Life, 1906-12-20 · page 28 of 46
Life — December 20, 1906 — page 28: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine combines satirical humor columns with advertisements. The left column features "Our Foolish Contemporaries"—anecdotes mocking human folly across different social classes. **Key satirical pieces include:** - A gambler who, losing heavily, smashes his bowl against a wall in desperation—satirizing compulsive gambling behavior - An Irish blacksmith who tricks a Republican farmer into "pairing off" votes, then votes with five other Republicans anyway—mocking electoral dishonesty and political naivety - A lawyer who telegraphs "Justice triumphed!" when actually defeated—satirizing legal pretension The page also advertises **Trimble Whiskey** (with a period drinking toast), **Life's Calendar** (a 1907 product), and notably **"The Keeley Cure"**—a commercial treatment facility claiming to cure "Liquor and Drug Using" through medical specialists, reflecting turn-of-century anxieties about addiction. The advertisements reveal contemporary social concerns: alcoholism was treated as a medical condition requiring institutional "cures," while the satirical content mocks corruption, gullibility, and moral weakness in everyday American life.
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“= OUR FOOLISH. ONTEMPORARYY A RUN OF BAD LUCK Driven to desperation by their heavy losses, x down utter ruin upon t this kind comes from F nbler had been kosing | Lord Lorne. Exas- his continued il oly sprang up from the card table, seized a large and bowl, a above his head, called ave a bet where I have an equal chance of peer placidly, and the gambler hurled | the magnificent bow] against the wall When they counted the pieces Lord Lorne had won.—Twes- day Magazine 1 Tue Sour ror Hoserraciry: The Manor, Asheville, North Carolina, is the best ina South.— Booklet, A xvwore of years ago, at a small town in Maine, an im- portant local election was to take place. and there was strong rivalry between the Republicans and the Democrats, Old the blacksmith, was a strong Democrat, but ners were Republicans ening of the election. a farmer came in to have | shod. The blacksmith said to him: “We're both | busy You're a Republican and I'm a Democrat. Let's pair off We'll neither of us vote. and it will amount to the same as if we both went to the polls This was agreed upon. After election it was that | had paired off with five Republican Milk That Is Wholesome g and preservation of milk, origi 2 of Eagle Brand become general: but for those purposes milk is preferred, Borden's: Peerless Brand Evaporated-Cream filly every requ Wuew Arthur J. Balfour was Secretary for Ireland he once asked the celebrated Father Healy : “Do the Irish really hate me as much as the ne The grim old wit replied: | © My deat sie, if they 1¢ devil half as much as they bate you my occupation would be gone—Argonaut, NOT HIS SIDE Chicanelli, who had to leave of a journey before the end of a case begun against bim by a neighbor, gave orders to his lawyer him koow the tesult by telegraph. After several days be got the follox , . ed.” He at once telegr. "1 Mundo Umoristico Tue New Parwer Gaur. Qciex Sane. Lease ix Two Minutes Cateny as Witorner. Pros Tene ro Etonr Can Pray, Sevevry-rive Ceyts ar Att Dratres FORCE OF HABIT The manager of the fourteen-headed magazine lopped off | ten of the heads | n't help it.” he explained: “this thing of fighting the | > the blood." Philadel phta Ledger THE CHICAGO IDEA ‘The wife of a farmer ha ne from Chicago to make fe day last h hers came, an sisted 1 doing the work alone and sent her sister away to When twenty seven threshers fi 0 that night ndwich tied with ribbon, one chicken croquette, M the size of a marble. and a hole bouquet at cach plate.—Empora (Kansas Hotel Vendome, Boston Electric lights. New and most an in his s was making up. * h would you want to come back to me?” inquired Me. Tree, busy with his paint pots The other named an exorbitant salary, to which Tree merely retorted as be went on making up. “Don’t slam the door when you go out. will you?" —Chicago News you do drink, drink Trimp VIN Uy le i) “This is the time of the year For good wishes and good cheer, So fill up . The loving cup And toast all those we hold dear.” SoLk rRoreinrons Green Label. ESTABLISHED WHITE, HENTZ& CO. Palin Gad Nar tock AT ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS 1793 Lifes Calendar| Designs by the bea of Life's Artists—R. M. Crosby, Herbert Johnson, W. B. King, Balfour Ker, Bayard Jones, ry Hutt, C. Clyde Squires, Lifes Calendar A combination of drawings and remarques artistically printed in two colors, on cardboard 1214x1514 inches, the thirteen sheets tied together with red silk cord and prettily boxed. The great variety of drawings reproduced in this calendar makes it particularly attractive. $2.00 Each Postpaid LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 17 W. Thity - Fira Street, New York for Liquor and Drug Using A scientific remedy which has been skilfully and successfully administered by medical specialists for the past twenty-seven years. At the following Keeley Institutes: ey L 5 Omaha. Neb Cor Cass and asth Sts Nowth Conway, No Me Buta. comicbooks.com