Frontier Stories, May 1927

Frontier Stories, May 1927 Featured Content: "Cross and Double Cross," a novelette by Martin Stevers set on a Missouri River steamboat, anchors this issue. The narrative concerns conflict aboard a riverboat, typical of frontier-era adventure fiction. The story employs the riverboat setting—a common milieu in period pulp magazines—to explore drama and tension characteristic of the genre. The issue otherwise comprises extensive mail-order advertisements for vocational training (Coyne Electrical School), consumer goods (Topkis union suits, Harley-Davidson motorcycles), timepieces (Studebaker and Westclox watches), fountain pens, foot supports, and various home products. A substantial section advertises the "Liquid" Bottle Cooler, a commercial refrigeration device targeting retailers. Scattered throughout are smaller ads for correspondence courses in accounting, traffic management, and other business training via LaSalle Extension University. The remainder includes typical period advertisements for patent medicines, accounting services, and employment opportunities with the U.S. Postal Service.