
(Apr 10)
v20 #3
2nd May
(Apr 25)
v20 #4
1st Jun
(May 10)
v20 #5
2nd Jun
(May 25)

v20 #6
1st Jul
(Jun 10)
v21 #1
2nd Jul
(Jun 25)
v21 #2
1st Aug
(Jul 10)
v21 #3
2nd Aug
(Jul 25)
v21 #4
1st Sep
(Aug 10)
v21 #5
2nd Sep
(Aug 25)
v21 #6
1st Oct
(Sep 10)
v22 #1
2nd Oct
(Sep 25)
v22 #2
1st Nov
(Oct 10)
v22 #3
2nd Nov
(Oct 25)
v22 #4
1st Dec
(Nov 10)
v22 #5
2nd Dec
(Nov 25)

1912
v22 #6
1st Jan
(Dec 10)
v23 #1
2nd Jan
(Dec 25)
v23 #2
1st Feb
(Jan 7) v23 #3
2nd Feb
(Jan 23)
v23 #4
1st Mar
(Feb 7)
v23 #5
2nd Mar
(Feb 23)
v23 #6
1st Apr
(Mar 7)
v24 #1
2nd Apr
(Mar 23)
v24 #2
1st May
(Apr 7)
v24 #3
2nd May
(Apr 23) v24 #4
1st Jun
(May 7)
v24 #5
2nd Jun
(May 23)

v24 #6
1st Jul
(Jun 7)
v25 #1
2nd Jul
(Jun 23)
v25 #2
1st Aug
(Jul 7)
v25 #3
2nd Aug
(Jul 23)
v25 #4
1st Sep
(Aug 7)
v25 #5
2nd Sep
(Aug 23)
v25 #6
1st Oct
(Sep 7)
v26 #1
2nd Oct
(Sep 23)
v26 #2
1st Nov
(Oct 7)
v26 #3
2nd Nov
(Oct 23)
v26 #4
1st Dec
(Nov 7)
v26 #5
2nd Dec
(Nov 23)

1913
v26 #6
1st Jan
(Dec 7)
v27 #1
2nd Jan
(Dec 23)
v27 #2
1st Feb
(Jan 7)
v27 #3
2nd Feb
(Jan 23)
v27 #4
1st Mar
(Feb 7)
v27 #5
2nd Mar
(Feb 23)
v27 #6
1st Apr
(Mar 7)
v28 #1
2nd Apr
(Mar 23)
v28 #2
1st May
(Apr 7)
v28 #3
2nd May
(Apr 23)
v28 #4
1st Jun
(May 7)
v28 #5
2nd Jun
(May 23)

v28 #6
1st Jul
(Jun 7)
v29 #1
2nd Jul
(Jun 23)
v29 #2
1st Aug
(Jul 7)
v29 #3
2nd Aug
(Jul 23)
v29 #4
1st Sep
(Aug 7)
v29 #5
2nd Sep
(Aug 23)
v29 #6
1st Oct
(Sep 7)
v30 #1
2nd Oct
(Sep 23)
v30 #2
1st Nov
(Oct 7)
v30 #3
2nd Nov
(Oct 23)
v30 #4
1st Dec
(Nov 7)
v30 #5
2nd Dec
(Nov 23)

1914
v30 #6
1st Jan
(Dec 7)
v31 #1
2nd Jan
(Dec 23)
v31 #2
1st Feb
(Jan 7)
v31 #3
2nd Feb
(Jan 23)
v31 #4
1st Mar
(Feb 7)
v31 #5
2nd Mar
(Feb 23)
v31 #6
1st Apr
(Mar 7)
v32 #1
2nd Apr
(Mar 23)
v32 #2
1st May
(Apr 7)
v32 #3
2nd May
(Apr 23)
v32 #4
1st Jun
(May 7)
v32 #5
2nd Jun
(May 23)

v32 #6
1st Jul
(Jun 7)
v33 #1
2nd Jul
(Jun 23)
v33 #2
1st Aug
(Jul 7)
v33 #3
2nd Aug
(Jul 23)
v33 #4
1st Sep
(Aug 7)
v33 #5
2nd Sep
(Aug 23)

v33 #6
Sep 7
v34 #1
Sep 23
v34 #2
Oct 7
v34 #3
Oct 23
v34 #4
Nov 7
v34 #5
Nov 23
v34 #6
Dec 7
v35 #1
Dec 23

