Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1896 — A Cat Worth Having. [ARTICLE]
A Cat Worth Having.
One of the greatest successes in the history of this country is that achieved by Boston’s unique 5-cent magazine, The Black Cat. In seven months it has reached a sale A one quarter of a million copies per issue.. The chief reason for this is that each number contains half a dozen of the most original and fascinating stories that brains and genius can produce and money can buy. The Philadelphia Call aptly says: Its phenomenal success has already earned for it the title, “The Marvel of the Magazine World,” and it would certainly be impossible to find in a single number of any other publication such captivating tales as are published monthly in The Black Cat. And the Boston. Post pronounces it the most fascinating 5 cents’ worth on earth.—Rochester Post Express. This most fascinating of all the modern periodicals is issued by The Story Publishing Company, Boston, Mass., at 6 cents a copy, or 50 cents a year.
