These illustration accompanied a story by Kerry Wood, an alias for Edgar Allardyce Wood. It was about a scheme to run a pipe between two villages from Alberta to Montana only 3 miles apart, as a part of a bootlegging operation during American Prohibition.
The Star Weekly ran a series in 1919 called “Real Stories of the War, As Told by Returned Soldiers” where prizes were awarded. Jim illustrated some of these. The first one here was about the capture of a Prussian Brass Band, which won $1.
This story was about capturing Germans while gathering food, which also won $1. ($1 in 1919 would be $17 in 2025).
This illustration went with a story by Gil O’Mourne about a snake oil salesman.
These illustrations accompanied an article by Canon F. G. Scott, “Canada’s Best Loved Padre”.
This comic appeared with an article by C.R. Greenaway about experts deriding old-fashioned grandmotherly advice about babies or children.
This illustration accompanied an article by Stephen Leacock about financial crises.
This illustration accompanied a story by Fred Griffin about the homeless sleeping at the police station to stay warm. This was before the Great Depression when “hobos” were less common. The “better ‘ole” is in reference to Bruce Bairnsfather’s famous “Better ‘Ole” comic from World War 1.
The above image is a card that would be handed out by Toronto Star Carriers to their subscribers. The red “V” on the carrier’s box would be for “Victory” so this card is likely from World War 2.
Below is a sample of one created by Jim for the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC).
These images accompanied a story by Caesar Smith about how he got a dog.
This is an illustration to accompany a story by Fred Griffin about preparing animals for a fair.
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