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| NO. 1: MARCH 1906 | 1 |
| Kansas City, Mo., March 15, 1906 | 2 |
| Howard Thurston At Grave Of Dante (Oscar Eliason) Picture | 2 |
| Biograpical Clifford P. Norton | 3 |
| The Pro And Con Of Spiritualism - By F.W.King Chapter X | 3 |
| Spring (Poem) Puck | 3 |
| Magician's Doings | 4 |
| - In Vaudeville | 4 |
| - Magic Shows | 4 |
| - Entertainers | 5 |
| - New Zealand Notes | 5 |
| - English Notes By Henry Whiteley | 6 |
| Hartley's Impromptu Magic Table By Robert Hartley | 6 |
| The Floating Ball - A New Version By D.A. Breen | 6 |
| Gentle, But Effective | 7 |
| S.A.M. Notes Oscar S. Teale | 7 |
| Correspondence | 8 |
| The Phamtom Ball | 8 |
| Inexhaustible Coin Feke Dropper By L. Cohen | 9 |
| Handkerchief And Flowers By Robert Gifford | 9 |
| The Magic Fountain By Walter M. Jackson | 10 |
| Atlas Trick Co. Backroom-Workshop Picture | 10 |
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| NO. 2: APRIL 1906 | 13 |
| Kansas City, Mo., April 15, 1906 | 13 |
| Biographical Eugene Schroeder | 15 |
| The Pro And Con Of Spiritualism - By F.W. King Chapter XI "Twenty Minutes In Spookland" | 15 |
| A New Method Of Disappearing A Card By "The Kardells" | 15 |
| Magician's Doings | 16 |
| - In Vaudeville | 16 |
| - Entertainers | 16 |
| - Magic Shows | 17 |
| - The Magic Of Japan By Henry Whiteley | 17 |
| The Bewitched Walking Stick By Charles Trickey | 17 |
| Literature | 18 |
| S.A.M. Notes Oscar S. Teale | 19 |
| A Good Finish To The Thimble Trick By Robert Gifford | 19 |
| English Magicians That Puzzle Experts By Chas. Medrington | 20 |
| A Coin Sleight By Robert Gifford | 20 |
| New Subtle Paper Trick By Charles Trickey | 20 |
| A Clever, Simple And Mysterious Trunk Trick By A.C. Boese | 21 |
| An Introducting Card Sleight By Leroy Koehn | 21 |
| Orginal Palm For Eggs By Charles Shepherd | 21 |
| "Duped" (Poem) By Charles Shepherd | 21 |
| Novel Chair Servante By James Griffen | 21 |
| Physiognomical Picture By Marshall P. Wilder | 22 |
| Tantalizing Glass Trick By Walter S. Dunkel | 22 |
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| NO. 3: MAY 1906 | 25 |
| Kansas City, Mo., May 15, 1906 | 26 |
| A Night AT Martinka's S.R. Ellison, M.D. | 26 |
| A Great Loss - Lorenze | 26 |
| Morey's Column | 26 |
| Biographical Mr. & Mrs. Frank H. Keller | 27 |
| The Pro And Con Of Spiritualism - By F.W. King Chapter XII | 27 |
| Magician's Doings | 28 |
| - In Vaudeville | 28 |
| - Magic Shows | 28 |
| - Entertainers | 29 |
| - English Notes By Henry Whiteley | 29 |
| - New Zealand Notes | 29 |
| - S.A.M. Notes Oscar S. Teale | 30 |
| - An Adventure With A Handcuff King - Arthur Storm By Charles Medrington | 30 |
| A New Method For Working The Rising Cards From Glass By The "Kardelles" | 31 |
| A Novel Flying Cannon Ball By Charles Trickey | 31 |
| The Contents Of An Envelope By G.H. Thompson | 31 |
| The Crystal Coffin By Anonymous | 32 |
| The Nest of Boxes By Knaus, Wizard | 32 |
| Officers - Founder - First President Society Of American Magicians | 33 |
| A Good Suggestion By Chas. J. Bagley | 34 |
| Mental Interlude By Walter S. Dinkel | 34 |
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| NO. 4: JUNE 1906 | 37 |
| Kansas City, Mo., June 15, 1906 | 38 |
| Biographical Adrian Plate | 39 |
| The Pro And Con Of Spiritualism - By F.W. King Chapter XIII | 39 |
| The Forune Telling Coin In The Glass Jar By Robert Gifford | 39 |
| Magician's Doings | 40 |
| - In Vaudeville | 40 |
| - Entertainers | 40 |
| - Magic Shows | 41 |
| Ink And Water Mystery By Walter S. Dunkel | 41 |
| English Notes By Henry Whiteley | 41 |
| The Bird And Cotton Trick By Robert Gifford | 41 |
| S.A.M. Notes Oscar S. Teale | 42 |
| A "Sphinx" Combination By Chas. Shepherd | 42 |
| Second Annual Banquet Of The S.A.M. Oscar S. Teale | 43 |
| The Adventures Of Arthur Storm - No. 2 By Charles Medrington | 43 |
| An Improved Torn Card Restoration By Chas. J. Hagen | 44 |
| A Keyhole To Success By Charles S. Eby | 45 |
| David E. Stifft Picture | 45 |
| Forcing By T.J. Crawford | 45 |
| British Magical Society Fred Walker | 46 |
