Life, 1910-02-10 · page 28 of 36
Life — February 10, 1910 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and literary content** rather than political satire. The dominant feature is a promotional advertisement for Lincoln, Nebraska's business opportunities (wholesale goods, strawboard mill, agricultural implements), positioned alongside humorous short fiction pieces and product advertisements. The page contains three brief **humorous anecdotes** typical of early 20th-century magazines: an Irish mother watching her son drill (the joke being she notices only her son is out of step), a census taker's difficulty remembering his children's ages, and a quip about studying mankind in rooms where women aren't present. These are gentle domestic humor pieces, not political cartoons. The **Lincoln portrait** is literal—promoting the city as a business hub, not satirizing the president. Advertisements for Maillard's cocoa and O. Henry's new book collection complete the page. There is no political satire present; this is a standard commercial/entertainment magazine page from the early 1900s.
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“LINCOLN AFFORDS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES _ Wholesale Dry Goods House Men of experience can secure financial assistance here for the formation of a powerful frm, All other jobbing lines now represented, STRAWBOARD MILL Ideal location for this industry, Lincoln will fur- nish one-half of the capital necessary to establish a 20-ton mill, Satisfactory arrangements can be made for operatin, connection with Lincoln presents exceptional openings for LTURAL IMPLEMENT FACTORIES RIES ARKET Beat unoceupled ie Tilock” Clay De For full information address W. S. WHITTEN, Sec'y Lincoln Commercial Club, Lincoln, Neb. Concerning all into our mind This riddle crept: Which of the three do you suppose She longest kept? ‘ew York Sun. All But Dinny She was an old and obviously earnest Irish woman, and she had traveled all the way to Frankfort to see her son Dinny drill with the First Regiment, now stationed at Todd's Point. Up and down, up and down, Dinny was being drilled within an inch of his he commander of the “ awkward Dinny did not see his old mother, and she saw no one but Dinny. There she stood with her sweet old blue eyes suf- fused with tears and such a longing, mother-love look in them that she at- tracted the gaze of the crowd. Turning for onc instant to those nearest her, she gulpingly said: “Aw, wisha, look at ‘im—ivery nother’s son of thim out of step but me bye Dinny! "—Lippincott's. The Father of Him Census Taker: Give the ages of your five children. Fatiter: All right. Mary will be thir- teen in September—thirteen, yes, that must be right; and John is—John—ahem —he’s going on eleven, I guess; then Helen—wait a minute, I never could re- member how old she is—but Fred is— Fred is—let_ me see—and Archie— heavens, man! my wife will be back at half-past five—can’t_ you come again then?—Woman’s Home Companion. An Author's Maxim The proper study of mankind is a room where womankind can’t get in.— Lippincott’s. The Best Cocoa of them All and Delicious in Flavor yet so carefully manufactured that it is readily digested by young or old. The purest of pure foods, strengthening and invigorating. Excellent fora light lunch. Quickly prepared. Fifty ycars of world- wide popularity. Maillard's Such an universal favorite with lover Vanilla of French dainties, that it is its ova Chocolate recommendation. AT LEADING GROCERS The Luncheon Restaurant—A delightful placeto rest a while. Afternoon tea 8 106 Yy Fifth Ave and 35th Street History Repeats Itself “No Jagway, I'll not go out and drink th you. You ought to quit that habit, anyhow." “Wh—wha’ for?’ “ Because it’s undermining your con- stitution.”” “What's con’stution b'tween frien’s? Come on, ol’ fel’! "'—Chicago Tribune. —— OUR FOOLISH CONTEMPORARIES She had a diary, all bound In leather red, Designed for keeping till its course A year had sped She had a secret rich and rare, Told by a friend, Designed for keeping tight until The world should end. She had a gold piece round and bright, A nest egg planned, Designed for keeping till it grew A fortune grand. OPTIONS" A New Book By O. HARPER & BROTHERS HENRY This is an edition de luxe of O. Henry—the pick of two years’ work of this most popular of all short story writers. You've read O. Henry and you always want more Here is more—in heaping measure, sixtcen new stories—all with that fag of American hamor which is O. Henry’s own. comicbooks.com