Life, 1905-06-01 · page 4 of 52
Life — June 1, 1905 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and nostalgic content**, not political satire. The main advertisement features the **Pope-Toledo automobile** (Pope Motor Car Co., Toledo, Ohio)—a real early 1900s car brand. The ad emphasizes the vehicle's power and speed, claiming it can throttle down to 5 miles per hour or exceed 50 mph with five passengers. The right side contains **"My Boston Bean Pot,"** a sentimental poem about a baked bean pot that evokes New England childhood memories and Puritan heritage. It's nostalgic Americana rather than satire. Lower advertisements include kid gloves and auto supplies. The **"Quiet-Mile-a-Minute Car"** headline appears to be advertising copy highlighting the Pope-Toledo's smooth, powerful performance—not political commentary.
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The man who wrote the following verses * which we copy from the Boston Globe is 1 first- poet, but no one can doubt th: knows beans. ta | My Boston Bean Pot. HAT old-time fancies come from far As | sit brooding o'er this jar, This old brown jar of pork and beans Which brings me back to childhood’s scenes | No toil those Sabbaths could abide In that new land, the Pilgrim's pride, From set of sun on Saturn’s mht, Till set of sun closed Sunday’s hight When Night her kindly curtains drew— e The Sabbath preparations through— And Sabbath stillness settled down Upon that old New England town, And wintry waves broke on the shore, And wintry winds howled round the door, And shrieked across the harbor bar— How welcome was that old bean jar Quiet- Mile-a-Minute The homely kitchen, large and low, With cheerful fireplace aglow, | The old deal table, white as snow, The settle by the table’s si¢ The blue delf dishes—mother's pride— The firelight dancing on the wall, And then, the welcome supper call, While on the table, smoking hot, My mother placed the old bean pot. The rich aroma of that jar Comes to me down the years afar, The sweet brown bread and fragrant steam e Of pork and beans live in my dream, And this old man’s a boy once more Upon that bleak New Er Vanished the years that lie between land shore; This present and that pot of beans d brown bread, Were gustatory relish "Twould live again ir And sated appetite, 1 at old bean pot, h’s renewed ehite stand ajar, This interesting photograph of Tam o Shanter Hill, in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, shows the “*Quiet-Mile-a- ‘ POPE-TOLEDO ascending on the high gear, taken by the staff artist of the North American, March 12, 1905. The Pope-Toledo is the only car of its rated horsepower in the world that will take this hill on the high gear Demand a car that will throttle down to 3 miles an hour of run 50 miles an hour with five passengers, and take alll the hills, without shifting gears, and your choice is bound to be a Pope- Toledo. Send for catalogue describing ntrance, $2,800. : 36.000. vt Entrance, Immediate delivery, $3,200. E $3, 500. Canopy or Victoria Top, $250 E POPE. MOTOR CAR CO., Desk J. TOLEDO, OHIO, Kid Gloves. SAVE MONEY 01 AUTO SUPPLIES Y -—= a — —w~ 2 we wat