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| NO. 5: JULY 1906 | 49 |
| Kansas City, Mo., July 15, 1906 | 50 |
| Esoteric Cogitations On Patter | 50 |
| Biographical Maro | 51 |
| The Cut And Restore Ribbon By G.A.Anderson | 51 |
| Another Way To Restore A Torn Card BY Charles J. Hagen | 51 |
| Handkerchief Spider | 51 |
| Still Another Way To Work The Rising Cards Louis N. Miller | 51 |
| Magician's Doings | 52 |
| - In Vaudeville | 52 |
| - S.A.M. Notes Oscar S. Teale | 53 |
| The Four Ace Trick By James W. Griffin | 53 |
| Some Magicians I Have Met By William J. Hilliar | 53 |
| How To Break Up A Card Party By Geo. H. Stipp | 54 |
| A Good Finish To The Rice Bowl Trick By Prof. Gustav Miller | 55 |
| A New Move With A Billiard Ball By "Leonzo" (L.A. Young) | 55 |
| A New Rabbit Jar By Robert Madison | 56 |
| The Adventures Of Arthur Storm - No. 3 By Charles Medrington | 56 |
| Among The Dealers | 56 |
| To Change A Glass Of Confetti Into A Glass Of Liquid By Charles J. Hagen | 57 |
| The Stage Manager's Memory By G.V. Long | 57 |
| An Effective Card Trick By Leo Pullmann | 57 |
| New Zealand Notes | 58 |
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| NO. 6: AUGUST 1906 | 61 |
| Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 15, 1906 | 62 |
| Biographical Robert Nickel | 63 |
| Thos. W. Yost Picture | 63 |
| Incantation To The Devil's Punch Bowl | 63 |
| Magician's Doings | 64 |
| - The Passing Show | 64 |
| That Four Ace Trick By Le Roy Koehn | 64 |
| S.A.M. Notes Oscar S. Teale | 65 |
| A Wine And Water Combination | 65 |
| Morey's Column By Elbert M. Morey | 66 |
| - Card Passes | 66 |
| Looking Backward By Henry Hatton | 66 |
| Organ Pipes Excelsior By Chas. J. Hagen | 67 |
| Mind Reading | 67 |
| English Notes By Henry Whiteley | 67 |
| Prof. W.H.H. Pugh, An Historical Sketch By R.I. Holbrook | 68 |
| - Prof. Pugh Picture | 68 |
| Some Magicians I Have Met By William J. Hilliar | 68 |
| Notes From New Zealand | 69 |
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| NO. 7: SEPTEMBER 1906 | 73 |
| Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 15, 1906 | 74 |
| T. Nelson Downs By Clayton Wyatt | 74 |
| Biographical Lorenzo Dana Walden | 75 |
| Looking Backward. II By Henry Hatton | 75 |
| - Robert Heller Picture | 75 |
| Magician's Doings | 76 |
| - The Passing Show | 76 |
| S.A.M. Notes Oscar S. Teale | 77 |
| Australian Notes By C. Howard Irving | 77 |
| Palming Coins By Ora S. Hrmas | 77 |
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| To Pass Four Half Dollars Into A Glass Decanter By Henry Benson Lees | 78 |
| Robert Heller's Seances Programme | 78 |
| Something New With Billiard Balls By William J. Hilliar | 78 |
| Heller Programme Part First | 79 |
| Heller Programme Part Second | 79 |
| Heller Programme Part Third | 79 |
| Keller And Wife Fishing Picture | 79 |
| Card And Envelope Trick By Robert Gifford | 79 |
| Three Graves By Francis J. Martinka | 80 |
| Herrmann Grave Picture | 80 |
| Kratky-Baschik Grave Picture | 80 |
| Kratky-Baschik Theatre Picture | 81 |
| Leonzo's Card Palm By "Leonzo" (L.A. Young) | 81 |
| A Novel Coin Vanish By The "Kardells" | 81 |
| His Startling Trick | 81 |
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| NO. 8: OCTOBER 1906 | 85 |
| Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 15, 1906 | 86 |
| Good Finale to The Rising Card Trick By S. Bradford Sherman | 86 |
| Biographical David P. Abbott | 87 |
| Some Modern Sorcery By David P. Abbott | 87 |
| Some Modern Sorcery - Continued By David P. Abbott | 88 |
| Some Modern Sorcery - Continued By David P. Abbott | 89 |
| Some Modern Sorcery - Continued By David P. Abbott | 90 |
| Some Modern Sorcery - Continued By David P. Abbott | 91 |
| Looking Backward - III By Henry Hatton | 92 |
| S.A.M. Notes Oscar S. Teale | 92 |
| "Hear It Break" By W.S. Walter, D.D.S. | 93 |
| An Improved Aga By Louis N. Miller | 93 |
| The Passing Show | 94 |
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| NO. 9: NOVEMBER 1906 | 97 |
| Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 15, 1906 | 98 |
