![]() ![]() 1927: HathiTrust has volume 6, numbers 61-66, covering May through October 1927.1926: HathiTrust has volume 5, numbers 55-60, covering November 1926 through April 1927.1926: HathiTrust has volume 5, numbers 49-54, covering May through October 1926.Access may be restricted outside the United States. 1926: HathiTrust has volume 4, number 48, dated April 1926.1925: The Internet Archive has volume 4, numbers 37-44, scanned from microfilm.1924-1925: The Internet Archive has volume 3, scanned from microfilm.1923-1924: The Internet Archive has volume 2, scanned from microfilm.1922: HathiTrust has volume 1, number 9, dated November 1922.1922: The Internet Archive has volume 1, scanned from microfilm.( More details) It is still published today. The first actively copyright-renewed contribution is from September 1933. The first actively copyright-renewed issue is February 1928 (v. ![]() Reader's Digest began in 1922 as The Reader's Digest. (There is a Wikipedia article about this serial.) Publication History Reader's Digest is an American general interest magazine largely consisting of reprinted and condensed articles from other publications. Presents serial archive listings for Reader's Digest Word Power is our 3rd most popular column in the magazine.Reader's Digest archives The Online Books Page It has a sidebar that goes in-depth on something related to the theme. It has themed columns (car words, Italian words) rather than words based on RD. Current writers are a married couple who are well-known in the crossword/puzzle world: https: // The column hasn’t changed much–it has 15 words now instead of 20. Wilfred’s son Peter Funk wrote the column from the 1960s to the 1990s. He presented his quiz idea to Dewitt Wallace in 1944. Word Power’s creator, Wilfred Funk, was a poet and lexicographer–his family was the Funk of the reference publisher Funk & Wagnalls. Word Power first ran in January 1945–January 2020 will mark 75 years. ![]() Quotable Quotes is second to Laughter the Best Medicine in column popularity. It began as a one-page list of quotes and continues to be a one-page list of quotes. The column hasn’t changed much, except for the art. We’ve quoted both living and dead people. The quotes were, and continue to be, collected from a variety of books, speeches, journals, and articles. These first columns featured the great minds of the day, including Herbert Hoover (before he became president), Lady Astor, and John D. It was proceeded by similar quote columns, including Remarkable Remarks, which ran in the first ever issue of Reader’s Digest in February 1922, and Significant Sayings, which ran in June 1922. ![]() Quotable Quotes, as it appears today, first ran in January 1934. It will be a combination of 2 of our most popular columns in Reader’s Digest Magazine–Word Power and Quotable Quotes. Want to feel smarter? Want to have the perfect quip at the tip of your tongue? Use Your Words combines Word Power Quizzes and Quotable Quotes from Reader’s Digest, Amercia’s Most Popular Magazine so you can do just that! Use Your Words is part word quiz book and part quote book, combined together in themed sections. ![]()
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