1915
v35 #2
Jan 7
v35 #3
Jan 23
v35 #4
Feb 7
v35 #5
Feb 23
v35 #6
Mar 7
v36 #1
Mar 23
v36 #2
Apr 7
v36 #3
Apr 23
v36 #4
May 7
v36 #5
May 23
v36 #6
Jun 7
v37 #1
Jun 23

v37 #2
Jul 7
v37 #3
Jul 23
v37 #4
Aug 7
v37 #5
Aug 20
v37 #6
Sep 7
v38 #1
Sep 20
v38 #2
Oct 7
v38 #3
Oct 20
v38 #4
Nov 7
v38 #5
Nov 20
v38 #6
Dec 7
v39 #1
Dec 20

1916
v39 #2
Jan 7
v39 #3
Jan 20
v39 #4
Feb 7
v39 #5
Feb 20
v39 #6
Mar 7
v40 #1
Mar 20
v40 #2
Apr 7
v40 #3
Apr 20
v40 #4
May 7
v40 #5
May 20
v40 #6
Jun 7
v41 #1
Jun 20

v41 #2
Jul 7
v41 #3
Jul 20
v41 #4
Aug 7
v41 #5
Aug 20
v41 #6
Sep 7
v42 #1
Sep 20
v42 #2
Oct 7
v42 #3
Oct 20
v42 #4
Nov 7
v42 #5
Nov 20
v42 #6
Dec 7
v43 #1
Dec 20

1917
v43 #2
Jan 7
v43 #3
Jan 20
v43 #4
Feb 7
v43 #5
Feb 20
v43 #6
Mar 7
v44 #1
Mar 20
v44 #2
Apr 7
v44 #3
Apr 20
v44 #4
May 7
v44 #5
May 20
v44 #6
Jun 7
v45 #1
Jun 20

v45 #2
Jul 7
v45 #3
Jul 20
v45 #4
Aug 7
v45 #5
Aug 20
v45 #6
Sep 7
v46 #1
Sep 20
v46 #2
Oct 7
v46 #3
Oct 20 v46 #4
Nov 7
v46 #5
Nov 20
v46 #6
Dec 7
v47 #1
Dec 20

1918
v47 #2
Jan 7
v47 #3
Jan 20
v47 #4
Feb 7
v47 #5
Feb 20
v47 #6
Mar 7
v48 #1
Mar 20
v48 #2
Apr 7
v48 #3
Apr 20
v48 #4
May 7
v48 #5
May 20
v48 #6
Jun 7
v49 #1
Jun 20

v49 #2
Jul 7
v49 #3
Jul 20
v49 #4
Aug 7
v49 #5
Aug 20
v49 #6
Sep 7
v50 #1
Sep 20
v50 #2
Oct 7
v50 #3
Oct 20
v50 #4
Nov 7
v50 #5
Nov 20
v50 #6
Dec 7 v51 #1
Dec 20

1919
v51 #2
Jan 7
v51 #3
Jan 20
v51 #4
Feb 7
v51 #5
Feb 20
v51 #6
Mar 7
v52 #1
Mar 20
v52 #2
Apr 7
v52 #3
Apr 20
v52 #4
May 7
v52 #5
May 20
v52 #6
Jun 7
v53 #1
Jun 20

v53 #2
Jul 7
v53 #3
Jul 20
v53 #4
Aug 7
v53 #5
Aug 20
v53 #6
Sep 7
v54 #1
Sep 20
v54 #2
Oct 7
v54 #3
Oct 20
v54 #4
Nov 7
v54 #5
Nov 20
v54 #6
Dec 7
v55 #1
Dec 20

1920
v55 #2
Jan 7
v55 #3
Jan 20
v55 #4
Feb 7 v55 #5
Feb 20
v55 #6
Mar 7
v56 #1
Mar 20/Apr 7
v56 #2
Apr 20/May 7
v56 #3
May 20
v56 #4
Jun 7
v56 #5
Jun 20

v56 #6
Jul 7
v57 #1
Jul 20
v57 #2
Aug 7
v57 #3
Aug 20
v57 #4
Sep 7
v57 #5
Sep 20
v57 #6
Oct 7
v58 #1
Oct 20
v58 #2
Nov 7
v58 #3
Nov 20
v58 #4
Dec 7
v58 #5
Dec 20

