I Confess, Whole No. 25

This publication is *I Confess*, Vol. IX, No. 1 (January 12, 1923), a bi-weekly pulp magazine of personal narratives published by Dell Publishing Company. The issue contains first-person confession stories and feature content typical of the era. The featured stories include: "The Highest Law" (Ann's Struggle to Escape It), a domestic drama in which a ribbon-counter worker falls for Pete, a handsome criminal with a glass eye, marries him despite knowing he's a thief, becomes trapped in his world of crime and alcohol while refusing to participate in his schemes, and struggles with the moral weight of her circumstances. Additional stories listed are "Big and Brave as a Herring" (a stowaway girl's maritime adventure), "Uncle Oscar's House Party" (involving a would-be vamp), "The Queen of Wheats," "Pancakes and Make-Believe," "The Price of a Flop-House Bunk" (narrated by someone down-and-out), "Seed of Hate" (described as a child born of the Great War), "The Love That Kills," and a serial conclusion "My Roads to the Stars: Pam Sees It Through." The magazine also includes a reader advice column, "Tell Your Troubles to the Trouble Doctor," and 1923 prize offers.