A typical issue would feature recipes, household tips, humorous and informative tidbits, poems, and short stories of lighthearted adventure, mystery and suspense.
PHJ also sold its own line of sewing patterns and embroidery transfers.
These were featured in a catalog called The Home Dressmaker and Needlework Instructor (debut 1924).
The central belief was that the cultivation of just small plots would help combat hunger, in the post-World War I era.
A big-name short story contributor to the magazine was author Ellis Parker Butler.