1921
v58 #6
Jan 7
v59 #1
Jan 20
v59 #2
Feb 7
v59 #3
Feb 20
v59 #4
Mar 7
v59 #5
Mar 20
v59 #6
Apr 7
v60 #1
Apr 20
v60 #2
May 7 v60 #3
May 20
v60 #4
Jun 7
v60 #5
Jun 20

v60 #6
Jul 7
v61 #1
Jul 20
v61 #2
Aug 7
v61 #3
Aug 20
v61 #4
Sep 7
v61 #5
Sep 20
v61 #6
Oct 7
v62 #1
Oct 20
v62 #2
Nov 7
v62 #3
Nov 20
v62 #4
Dec 7
v62 #5
Dec 20

1922
v62 #6
Jan 7
v63 #1
Jan 20
v63 #2
Feb 7
v63 #3
Feb 20
v63 #4
Mar 7
v63 #5
Mar 20
v63 #6
Apr 7
v64 #1
Apr 20
v64 #2
May 7
v64 #3
May 20
v64 #4
Jun 7
v64 #5
Jun 20

v64 #6
Jul 7
v65 #1
Jul 20
v65 #2
Aug 7
v65 #3
Aug 20
v65 #4
Sep 7
v65 #5
Sep 20
v65 #6
Oct 7
v66 #1
Oct 20
v66 #2
Nov 7
v66 #3
Nov 20
v66 #4
Dec 7
v66 #5
Dec 20

1923
v66 #6
Jan 7
v67 #1
Jan 20
v67 #2
Feb 7
v67 #3
Feb 20
v67 #4
Mar 7
v67 #5
Mar 20
v67 #6
Apr 7
v68 #1
Apr 20
v68 #2
May 7
v68 #3
May 20
v68 #4
Jun 7
v68 #5
Jun 20

v68 #6
Jul 7
v69 #1
Jul 20
v69 #2
Aug 7
v69 #3
Aug 20
v69 #4
Sep 7
v69 #5
Sep 20
v69 #6
Oct 7
v70 #1
Oct 20
v70 #2
Nov 7
v70 #3
Nov 20
v70 #4
Dec 7
v70 #5
Dec 20

1924
v70 #6
Jan 7
v71 #1
Jan 20
v71 #2
Feb 7
v71 #3
Feb 20
v71 #4
Mar 7
v71 #5
Mar 20
v71 #6
Apr 7
v72 #1
Apr 20
v72 #2
May 7
v72 #3
May 20
v72 #4
Jun 7
v72 #5
Jun 20

v72 #6
Jul 7
v73 #1
Jul 20
v73 #2
Aug 7
v73 #3
Aug 20
v73 #4
Sep 7
v73 #5
Sep 20
v73 #6
Oct 7
v74 #1
Oct 20
v74 #2
Nov 7
v74 #3
Nov 20
v74 #4
Dec 7
v74 #5
Dec 20

1925
v74 #6
Jan 7
v75 #1
Jan 20
v75 #2
Feb 7
v75 #3
Feb 20 v75 #4
Mar 7
v75 #5
Mar 20
v75 #6
Apr 7
v76 #1
Apr 20
v76 #2
May 7
v76 #3
May 20
v76 #4
Jun 7
v76 #5
Jun 20

v76 #6
Jul 7
v77 #1
Jul 20
v77 #2
Aug 7
v77 #3
Aug 20
v77 #4
Sep 7
v77 #5
Sep 20
v77 #6
Oct 7
v78 #1
Oct 20
v78 #2
Nov 7
v78 #3
Nov 20
v78 #4
Dec 7
v78 #5
Dec 20

1926
v78 #6
Jan 7
v79 #1
Jan 20
v79 #2
Feb 7
v79 #3
Feb 20
v79 #4
Mar 7
v79 #5
Mar 20
v79 #6
Apr 7
v80 #1
Apr 20
v80 #2
May 7
v80 #3
May 20
v80 #4
Jun 7
v80 #5
Jun 20

v80 #6
Jul 7
v81 #1
Jul 20
v81 #2
Aug 7
v81 #3
Aug 20
v81 #4
Sep 7
v81 #5
Sep 20
v81 #6
Oct 7
v82 #1
Oct 20
v82 #2
Nov 7
v82 #3
Nov 20
v82 #4
Dec 7
v82 #5
Dec 20

