Life, 1909-07-01 · page 34 of 44
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This page is primarily **advertising and filler content**, typical of early 20th-century Life magazine. Key elements: **Main Advertisement**: Astor Trust Company (financial institution) lists its board of directors and officers. **Cartoons/Humor**: - "Our Foolish Contemporaries" presents a satirical poem about a couple seeking the "supersuburb" with a "superangel" and "supercook"—mocking the era's obsession with suburban living and modern conveniences. The joke: their cook leaves anyway, leaving them with "supersoup." - "Sympathized with Jim" depicts a domestic dispute where a woman's missing husband is mistaken for a dog by a police inspector—the humor relies on the wife's indignation at being questioned by authority. - "The Usual Question" is a brief joke about a train hitting a bear. **Other Ads**: Dentacura toothpaste, Peres Chartreux liqueur, and Sterling Debenture Corporation (investment securities). The page reflects period-appropriate satire of suburban aspirations and domestic mishaps, alongside financial/consumer advertising.
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Jesideste, Asfor DENTACURA Great personal advantage follows the daily use of Dentacura Tooth Paste. Its cleansing > properties are faultless; its action in preserv= ing the teeth from decay unique. Nothing a else just as good. Endorsed by thousands of dentists, For sale everywhere. 25c. a FIFTH AVE. & 36™ST., NEW YORK tube. Sample and testimonials free. CAPITAL & SURPLUS $1,400,000 DENTACURA COMPANY, 273 All'ng Street, NEWARK, NJ, Interest Paid on Daily Balances sir, hushand—n appeared, deca DIRECTORS “You don't s , a - . . “But I'd have you to understand that I do say BENJAMIN ALTMAN, JOUN T. DOWNE SEWARD PROSSER, $0, young man. How dare you sit there and flatly B, Alt c Building ¢ watruction icin : contradict a ratepayer?—leastways, the lawful trman, | DANIEL G. REID, wife of one. I'll report you, sir. Do you hear a that? I'll report you! Where's. my husband? '* THOMAS W. My de: aa ank of the Manhattan Co Vice-Pres't First National Bank. “How dare you call me your dear madam? EDGAR L. MARSTON, ARCHIBALD D. RUSSELL Do you thiak Icame here to be insulted? I tell Attorneys, Mair & Co., Bankers. AD ROM. STEVENS you my husband has decamped, and you sit there i AFLIN, BATES W. nt like a dummy. What do you think of Pres't, U. 8. Dey Goods Compantes. <'t Mechanic 7 JOUN F. THOMPSON, Aswtevinte, No Cit The four-se: THOMAS COCHRAN, Jr. ¥ ES A; PEABODY: Vice-Pres't Bankers’ Trust Co. South, Tae Manor, the English-like Inn of Asheville. F.C. CONV : WW, RKINS. CHARLES L ANY, “Well, lam."* responded the polite in- . r : o Dankers : spector, “I haven't the pleasure of your hus- H. P. DAVISON. WILLIAM IL band’s nce, but I should say he’s a J.P, Morgan & Co., Bankers Pres't Chemical » . est Chase Nat'l Bank, very wise man, Constable Blunt, show this lady OFFICERS ©. CONVE! Pres,o SEWARD PROSSER, Pres, THOMAS COCHRAN. Vice-Prea, hier, HOWARD BOOCOCK, Ast Sec, FAS. R. TROWBRIDG ust Ofticer, INVESTMENT out.”"—Tit-Bits. oe SECURITIES They sought a supersuburb then, Where it might come to pass Their superangel could disport Upon the supergrass. s NEW YORK. They next engaged a supercook ~S Their hone life to recoup; Bank and Trust || and High-Class She wouldn't stay, so they were left Co. Stocks Industrials Within the supersoup. —McLandburgh Wilson, in New York Sun. q Complete facilities gq We specialize stocks for purchase and lepending entirely Sympathized with Jim sale of Stocks in Banks || on public demand for and TrustCompanieslo- |) security and upon busi- cated anywhere in U.S, nemoperations{orprobts, OurcurrentListspresent |! Ourcustomersmay invest oe ee vane gemiandea unusual opportunitiester || in moderateamountsand In time they had a superkid “Peg pardon, miadam—dog, I presume?" said preotenteraeyal | rer ite be And when it came to that, the officer : poee pee B Bante you. 43 ores hing? of the as in established divi- || vestment business of this The superjanitor cried “Git Don't you dare to presume nothing’ of thi dend-peying Banke. || characteria theworld— From out this superflat."” kind," snapped the lady. “Dog, indeed! No, Lowest prices, Writefor || over forty thousand booklet, "Bank Stocks || discriminatingcustomers, as an Investment,” and |} Writefor our descriptive latest List, booklet No. 110. LI QU EU R i STERLING DEBENTURE CORPORATION BRUNSWICK BUILDING Peres Ghartieny gh gh Uses The Usual Question -GREEN AND YELLOW— “Our train hit a bear on the way down.” 5 Was the bear on the track?" FOR CENTURIES THE PARES “No; the train had to go into the woods after GRIND FINALE TO THE é ."—Kansas City Journal. WORLD'S BEST DINNERS ary Cran Her Ambition Would you marry a widower? At Grm-clas Wine Merchants, Grocers, Hotels, Cada, s aes : No, I wouldn't, The man I marry I Bayer & Co., 45 Droadway, New York, > am going to tame myself—/llustroted Bits. ‘Sole Agents for GREAT REAR SPRING WATER “It's parity has made it famous” Tale of a Superlife There was a little superman 1a superwife, An excited, middle-aged lady bounced into the And started out with the intent local police station the other day and accosted To lead a superlife. the inspector on duty. comicbooks.com