Life, 1905-11-02 · page 4 of 48
Life — November 2, 1905 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and fiction**, not political satire. The main content features: 1. **Peerless Motor Car advertisement** - A large illustrated ad showing an early automobile at what appears to be a leisure outing, emphasizing the car's quality and appeal to "automobile enthusiasts." 2. **"A Howells Novel"** - A serialized fiction piece by William Dean Howells titled with chapter summaries about characters named John and Mary, their romance, and marriage. 3. **Supporting advertisements** - Including Boss Water Crackers and Muir's Scotch Ale. The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture, promoting automobiles as status symbols and leisure goods alongside traditional products. There is no evident political cartoon or satire present on this page.
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New London To whichever class of automobile enthusiast you belong—expert or novice—a ride in a Direct Drive Peerless and an explanation of its wonderful working points An actual exam will prove more d dvertisements can do. features, and ‘bed principles and workmanship that put it al Motor Car bound to open your eyes. ation of the Peerless, and a comparison of it with all other cars isively the many points of Peerless superiority than any number at to wend THE PEERLESS MOTOR CAR COMPANY, 40 Lisbon Street, Cleveland, Ohio Member &. LAL M. For the end of a perfect dinner BOSS’ Medium Hard Water Cracker ||| is as necessary as a good appetite for the beginning C. D. BOSS @ SON | BISCUIT MANUFACTURERS Connecticut A delicious, sparkling, nut-brown in itself — as Bottled in stoneware in Edinburgh since 1780, Be certain it is MUIR’S. Sold everywhere. ale that’s a feast wholesome as it is pure. ‘¢ Washing Ain’t Done.” C THERINE ALSOPP, a Sheffield, England, | washerwoman, hanged herself with a piece of clothesline on a nail in her bedroom, and at the inquest the following poetry transcribed by her on |a piece of brown paper used for wrapping sugar was read to the jury : “+ Here lies a poor woman who always was tired. She lived in a house where help was not hired. Her last words on earth were ‘ Dear friends, | am going Where washing ain't done, nor sewing. But everything there is exact to my wishes, For where they don't eat there’s no washing of dishes, T'll be where loud anthems will always be ringing, But, having no voice, I'll be clear of the singing. Don't mourn for me now, don't never; I'm going to do nothing forever and ever.” sweeping, nor mourn for me ‘The jury returned a verdict of * Suicide during tem- porary insanity."— Louisville Times, A Howells Novel. CHAPTER 1. COHN met Mary at a Hallowe'en party. They shook hands. CHAPTER IL. Mary, at the Thanksgiving family dinner, though she ate heartily of turkey | pie, was silent. id pumpkin I wish that he—” she be gan, then checked himself Harter it John sent Mary candy and flowers on Christ- mas | She wrote him thanks. a polite note of CHAPTER IV From January to March the young man called steadily. CHAPTER V. In April the engagement was announced. CHAPTER VIL Theirs was one of the first of the June wed dings. They looked happy enough after the ceremony, but Mary, as the carriage sped to- ward the depot, said reproachfully to John: “You promised me you would give only $10, but I distinetly hand Dr. Surplice $20. And under these auspices their married life began.—Philadelphia Bulletin ARRIE NATION has silenced at | last, but only temporarily. A conductor in Missouri accomplished it. She was riding in }a car in which there was a drunken man, She endured it for a while, but at last she yelled to the conductor, asking if he allowed drunken people to ride in the car, He said he had no objection, and she could stay as long as she would be quict—New York Tribune, saw you been B ZNNERS: Do you believe that man will be some kind of an animal in the next world? Jexners: Perhaps so, but a lot of them are too impatient to wait—Philadelphia E Telegraph. comicbooks.com