Life, 1904-03-17 · page 3 of 24
Life — March 17, 1904 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising** rather than political satire or comics. It contains four product advertisements: 1. **White Rock** (beverages) - promotes sparkling water as "refreshment" and a table beverage 2. **Rambler Touring Cars** - highlights the Model "K" automobile with technical specifications 3. **Cadillac** - emphasizes reliability and comfort for four passengers 4. **Mullins Galvanized Steel Pleasure Boats** - advertises affordable family boats at $29.00 5. **Penn Mutual Life Insurance** - offers future financial security The center section includes "Urbs in Rure" (Latin: "City in the Country"), a humorous **editorial piece** about a schoolteacher explaining the word "mummy" to children, ultimately teaching them new slang terms. No political cartoons or social satire appear on this page. It represents typical early 20th-century magazine content mixing advertisements with light humor.
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in Refreshment The refinement of hos- pitality is best exem- plified in sparkling WhitcRoc As a delicious and healthful beverage for the table, and as a per- fect blender with all manner of good things to drink, it is the effer- vescing water incomparable. tr ug TA ROAT a HOARS: powerfal inch tires, Bin. wheel base, posed engines of Ih actual horses over any kind of y ind ~ Nothing equal pits either in bower or appearance, sold tor See: Touring Cars Six diferent models $650 to $1,350 tet Thos. B. Jeffery & Cox Kenosha, Wis. ULS. A. Chivers, 94 Walash Ave Dhatce, 10 Cobamian Ave Urbs in Rure. "M glad you city-people Love the City as you do; For if you should desert it, You would spoil the country too. e Whim, was in a Philadelphia public school the other day that a class in spelling was going over a lesson in words of two syllables. One of the words was “ mummy.” “ Children,” said the teacher, ‘how many of you know the meaning of the word ‘mummy’? After = long silence, one little girl raised her hand. « Well, Maggie | ‘It means yer mother.” | The teacher pointed out her mistake, and 3 plained fully the meanlog of the word. | i ‘Who knows what ‘poppy? means?" the teacher. The same little girl rais time brimfal of confidence. “Well, what's the answer, Maggie?” “It means a man mummy,” replied the child.— Exchange. ed her hand, to “ WwW E hereby invent and begin to use that long- hes for ‘he or she,’ and mer for ‘ him or her,’ |thus: ‘The Man with the Wooden Face’ is ; missing from our free circulating library. Will ‘hes’ kindly return, and we will thank ‘ mer* therefor. It seems all right at first, but so | does everything in the initiative.”’. — Exchange. EASIER TO ROW 15 foot = boat,erated $29.00 Fie for tamiy bonne, ABSOLU ,, TELY SAFE. Mullins Galvanized Steel Pleasure Boats Made ot steel. Practically Indestructible, Air chamber each end. Cannot sink. Cannot eak, R= ‘quire no caulking, Ideal boat {or family use, summer resorts, parka. Gaaranteed. Will erat five personaic comfort, The modern row boat for pleasure, safety and durability. W. H. MULLINS, 600 Depot Street, Salem, Ublo ished-for personal pronoun | covering the two genders, male and female—| Wherever a Wheel Will Turn a Cadillac Will Go. The Cadillac is the only automobile em- bodying broadly utilitarian principles. The picture above shows a strong, stylish powerful touring car that will accomm: date four people comfortably ; that is as smooth-running and reliable as any high-priced machine. Remove the ton- neau, and it becomes a smart runabout— superior to every other in simplicity and ease of operation; equaled by none in speed, strength, appearance or mechanical excellence. an auto- mobile absolutely unique in perfection of design und carefulness of construction. No other is so easily and perfectly adaptable to the va- rlous requirements of business and pleasure; no other basso many points of intrinsic superiority. Improved 3 new departure ‘Trans- high gear the specd on ordinary roads b Engine develops elght-horse power, runs without vibration and will drive steadily. surely, powerfully, “wherever a wheel will turn Model A, 1904, with detachable ton- ating four, all facing forward, ithout tonu 0.00. Alt dillacs arc. eq ed with Glineker Tires. Our free Mustrated booklet R gives address of agency neureat you, where the Caditluc may be seen and tried. Cadillac Automobile Co., Detroit, Mich. Member Assnctution of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers. While You Are Well You can provide for your future— and your children—at little cost. | When you get sick or an invalid, | you can't atany cost. ‘‘ The How and the Why” tells—send for it. Weinsure by mail. PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO, 921 Chestaut St., Philadelphia comicbooks.com