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LADIES' WORLD was another of the low-priced, mass-market magazines aimed at women and their interests. It was begun by S. H. Moore & Co. in New York in 1886 as a "mail-order magazine" published on cheap newsprint. Bought in 1912 by McClure Publications, publishers of McCLURE'S MAGAZINE, it became a full-fledged magazine with some full-color covers by famous artists. Sales reached a million copies a month when a series of mystery stories "What Happened to Mary" became a runaway success in film; this film series is generally considered the first movie serial ever made. The Library of Congress has an incomplete set on microfilm and the publishing data in their catalog says, "Began with 1887; ceased with v. 39, no. 1, June 1918," with publisher listed as S. H. Moore & Co.

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Ladies' World 1892-02
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Ladies' World 1894-11
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Ladies' World 1894-12
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Ladies' World 1895-08
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Ladies' World 1895-10
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Ladies' World 1895-11
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Ladies' World 1896-01
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Ladies' World 1896-02
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Ladies' World 1896-03
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Ladies' World 1896-07
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Ladies' World 1896-10
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Ladies' World 1896-11
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Ladies' World 1896-12
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Ladies' World 1897-01
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Ladies' World 1897-02
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Ladies' World 1897-04
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Ladies' World 1897-05
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Ladies' World 1897-07
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Ladies' World 1897-08
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Ladies' World 1897-09
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Ladies' World 1897-10
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Ladies' World 1897-11
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Ladies' World 1897-12
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Ladies' World 1898-01
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Ladies' World 1898-02
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Ladies' World 1898-03
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Ladies' World 1898-04
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Ladies' World 1898-05
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Ladies' World 1898-06
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Ladies' World 1898-07
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Ladies' World 1898-08
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Ladies' World 1898-10
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Ladies' World 1898-11
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Ladies' World 1898-12
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Ladies' World 1899-01
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Ladies' World 1899-04
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Ladies' World 1899-05
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Ladies' World 1899-06
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Ladies' World 1899-07
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Ladies' World 1899-09
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Ladies' World 1899-11
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Ladies' World 1900-05
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Ladies' World 1900-06
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Ladies' World 1900-09
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Ladies' World 1901-02
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Ladies' World 1901-04
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Ladies' World 1901-09
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Ladies' World 1902-02
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Ladies' World 1903-07
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Ladies' World 1903-11
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Ladies' World 1905-07
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Ladies' World 1905-09
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Ladies' World 1906-02
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Ladies' World 1906-05
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Ladies' World 1906-08
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Ladies' World 1906-09
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Ladies' World 1908-06
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Ladies' World 1909-09
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Ladies' World 1909-12
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Ladies' World 1910-04
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Ladies' World 1910-06
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Ladies' World 1910-11
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Ladies' World 1911-01
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Ladies' World 1911-02
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Ladies' World 1911-03
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Ladies' World 1911-04
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Ladies' World 1911-05
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Ladies' World 1911-06
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Ladies' World 1911-07
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Ladies' World 1911-09
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Ladies' World 1912-01
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Ladies' World 1912-03
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Ladies' World 1912-04
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Ladies' World 1912-06
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Ladies' World 1912-07
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Ladies' World 1912-08
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Ladies' World 1912-09
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Ladies' World 1912-11
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Ladies' World 1912-12
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Ladies' World 1913-01
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