1927
v82 #6
Jan 7
v83 #1
Jan 20
v83 #2
Feb 7
v83 #3
Feb 20
v83 #4
Mar 7
v83 #5
Mar 20
v83 #6
Apr 7
v84 #1
Apr 20
v84 #2
May 7
v84 #3
May 20
v84 #4
Jun 7
v84 #5
Jun 20

v84 #6
Jul 7
v85 #1
Jul 20
v85 #2
Aug 7
v85 #3
Aug 20
v85 #4
Sep 7
v85 #5
Sep 24
v85 #6
Oct 1
v86 #1
Oct 8

v86 #2
Oct 15
v86 #3
Oct 22
v86 #4
Oct 29
v86 #5
Nov 5
v86 #6
Nov 12
v87 #1
Nov 19
v87 #2
Nov 26
v87 #3
Dec 3
v87 #4
Dec 10
v87 #5
Dec 17
v87 #6
Dec 24
v88 #1
Dec 31

1928
v88 #2
Jan 7
v88 #3
Jan 14
v88 #4
Jan 21
v88 #5
Jan 28
v88 #6
Feb 4
v89 #1
Feb 11
v89 #2
Feb 18
v89 #3
Feb 25
v89 #4
Mar 3
v89 #5
Mar 10
v89 #6
Mar 17
v90 #1
Mar 24

v90 #2
Mar 31
v90 #3
Apr 7
v90 #4
Apr 14
v90 #5
Apr 21
v90 #6
Apr 28
v91 #1
May 5
v91 #2
May 12
v91 #3
May 19
v91 #4
May 26
v91 #5
Jun 2
v91 #6
Jun 9
v92 #1
Jun 16

v92 #2
Jun 23
v92 #3
Jun 30
v92 #4
Jul 7
v92 #5
Jul 20
v92 #6
Aug 7
v93 #1
Aug 20
v93 #2
Sep 7
v93 #3
Sep 20
v93 #4
1st Nov
(Oct 7)
v93 #5
2nd Nov
(Oct 20)
v93 #6
1st Dec
(Nov 7)
v94 #1
2nd Dec
(Nov 20)

1929
v94 #2
1st Jan
(Dec 7)
v94 #3
2nd Jan
(Dec 20)
v94 #4
1st Feb
(Jan 7)
v94 #5
2nd Feb
(Jan 20)
v94 #6
1st Mar
(Feb 7)
v95 #1
2nd Mar
(Feb 20)
v95 #2
1st Apr
(Mar 7)
v95 #3
2nd Apr
(Mar 20)
v95 #4
1st May
(Apr 7)
v95 #5
2nd May
(Apr 20)
v95 #6
1st Jun
(May 7)
v96 #1
2nd Jun
(May 20)

v96 #2
1st Jul
(Jun 7)
v96 #3
2nd Jul
(Jun 20)
v96 #4
1st Aug
(Jul 7)
v96 #5
2nd Aug
(Jul 20)
v96 #6
1st Sep
(Aug 7)
v97 #1
2nd Sep
(Aug 20)
v97 #2
1st Oct
(Sep 7)
v97 #3
2nd Oct
(Sep 20)
v97 #4
1st Nov
(Oct 7)
v97 #5
2nd Nov
(Oct 20)
v97 #6
1st Dec
(Nov 7)
v98 #1
2nd Dec
(Nov 20)

1930
v98 #2
1st Jan
(Dec 7)
v98 #3
2nd Jan
(Dec 20)
v98 #4
1st Feb
(Jan 7)
v98 #5
2nd Feb
(Jan 20)
v98 #6
1st Mar
(Feb 7)
v99 #1
2nd Mar
(Feb 20)
v99 #2
1st Apr
(Mar 7)
v99 #3
2nd Apr
(Mar 20)
v99 #4
1st May
(Apr 7)
v99 #5
2nd May
(Apr 20)
v99 #6
1st Jun
v100 #1
2nd Jun

v100 #2
1st Jul
v100 #3
2nd Jul
v100 #4
1st Aug
v100 #5
2nd Aug
v100 #6
1st Sep
v101 #1
2nd Sep
v101 #2
1st Oct
v101 #3
2nd Oct
v101 #4
1st Nov
v101 #5
2nd Nov
v101 #6
1st Dec
v102 #1
2nd Dec

1931
v102 #2
1st Jan
v102 #3
2nd Jan
v102 #4
Feb
v102 #5
Mar
v102 #6
Apr
v103 #1
May
v103 #2
Jun
v103 #3
Jul
v103 #4
Aug
v103 #5
Sep
v103 #6
Oct