Western Story Magazine
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Western Story Magazine was a popular early 20th-century American pulp magazine specializing in Western-themed adventure fiction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Western Story Magazine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8673236 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Story Magazine Context triple: [Street & Smith, published, Western Story Magazine]
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A.
Revista de Occidente
Revista de Occidente is an influential Spanish cultural and intellectual journal known for disseminating European philosophical, literary, and scientific thought in the Spanish-speaking world.
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B.
All-Story Weekly
All-Story Weekly was an early 20th-century American pulp fiction magazine known for publishing popular adventure and genre stories, including the debut of Zorro.
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C.
Lady of the West
Lady of the West is an epithet of the Egyptian goddess Hathor, highlighting her role as a protective deity of the necropolis and guide of the dead to the afterlife.
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D.
Western Clarion
Western Clarion was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian socialist newspaper that served as a key voice for Marxist and labor-oriented politics.
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E.
Scanlan's Monthly
Scanlan's Monthly was a short-lived American countercultural magazine from the late 1960s–early 1970s known for its radical political journalism and association with writers like Hunter S. Thompson.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Story Magazine Target entity description: Western Story Magazine was a popular early 20th-century American pulp magazine specializing in Western-themed adventure fiction.
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A.
Revista de Occidente
Revista de Occidente is an influential Spanish cultural and intellectual journal known for disseminating European philosophical, literary, and scientific thought in the Spanish-speaking world.
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B.
All-Story Weekly
All-Story Weekly was an early 20th-century American pulp fiction magazine known for publishing popular adventure and genre stories, including the debut of Zorro.
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C.
Lady of the West
Lady of the West is an epithet of the Egyptian goddess Hathor, highlighting her role as a protective deity of the necropolis and guide of the dead to the afterlife.
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D.
Western Clarion
Western Clarion was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian socialist newspaper that served as a key voice for Marxist and labor-oriented politics.
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E.
Scanlan's Monthly
Scanlan's Monthly was a short-lived American countercultural magazine from the late 1960s–early 1970s known for its radical political journalism and association with writers like Hunter S. Thompson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fiction magazine
ⓘ
pulp magazine ⓘ |
| associatedWithPublisherImprint |
Street & Smith pulp line
ⓘ
linked to:
Street & Smith
|
| binding | pulp paper ⓘ |
| circulationType | newsstand distribution ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coverArtType | illustrated covers ⓘ |
| culturalRole | major venue for Western pulp writers ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
North America
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| endPublicationYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| fictionType |
novelettes
ⓘ
serialized novels ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| frequency | weekly ⓘ |
| genre |
Western fiction
ⓘ
adventure fiction ⓘ |
| hasReprintsIn | anthologies of Western pulp fiction ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
frontier life
ⓘ
law and order in the Old West ⓘ rugged individualism ⓘ |
| historicalEra | pulp magazine era ⓘ |
| influenced |
film Westerns
ⓘ
later Western paperback originals ⓘ radio Western dramas ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterFrequency |
biweekly
ⓘ
monthly ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Western-themed adventure stories
ⓘ
helping popularize Western pulp fiction ⓘ |
| originalPublisherLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| priceCategory | low-cost popular fiction ⓘ |
| primarySettingOfStories |
American West
ⓘ
linked to:
Old West
|
| publicationFormat | pulp ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | defunct ⓘ |
| publisher | Street & Smith ⓘ |
| publisherType | pulp magazine publisher ⓘ |
| startPublicationYear | 1919 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
cowboys and outlaws
ⓘ
frontier towns ⓘ ranch life ⓘ |
| targetAudience | popular mass-market readership ⓘ |
| typicalContent |
cowboy adventures
ⓘ
frontier justice stories ⓘ gunfighter tales ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Western Story Magazine Description of subject: Western Story Magazine was a popular early 20th-century American pulp magazine specializing in Western-themed adventure fiction.
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