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This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. The main advertisements are: 1. **AUTO Garments and Accessories** - selling driving clothes and gear 2. **Baker Motor Vehicle Co.** - promoting their electric car (claiming 80 miles on one battery charge) 3. **Jones Speedometer** - Christmas gift suggestion for automobile enthusiasts 4. **Goodyear Detachable Auto-Tire** - comparative tire analysis claiming superiority The page includes minor **humorous verse** about a fly, flea, and flue (a homophone pun), and brief jokes ("Thermometer Going Up," "Missaskham" dialogue). The **historical context**: This appears early 1900s, when electric vehicles competed with gasoline cars, speedometers were novel technology, and detachable tires were a significant innovation. The advertisements reflect nascent automotive culture and consumer goods marketing to automobile owners.

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this few. with when large cub: AUTO Garments and Accessories WHATEVER you may need in Automobile Gi ments and Acces. sories, whether an entire outht for your- self of chaufleurtoa simple pair of goggles or gloves, we have it,the best that there is, in the greatest variety and at most eedes te prices. its and coats— in leather, fur and oinehen and caps, hoods, tober, iecriag-aprocs, loot watabers, fur ont aiatis; gloves, gauntlets, goggles, veils, ete. Write for ‘llaarared cthalog ‘A with prices and measurement blanks. We have established agencies in several cities— pethaps one is near you. SCANDINAVIAN FUR AND LEATHER CO. 14-16 Wea 33d St., New York, Opp. Waldort-Atoria gents for Chicago: Capper & Capper for San Francisco Koos Bros. lec The Most Searching Investigation into the Construction of the Baker Electric Reveals no Weak Spot Examine a BAKER E. critically as you please, part by part, and you will find no minute detail negl ing, high-grade: qualit ent in every component part, quality in materials and workmanship, the kind of quality that insures a long life of sa factory service at the lowest poss maintenance cost EIGHTY MILES ON ONE CHARGE OF THE BATTERY and a wide of speeds up to twenty miles per hour arc included among the features of THE BAKER TRIC for 1907. All desirable features of previous models are retained ai \d these combined with new ide: new conceptions are worked out and perfected in our NEW FACTORY, the LARG MOST COMPLETE IN THE WORLD devoted EXCLUSIVELY to making electric vehicles. THE BAKER MOTOR VEHICLE CO. 10-80TH ST., N.W. CLEVELAND, 0. ‘We will exhibit 1a New York City only at the Seventh Anaual Automctile Show at Madison Square Carden, Space No. 45: a fica and a flue Were imprisoned, so what could they do? Said the fly: “Let us flee.” Said the flea: “Let us fly.” So they flew through a flaw in the flue She always addressed him as Mr. Until he took courage and Kr. But now that they're wed Like a brute he has said That he wishes to goodness he'd Mr. —Pearson’s Weekly. Thermometer Going Up HOSE balloonists who raced from Pittsfield, Mass., reported that they found hot weather up in the air. If your fumace doesn’t work this winter, buy a balloon.—Bujalo Express. aS UaE Wilk: TORN MUSSASKHAM: And doyou paint nothing but animal pictures every day ? Mr. D’Avuser: Well, on Fridays I paint fish. —The News. FOR YOUR Automobile Friend! As an Xmas suggestion; a JONES SPEEDOMETER This instrument is the pioneer speed indicator. It tecently received the A.C. G. B. & 1. Gold Medal ward for its remarkable durability, positive accuracy atd absolutely perfect performance. Why not Rave the accepted standard—and by xtual teat the most reliable Speedometer in the world? Gold Medal Literature Free We exhibit at Madison Scoace Garden, Jan. Ra to 1h, Jones Speedometer 106 W. 32d St., N.Y. ‘Which Auto Tire is REALLY BEST? Read this PROOF and KNOW He is atement trom the lt oficial reno f the Tie Awan: ten, dhowing the percentage of replacements to outpat by all ibe feeding re manufacturers for eleven months, beginning Sept. 1, 1905, tnd ending Aug. 1, 1908. COGDYEAR 5 z . + 9.10% & >. » + 9.60 Ne 5 a « 3i - ++ 18.43 Read this carefully. It tells its own story. It answers definitely and fully the heretotore open question—Which Auto- mobile Tire is Really Best? ‘The above is PROOF absolute and pouitive, taken dise@t from the actual books of the defunct Tire Association, that the Goodyear Detachable Auto-Tire is the bert tire any motorist can buy, The H you would know the details as to WHY it is better—more durable—more ‘Goodyear Nery way t Tiere’ factory peer wey a ones ‘you our book of ie. Aeets habe WaF Aicing-cor ap in ot any breach and secure e demonsustion. ‘You may to. Tire leas how 0 SAVE MONEY. \ Auto-Tire on THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO., Wayne Street, Akron, Ohio Ri BRANCHES: Boston, 261 Darts mouth 64th St. and Broadway; = org oF ee ae 8. "Mal Maia St n ete cai tp Ncore Sant Golden Gate Ave.i Denver, 33 : a3 Jefferson A’ comicbooks.com