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...time, Skirting the borders of night, Scaling the face of the peak of dreams, We enter the region of light And, hastening on with eager intent, Arrive at the rainbow's end, And there uncover the pot of gold Buried deep in the heart of a friend. Macfadden is the name which the Chamber of Commerce of Redding, Calif, will bestow upon the central peak of the Castle Crags (near Mount Shasta) at a ceremony in August. The proposed dedication: "This peak is dedicated, by grateful fellow citizens, in recognition of the public citizenship of Bernarr Macfadden, apostle...
Newsstand clients wondered if "Bobby Jones on Golf," published by a subsidiary of Macfadden Publications Inc., was really written by Golfer Robert Tyre Jones himself. The manual, 112 pages long, contained more or less routine articles on the proper way to handle various clubs, how to correct common faults, "Tips for the Nervous Golfer," plentiful pictures (including Golfer Jones when young), a large volume of advertising. Investigation revealed that Golfer Jones had not employed a ghost, that he had originally sold the articles to Bell Features Syndicate, having patiently scrawled out his copy over weekends, to meet the regulation...
...purchase of the Ledger (1913), the Evening Ledger was founded. Then the Evening Telegraph was merged with the Evening Ledger. Then the Ledger absorbed the North American and the Press. In 1925 Publisher Martin broke into the tabloid field by founding the Sim to compete with the News (MacFadden-operated), which had sprung up that year. The Sun failed two years ago. The only Curtis-Martin paper outside the home town is the New York Evening Post (bought in 1924), to which Publisher Martin devotes Tuesdays...
...Bernarr MacFadden, A Study in Success...
...rest, TIME cannot take Publisher Macfadden's complaints seriously. So frequently and variously newsworthy have been Macfadden doings and so unique is the Macfadden character that if in all of TIME'S records of Macfadden no greater "falsehoods" can be discovered. Truth (a Macfadden favorite) has at least prevailed. For example if Publisher Macfadden is not its Editor and Publisher, the Graphic is certainly proclaimed as a Macfadden publication and his name appears on the editorial page, big, alone.-ED. Macfadden Praised Sirs: Superior people who scoff at Macfadden campaign to make people respect their bodies give...