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This is primarily **advertising and lighter content**, not political satire. The page features: 1. **Rambler automobile ad** (top): Promotes the Rambler Surrey Type Two as a luxurious touring vehicle, listing models from $750-$3000 and office locations in Kenosha, Wisconsin. 2. **"A Great Man"** (right column): A humorous anecdote about a Swedish delegate who insists Ole Oleson (a Minnesota politician) is greater than George Washington or President Roosevelt. The joke satirizes provincial pride and inflated local reputations—common themes in Life's humor. 3. **Additional ads**: Penn Mutual Life Insurance, a Mediterranean cruise, and small items like "Young Dr. Swift." The content reflects early 1900s preoccupations with automobiles, travel, and insurance, with gentle satire of Midwestern boosterism rather than hard political commentary.

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es an unusually beautiful, comfort able, powerful vehicle for touring. The big, hasxcuriousl- upholstered seats easily accommodate the ave- rage Lambe personal luggage may be stowed under the seats. The canopy top, water-proof side cur tains, plate-glass swinging front make it possible to travel in all kinds of weather $ 200 O,~, complete with lamps, tools, ete. Full information on request. Other mod els $750, $850, $1550, $ 3000. THOMAS B. JEFFERY & COMPANY Pain Office and Factory: Kenosha, Wisconsin Branches, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia New York Agency, 134 West Thirty-eighth Street Representatives in all other leading cities 7 while an extratire and by mail. Important ! If you should die, would your | children stop studying and go to work. or have you left money enough for their education ? Our booklet. Why," telis y save at the same time. We insure he Now and the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. 921 Chestnut St., Philadelphia Clark's Cruise of the “Arabic” 15,801 tons, one of the finest, largest and Seventy days, costing only $400 and up, including sbore excursions. | February 2to April 13, 1905, can do this and || Athens, Rome, the Riviera, ete, Tickets good tostop. Numerous Facorted Parties to Europe, FRANK C.CLARK, 113 Broadway, New York. Jo THE ORIENT Frenzied Finance. IVES of great men oft remind us, If we only owned a trust, We could squeeze each smaller dealer Till he'd pay our price or bust Princeton Tiger, | A Great Man. EPRE TATIVE BIRDSALL who | represents Gen. Henderson's old district, @ isone of the best story tellers in the House] among the Iowa delegation, While up in | Minnesota during recent campaign he been Py Jannexed some new yarns which he hi telling. “I met one old Swede,” said Mr. Birdsall, “who was perfectly infatuated with a certain Ole Oleson, who was running for the State Ly ure, This Americanized son of the Land of the Midnight Sun looked up to Ole- son as the greatest statesman in the world. He could AI other tho mind, He thought Ole worked for Oleson, t do anything but sound his praises hts were banished from. his . dreamed Oleson, 1 said he was not only to vote for Oles but was going to wt the whole Swedish ballot: for him. ‘ou must be fond of this man, Ole Ole- I to the Swede ‘Oh, Ole Oleson’s a great | replied the Swede. “Well,” said I, ‘you don't think Oleson is | er than Yon Yonson, the Democratic didate fo! do you? | *Yonson’s all right,’ said the Swede, ‘but he isn’t as great a 1 as Ole Oleson, Ole | Oleson is a mighty big man “Well, at’ lea | velt, don’t you? said I “Oh, Pre evelt! Yah, P | Roosevelt, h man, too, W an, all right,” Governe you like President Roose- dent But he's not as great man as Ole ¢ Ole Oleson is a great Yow, look here,’ said I. ‘you don't think minute that Ole Oleson is as great a man Washington, do ‘Well replied the Swec ter a sht, ‘you know Ole Oleson, he’ but then Washington.’ “snot as man as George —IVashington Post. ° “ 'OUNG Dr. Swift calls every day on t little widow.” 4 Is she as ill all that ?"" | \ | “Dear me! “No, but she is as pretty as all that."— Exchange. INDIG: I don't know what we are going to do with our youngest boy Jontots: What's the trouble? | “He's getting so we can't believe a word he says.” “Why don't you get him a job in the pre tment of the Government Weather cago Daily News, tion de; Bureau comicbooks.com