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Peoples Magazine, November 25, 1922
This November 25, 1922 issue of *People's Story Magazine* features adventure fiction and commercial content. The main serialized story, "The Redheads" by Captain Dingle, follows Kenneth Beauclerc "Red" Saunders, a red-haired trader-skipper commanding the schooner *Black Pearl*, who arrives in Palembang, Sumatra seeking cargo. Despite prosperous conditions evident throughout the port, three prominent merchants refuse him business. Consulting the British consul Billy Runacres, Saunders discovers a man named Dutch Zimmerman previously inquired about him; the Dutch merchant club has mysteriously cooled toward him. Saunders observes his mate Dan Mallet shirking duty ashore. The issue also contains short stories including "The Comeback" by Edwin Hunt Hoover about football, "Seven Furlongs and a Jump" by Sam Garson about racing, and "The Mad Dog" by Robert Terry Shannon, set in the Ozarks. Additional features include humor sections and "The Wagon Wheel," a six-part serial by William Patterson White.