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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains three distinct advertisements: 1. **Edison Phonograph** (left): Promotes Edison Gold Moulded Records, emphasizing superior sound quality compared to competitors' products. 2. **Haynes-Apperson Automobiles** (right): Showcases two 1904 car models—the Tonneau and Light Touring Car—highlighting manufacturing quality and competitive racing victories ("seventeen contests won"). 3. **Rambler Touring Cars** (center-bottom): Another automobile advertisement listing six different models and prices. The middle section contains a poem titled "The Latest News from Shoel" [sic], likely satirizing current events or social commentary, but without clearer context, its specific targets remain unclear. The page reflects early-1900s consumer culture dominated by new technologies: phonographs and automobiles.

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‘LIFE: Any talking machine will re- produce the notes and the noise ; but the Charm of Sound— that beauty and expression for which we prize music—is repro- duced only by Edison Gold Moulded Records and best when they are used on the Edison Phonograph. The imitations and the old styles are parodies by comparison. There are three good reasons for this : 1. The eurfa d of the record in pa prodncit ways the eam toual q) and th (thereby in, frequently which process is p t be lawfully used by others tton point” * of the E The Edison Phonograph is better made and finished than other talking machines—runs truer, lasts longer, gives more perfect results and better satisfaction. Go to the nearest deal- ers and hear it. NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO., Orange, N. J. New York, Chicago. San Francisco, London Edison Phonographs furnish double service, amusement and language study. The Latest News from Sheol. HE Devil is in a deuce of a fix— Doesn't know what in aitch to do— Last winter, of course, he was out of coal, And in summer oil’s up, too. He has changed his heaters from coal to oil, From oil to bituminous coal He tried to burn gas, but the Gas Trust's bills Were a shock to the poor lost soul. He piped hot air from the G. 0. P., ve from the Democrats ; But the stuf turned Hades upside down— Iup-belities were full of bats. The boarders are kicking for fair ; vel and Judas have hatched a plot For a coal trust @ la Baer, He wanted to try electric heat ; But Edison wired, * Wait A thousand years, till my battery's done, Then VM make you the lowest rate.” He's mortgaged Gehenna to Gee Ent Lee For a ton of a Dy himself has a chronic chill, n he's not in a feariul stew ; And Cain’s killed a humorist who asked, “Is it cold enough, Cain, for you?” Nick's read of the And the rich at U He hopes the auto ms But fears it has come too late. His credit is gone, he is deep in debt, He hardly knows where to turn; But if Dives and here illustrated, is the strongest and most ar ofits weight ever built. It has liptic s two powerful brakes,J0-in, id . S-in. wheel base, 2 Uh , Nothing enual ther in power or appearance, sold to double the price. . oe Rondo Touring Cars Six difereat models $650 to $1,350 st the fctory. 1 lamps and born. $1.290 at the top, beveled diledet Delivery factory Thos. B. Jeffery & Co., Kenosha, Wis., U.S.A. Caieags, 24 Watead Ave. Beaten, 105 Cotambes Ave. Two Models 1904—Tonneau 1904—Light Touring Car TONNEAU, $2,850, with top and front glass, two Solar No. 1 gas headlights, two Dietz Regal oil lights, tail light, horn with tube and full equipment. $2,450 without top and front glass. LIGHT TOURING CAR, $1,450, having much the same outward appearance, as our famous Runabout of 1903, but of power and capacity and distinctly a powerful touring car—not a Runabout — the most highly developed car of its type—the perfected product of the old- est makers of motor cars in America, We make more nearly the entire car than any other factory in the world, and are, above all others, competent to guar- antee our product. These cars show fewer mechanical changes and contain more features that years of use have proved perfect in practice than any other, and are backed by an unequaled past record—seventeen contests entered—sev- enteen contests won, with stock cars, Most Haynes-Apperson cars have prac- tically been sold before they were built. Get your order in early. HAYNES-APPERSON CO. KOKOMO, IND., U. S. A. The Oldest Makers of Motor Cars in Amenca. Members of the Ass'n of Licensed Auto. Manufacturers. Branch store: 1420 Michigan Ave., Chicago. Representatives: BROOKLYN AUTOMOBI 1299-4143 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N.Y 43d St, New York, "Agency for Southern Californ J._A. Rosesteel. Los Angeles. BUFFALO EXCHANGE, 401 Frankia St,, Buffalo, N. ¥, Westera New York Agents. comicbooks.com