Life, 1907-07-04 · page 18 of 48
Life — July 4, 1907 — page 18: what you’re looking at
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This page documents Life's charitable "Fresh Air Farm," which provided recreational space and pure water to urban populations. The main photograph shows a baseball game at the facility, illustrating its recreational purpose. The page lists donors who contributed supplies (flour, mustard, medicines, clothing) to support the farm's operation. The cartoons below offer social commentary through humor: 1. **"A Set-Back"** jokes about missionary work's failure—converts abandon their new faith to enter the Keeley cure (a contemporary alcoholism treatment), suggesting the converts' moral weakness or the missionaries' ineffectiveness. 2. **"The Ferris Wheel"** appears to satirize overcrowding or safety concerns at public amusements, with the engineer's casual command contrasting with the packed condition ("all hands on board"). These cartoons reflect Progressive Era concerns about public health, morality, and urban recreation that motivated charitable institutions like Life's Fresh Air Farm.
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A the Fresh Air F 7 the batanc made to read 1005 half of the € usly acknow rd M. Jewett. pallinger Emily H. Cowperthwait C.A. Dolan hand Polly Melbert B. Cary $0 00 0. D. Duncan $99 E. A. Caswell $00 A.W. Small 2 00 F.B. Williams $09 John Greenough 19 09 * Vista Vasta” 100 00 J. Bowers Lee 10 09 Josephine ( c 5 00 Mrs. EM. Mastin... 600 Mrs. J. W. Howard : $00 Miss 4 Kershaw 3 6 00 ‘Theodore L. Bogert... 25 00 SCLRSh: 16 09 Te $5040 93 Our Fresh Air Farm IFE’S FARM has now an unlimited volume of the purest water, supplied from the brook by a Fairbanks, Morse & Co. engine and pump, with a capacity of from 1,200 to 1,600 gallons per hour, de- BASEBALL AT LIFES FRESH ATR FARM livered and set up at a considerable re- duction from the usual price, and grate- fully received Acknowledged with Thanks ASHBURN-CROSBY COMPANY 1 barrel Gold Medal Flour. HJ. Hraxz Costrany Vease mustard 2 10-pound ocks apple butter. 1 <weet gherkins. 1 sgallon p F ease currant jelly Vase baked bean 1 ease Mandalay Sauce «large Ex Enc Brand Chipped Beef s. Cuattaxn & Lesnart ville Water Crackers. o barrels donated to the Farm by Chatland & Lenhart) Davis & Lawgexce Company Painkiller Aliea’s Lung Balsim, Weaver's Cerate Mas. J. A. Swaw ingham dresses. 6 nightgowns. A Set-Back IRST MISSIONARY: What became of those five souls you converted ? Seconp Missionary: They've gone to take the Keeley cure. “DO YOU believe in a hereafter?” “Why should 1? T can’t even believe in the present.” THE FERRIS WHEEL ON THE FOURTH “START HER UP, ENGINEER; ALL HANDS ARE ON BOARD"