Life, 1910-01-13 · page 6 of 36
Life — January 13, 1910 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and poetry**, not political satire. The left side features a Northern Pacific Railway advertisement with a scenic winter photograph and the slogan "When you clip the slip"—a common early 20th-century coupon-redemption marketing technique. The ad promotes transcontinental train travel through the American West. The right side contains "Rhymed Reviews: The Silver Horde," a poem by Rex Beach reviewing his own work about Alaska salmon fishing. It's lighthearted verse about romance and adventure in the Klondike. Above is a Bromo-Seltzer headache remedy advertisement. There is **no political satire present**. The page represents typical Life magazine content: commercial advertisements interspersed with entertainment and product reviews from the early 1900s era.
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Rhymed Reviews The Silver Horde (By Rex Beach. Harper & Brothers) age To win a queen of Gotham Town Una He toiled at thirty under zero, i But Fortune still refused to crown Boyd Emerson, our hoodooed hero, Until within a lonely cot R CURES Beside the Kalvik’s frozen waters SSS] The rose of rude Alaska’s daughters, 10c., 25c., 50c., and $1.00 Bottles. That salmon-streams are often stor With wealth beyond the dreams o Mammon— And thus, you see, The Silver Hord Denotes the shoals of homing sa mon. They built a plant, this maid and mz: Despite a Trust with knives and bludgeons, And started in to catch and can The salmon-folk, those silly gui geons, But guess who owned the Trust 9 dire That found him non persona grata’ None other than the angry sire Of Mildred, Boyd's inamorata! Along the Kalvik steamed their yacht And Mildred, most unjustly sn With jealousy of Miss Malotte, Dispatched to Boyd the frosty mittee But Cherry foiled the foul attack, And Boyd was shown a slave duty; Proud Mildred sought to win ks back— But not for him the haughty beau And read about the grand tour to and through California-- The salmon poured a silver tide Up or down that entrancing sweep of Pacific shore--Capped OF wealth that turned his woe « by a pleasurable jaunt over the ‘Wonder Way" through the laughter ; . majestic Cascades, Olympics, and Rockies--On one of the five He wed his bright Alaska bride, superb daily electric-lighted, steam-heated, transcontinental And lived on fish forever after. trains of the At first, I own, I meant to spurn ene The tale that red Alaska salmoa But spawn and die—as_ mere “The Scenic Highway through the Land of Fortune” gammon; You can roll along the North Bank of the mighty Columbia River, or delve ee gs oa through the snow-capped mountains. @You can visit such interesting And though I lack his weight = and enterprising cities as Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Spokane and many reach others: ¢You oe see such Sarclonsly pecdae: And fain would shun the undertake, live count as ‘ashington, regon, laho, Mon- ii e en en tani, North Dakota and Minuctois: @You can T might have labeled Mr. Beach oe start from or arrive at Chicago or St. Louis in the The Third Assistant Nate same Northern Pacific train that carries you through (e) Faker"; these sights and scenes that rival the world. GQWill you not “clip the slip" and send it today? But since I’ve heard this very night The delights of the trip will be spread before you From Mr. Ernest Thompson Set by return mail. Address That Brother Beach is wholly righ! ni: rother Beach is wholly ‘ A. M. CLELAND, General Passenger Ageat My scornful words are cooked 2%! ST. PAUL, MINN. ” eaten. Arthur Guitermae comicbooks.com