ComicBooks.com Register / Loginit's free!

Life, 1909-03-04 · page 8 of 44

Life — March 4, 1909 — page 8: what you’re looking at

📖 Open the full issue in the page-flip reader →
Life — March 4, 1909 — page 8: Life, 1909-03-04

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **automobile advertising**, not political satire. The main content features two advertisements for the Marmon automobile manufactured by Nordyke & Marmon Co. of Indianapolis. The ads emphasize the Marmon's durability and quality through the slogan "Certainty, Not Supposition" and "The Easiest Riding Car In The World." Both the Thirty-Two Suburban ($2400) and Thirty-Two Roadster ($2400) models are illustrated. The right column contains unrelated content: a business book offer, "Interesting Information" anecdotes, and an advertisement for "The Slip Scarf" product. There is **no political cartoon or satire** on this page—it's a period automotive trade advertisement emphasizing mechanical reliability to early 1900s consumers.

📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Certainty, Not Supposition A man’s record can’t be written at his birth. the durability and value of any make of car you correctly ju except by reviewing its past. The Marmon cars brought 1 The * Thirty-two,?? 1 ‘old by us in the early day: mobile industry are still giving splendid service. ny refinements in des durability and relia vility have never been 1 nufactured entirely by u Neither can of the auto. Time has n, But the vital clements of cking ina Marmon car, mid unspar ingly equipped, has a character and a value which no thought- n ignore. ful buyer MOTOR, drt, tax thy water-cooled, UH) HP, Three-point support. IGNITION, Bosch H. T. Magneto, & stem. LUBRICATION, Marmon system ol wutomatic force feed through hollow crank-ahait. "DRIVE, straight line shalt. Sclecive tfnamianion and rear axle one compact unit, very accessible," Large bral ef WHEEL BASE, 112 in, EIGH Also furnished as Coupe of Limo own Car. Marmon lective and very durable, 3 incloding Krupp and Chrome Nickel Steels. | Hess. lading Krupp and Chrome Nickel Steels. Hess. Height sheet metal. Touring car seats Suburban (arichaite toantant teas tome MATERIALS, absolutely the best of everythin imported ball-bearings. ENT, complete and high-<cla fondster seats. tw ” Fifty” (Seven Passengers), 50-60 H.-P. $3750. Nordyke & Marmon Co., Indianapolis, Ind. Fatah mast ,059-Woed Business Bock Free Simply send us a postal and ask for our free i trated 9.089 word Business Booklet which tells riceless Business Experience, squeezed ives of 112 big. broad, brainy business men may by made yours—yours to boost your salary. to ince. your profits, This {ree booklet deals with “og fo maniee «baring ‘starting you cea nit nvaies only the ak ofa postal pecan! Saapiy ben Involves only the risk ofa postalma penny! Siely ty E send oa Booklet, Send to ated a, and void, anything herein contained to the con trary notwithstanding. In witness whereof I have hereunto set ny hand, designating myself as Your bumble servant, John Smith—Konssr City Star. Interesting Information “We can learn from all men, even from the humblest,”’ said H. K. Adair, a detective. “Tum a deaf car to no man. The lowliest tramp may have information of incredible interest for you “T well remember a walk I once took dows Market street. As I strode along, proud ani happy, a rose in my buttonhole and a goldheaded cane in my hand, a drunken man had the io. pudence to stop me. Ain't you Mr. Adair?’ he said. “* Yes,’ said I. * What of it?’ Mr. Adair, the detective?’ he hiccoughed “*Yes, yes. Who are you?’ I asked tiently. Mr. Adair,’ said the untidy wretch, as laid his hand on my shoulder to keep himse! from falling, ‘I'll tell you who I am, Mr. Adar I’'m—hic—the husband of your washerwoman Well, what of that?’ said I, scornfully fy scorn brought a sneer to the man’ and he said: “You see, you don’t know everything, Mr Adai “*What don’t I know?’ I demanded. “*Well, Mr. Adair,” said he, ‘you don’t know that—hic—I'm wearin’ one of your new whi Sparks from Old Awils (Continued from page 279) affections to be held by you to the use of you, the said Ann Bright, for and during the term of your natural life in case you shall predecease me, or for and during our joint life in case I shall pre- decease you And I hereby promise and declare that in the event of you, the said Ann Bright, intimating to me in writing or otherwise within the space of seven days next after the date upon which this letter shall be served upon you or left for you at your last known place of abode, your accept- will within a reasonable period thereafter inter- marry with you, the said Ann Bright, at such church or in such other building as you m select for that purpose, and will at all times there- after during our joint lives at my own expense in all things maintain and keep you, the said Ann Bright, as my lawful wife. Provided, always, and the offer hereby made as aforesaid is upon the express condition that if you, the said Ann Bright, shall not within the space of seven days after the service or delivery of this letter as aforesaid intimate by writing or otherwise your acceptance of the said offer, the same offer shall thereupon be absolutely null 180 IT piides freely in any high: band collar. It's all in the back band. Cannot ‘catch’ or crumple when you draw the ends. N Ask your dealer for the “SLIP SCARF.” It costs 00 more than a cravat without this invaluable feature. In every, fashionable color, sh ‘tern and material of the ‘se Patented and” patents applied. (06 Made only by KEYS & LOCKWOOD, Union 8q. North, New York. corres this critic comicbooks.com