| A New Versaion Of The Great Air-Balloon Trick By L.G. Farber | 98 |
| Bigraphical F.J. Stahl | 99 |
| From Howard Thurston | 99 |
| The Double Twirl By Lewis R. Hillier | 99 |
| Reflections | 99 |
| Magician's Doings | 100 |
| The Passing Show | 100 |
| Some Genuine Mind Reading By Chas. S. Weller | 100 |
| S.A.M. Notes Oscar S. Teale | 101 |
| Book Notes | 101 |
| Heller's Wonders Programme | 102 |
| Looking Backward - IV By Henry Hatton | 102 |
| "Some Magicians I Have Met" By William J. Hilliar | 103 |
| An Old Effect Made New | 103 |
| Billiard Ball from A Handkerchief By Prof. Gustav Miller | 103 |
| Back Palming Of Coins By Benedict | 104 |
| Original Parlor Trick With Cards By Chas. G. Shephered | 104 |
| A Trick Egg By Bradford Sherman | 104 |
| "A New Thought On Billiards" By Chas. P. Hopping | 105 |
| A Good Opening For The "Multiplying Billiard Balls" By Mayo | 105 |
| One On Laurant | 105 |
| The Latest Envelope And Handkerchief Trick By Bradford Sherman | 105 |
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| NO. 10: DECEMBER 1906 | 109 |
| Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 15, 1906 | 110 |
| Among The Dealers | 110 |
| Biographical Eugene Laurant | 111 |
| - Eugene Laurant Picture | 111 |
| - Sword Casket Picture | 111 |
| - Mrs. Laurant Picture | 111 |
| Modern Magic (Poem) By John N. Hilliard | 111 |
| Magician's Doings | 112 |
| - The Passing Show | 112 |
| Miller's Original Mystical Globes By Louis N. Miller (Louine) | 112 |
| A Wrinkle In A Card Effect By F. R. Ogden | 112 |
| S.A.M. Notes Oscar S. Teale | 113 |
| Book Notes | 113 |
| A Ball And Casket Illusion By J. Darst | 114 |
| A Wrinkle With Ping Pong Balls By Chas. J. Hagen | 114 |
| Looking Backward - V By Henry Hatton | 115 |
| Neat Parlor Trick By T.J. Crawford | 115 |
| Nada, An Illusion By H.F.C. Suhr | 116 |
| Berlin From The Magical Point Of View In September And October E. Harkewitz | 116 |
| The Rising Cards By Benedict | 117 |
| Remember By J.W.Snider | 117 |
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| NO. 11: JANUARY 1907 | 121 |
| Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 15, 1907 | 122 |
| Paper Tearing Trick By S. Bradford Sherman | 122 |
| The Money Melted | 122 |
| Biographical Oscar S. Teale | 123 |
| Some "Ledger" Demain Knaus Wizard | 123 |
| A Good Parlor Effect By Robert N. Madison | 123 |
| A Handkerechief Change By Robert Gifford | 123 |
| Magician's Doings | 124 |
| - The Passing Show | 124 |
| Bran New Illusion Sublett | 124 |
| S.A.M. Notes Oscar S. Teale | 125 |
| Book Notes | 125 |
| "An Exchange"(With Cards) By Chas. P. Hopping | 126 |
| The Penetrating Billiard Ball By Gustav Miller | 126 |
| A New Way To Do The Broken Plate Trick By Robert Gifford | 126 |
| House In Which Carl Herrmann Died Picture | 127 |
| Berlin Letter (Continued) | 127 |
| A Brilliant New Card Trick | 128 |
| Ziska And Friends Picture | 128 |
| From Howard Thurston | 128 |
| British Magical Society | 129 |
| Did You ever--? (Poem) By G.V. Lang | 129 |
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| NO. 12: FEBRUARY 1907 | 133 |
| Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 1907 | 134 |
| Biographical Signor Blitz | 135 |
| - Signor Blitz Picture | 135 |
| A Few Original Suggestions By Louis N. Miller (Louine) | 135 |
| To Prove That You Have No Thread Attached, "And Still You Have" "Russell, The Magician" | 135 |
| Materializing A Woman Sketch Caricature | 135 |
| Magician's doings | 136 |
| - The Passing Show | 136 |
| S.A.M. Notes Oscar S. Teale | 137 |
| English Notes Henry Whiteley | 137 |
| New Magic By Charles Medrington | 138 |
| - A New Handkerchief Production | 138 |
| - A Startling Flag Trick First Method | 138 |
| - A Startling Flag Trick Second Method | 138 |
| Magical Amenities Picture | 138 |
| "Album Mysterious" By E.R. Burdette | 139 |
| Red And Black By Chas. G. Shepherd | 139 |
| Personals | 139 |
| An Expose By Benedict | 140 |
| Charles S. Eby And Eleanore Picture | 140 |
| Australian Notes C.H. Irving | 140 |
| Literature | 141 |
| For Charity By Geo. H. Stipp | 141 |
