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Golden Days for Boys and Girls

Golden Days for Boys and Girls

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Golden Days for Boys and Girls was a late 19th-century children's story paper, distributed weekly as an accompaniment to the paper Saturday Night. Running from 1880 to 1907, Golden Days cost subscribers only $3 a year. It was the brainchild of newspaperman James Elverson (1838–1911), who later owned the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Golden Days featured stories, activities and lessons which were mostly gender-specific, with separate stories appealing to boys and girls. Many of the stories were serialized over several issues; a measure designed to drive increased weekly sales. Golden Days story authors included Horatio Alger, Jr., James Otis and Frank R. Stockton. The paper also included a weekly puzzle page, and a weekly bible lesson and devotional titled "International Lessons".
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