The+(Almost)+Complete+Bos'n+Bill

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THE YARNS OF BOS'N BILL Sundays, June 27, 1930 to November 1, 1931 Created by Stanley Armstrong (signed as Armi) Syndicate: World Color Printing

The above information comes from //Allan Holtz//'s indispensable American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide.

Though its a Sunday strip, the dates shown are based on strips that appeared in the //Farmville Herald// and the //Morehead Country Press//, and the first date is actually a Friday and the last is a Saturday. Normalizing these would make the run June 29, 1930 to November 2, 1932. That suggests there were 71 strips.

However, the ones I found were typically on a Saturday, and, with extrapolation ran from June 28, 1930 to October 24, 1932, for a total of 70 strips. However I couldn't find strip #14 -- see the notes below - so the totals match.

I included an undated scan of original art, so I'm missing just 6, maybe 7, strips if anyone has them. Using Saturday dates --

July 5, 1930 - this would be numbered as #2 July 12, 1930 - #3 July 26, 1930 - #5 August 2, 1930 - #6 August 9, 1930 - #7 August 23, 1930 - #9 September 20, 1930 (or thereabouts) - #14 [there is a missing strip between the 20t ad 27th] December 20, 1930 - #27 November 1, 1931 = this may not exist

Elsewhere, Alex Jay has done a lengthy profile of Stanley Armstrong and Allan Holtz looks at another of Armstrong's strips, JERRY ON THE JOB

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