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This page is primarily **advertising and fiction** rather than political satire. The main content includes: **Featured Content:** - A book advertisement for Zane Grey's western novel "The Rainbow Trail" (sequel to "Riders of the Purple Sage"), emphasizing adventure and romance - Hotel Lenox advertisement for Buffalo accommodations - Multiple product ads (anti-snoring device, art school, cigars, Ford automobiles book) **Short Stories Section ("Stories with Smiles"):** Several humorous anecdotes about everyday situations: - A deaf farmer rejecting a hearing aid device - A hotel lobby conversation where deafness becomes advantageous (ironic twist) - A story about a mysterious dog named Rex - A fairy tale dialogue These are gentle, domestic humor pieces—the type of light entertainment common in early 20th-century magazines. There is **no political satire visible** on this page. The humor derives from misunderstandings, character quirks, and situational irony rather than social commentary.

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J a Hitting the trail and taking the reader along with him, through the country of adventurous romance, is the best thing Zane Grey does. And he's done it again most emphatically. For here is a remarkable tale for any one, whether or not he ever heard of Z.G.; and for any one who read “ Riders of the Purple Sage” here is the outcome of some of the stirring in- cidents in that popular novel. HARPER & BROTHERS HOTEL LENOX North St., at Delaware Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. An ideal Hot appreciate a q roundings. tourists, motor parties and all who , select hotel with beautiful sur- EUROPEAN PLAN Room with Privilege of Bath For one person - For two persons Room with Private Bath $2.00, $2.5 $3.00 or $3.50 per day $3.00, $3.50, $4.00 or $5.00 per day Complimentary “Guide of Buffalo and Palls” and complete information on request. A. MINER, Manager. IN 24 SNORING STOPPE HOURS $1.50 per day 32.00 per day For one For two Sent under plair floney refunded if you are not en- tirely’ satisfied. tory booklet on request and with your order, Thousands are now in successful use, Order today Thos. B. Morton Co., Inc., 801 Starks Bldg., Louisville, Ky. 1 For Magazines . Earn Big Money All Uranches of Art Taught RY MALL orLocal Classes. ‘Write for tlustrated book List of saecessful pupils ASSOCIATED ART STU 2124 Flatiron Bldg., N. V. FOR _g MEN OF GRAINS GAR “MADE AT KEY WEST— FUNABOUT FORDS ws A regular book of side splitting funniest stories and poems about Ford Autos. 64 pages, board cover, 2 colors. Only 2S¢ prepaid. THE NOWELL 0, 608 S. Dearborn St., Dept. (2476, Chicago Write Moving Picture Plays Stories Those Who Won't Hear—A certain young man of Columbus who is so hard of hearing that he ofttimes carries a little dictagraph instrument with him to help him follow the conversation of his friends, as among some of his rural relatives last There happened to be a farmer in the vicinity who had not heard a word for ye The Columbus man was introduced to him and referred to his little instrument which helped deaf persons, and offered to demonstrate it to him. “LT can’t hear through those things. I have tried them all and none of them are any good,” he said. “Put this up to your car and try it, any- how,” suggested the visitor. The farmer hesitated a while and then put one end of the instrument to his car. To the surpri: of the Columbus man the deaf farmer replied, when asked in a tone hardly above a whis- per, “Can you hear what I say?” “Nope, I can't. hear a word. These things don’t do me any good. “Would you acknowledge it if they would help you?” was then asked him in a still lower tone of voic id the answer came back promptly: “Certainly I would, but I can’t hear a word you say.” The Columbus man put the instrument back in his pocket and said to his rural friend, “A hopeless case.” —Columbus Dis- patch. Made a Difference—The conversation in the lobby of a hotel the other evening turned to bargains. Recently a man went to a big city board- ing house to secure accommodations for a friend from his home town, and was shown through the place by the landlady. “There is an excellent room on the second floor that I can let him have at a reduced rate,” said the landlady, as some difficulty was encountered in making a choice. “It is right next to the room of a lady who is constantly playing the piano “That will be just the thing!” eagerly responded the other. “My friend won't mind the noise a bit. He is quite deaf, you know.” “Um,” thoughtfully mused the landlady. “In that case I suppose I must charge him the full rate.”"—Philadel phia Telegraph. A Cleveland party went out automobiling the other night and had an unpleasant mis- hap. It occurred on the Euclid road not far from Willoughby. A four-footed creature of intensified odor got in the way of the car. Nobody in the auto noticed the impact, but everybody noticed the appalling result. The man who drove the car told a friend about it the next day. “Terrible,” the friend agreed. “I suppose you all had to change your clothes?” Change our clothe snorted the chief victim. ‘Why, we even had to change our tires!”"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. There Was a Doubt—Here is a little story that was told by Congressman Wil- liam H. Murray, of Oklahoma, in gently throwing the harpoon into a lawyer friend: GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER “Its purity has made it famous” 50c the case of six glass stoppered bottles. (ADYT.) with Smiles One afternoon a stranger d bar] r s lebarked from a train at a hustling town in the headed up the street. Final ~ party that looked like a native: a Ber, hahing You a res. “Pardon me,” said the stran, the likely looking party. “Are dent of this town?” es, sit,” was the ready rejoinder of Abe u hing like one other. “Been here somet What can I do for you?” “Tam looking for a crimin: responded the stranger. here?” “Well,” reflectively answered the natiy “we think we have, but we can’t prove Hy on him.""—Philadelphia Telegram, ov * al lawyer,” “Have you one Mystery of a Dog—The Newlyweds out in Crescent Hill are wondering if Rex is 3 thief or a detective. Rex is a dog. a white, woolly dog, who 5 minutes after having his bath looks as if ky hadn't had a bath for a week. Rex is nota hunter. He doesn’t know what game looks like. He doesn’t even chase cats. He is afraid of other dogs. He is so tractable that he makes friends with anybody who pays him the slightest attention. He would be on terms of intimacy with a burglar in two minutes. So it can be seen that Rex's owners had good reason for thinking him good for 5 ey did love him. Now they are wondering whether he is worse than good for nothing or a valuable retriever, ‘A few weeks ago Mrs. Newlywed lost a purse containing $16 in cash. A long search failed to reveal it, and it was given up for lost. Last Sunday Rex walked into the house with something in his mouth. He laid his quarry on the floor. It was the purse and the $16 were intact. Now the question at the home of the Newlyweds is: Did Rex play detective and find that money for its legitimate owners, or did he return it after carrying it away himself? Rex’s real character promises to i mystery for a long time.—Louis- Fable of a Fairy—Once upon a time there was a good little girl. And this good little girl asked her mother if she could go and play in the woods, and her mother said yes. So she went to play in the woods. And she was walking along and walking along, and what do you think she met? A fairy! Ai s awfully surprised to meet a fairy, so she 1 to the fairy: “Where do you come from?” And the fa said: “This is where I live. And the little girl said: 5 “T never heard about any fairies living ia these woods.” And the fairy said: “No, because nobody ever saw me here before. But you are a good little girl, sol ket you see me.” And the good little girl said: “How do you manage to be seen by no body, even though they walk right past you every day?” And the fairy said: “Tend them money.”—London Answers. Kop BERE CES S & 3 © Bo