Life, 1910-02-24 · page 28 of 36
Life — February 24, 1910 — page 28: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, typical of early 1900s magazines. The content mixes commercial ads with humorous filler pieces: **Main Advertisement**: Haynes automobile (Model 19, $2000) emphasizes value and established reputation—a sales pitch common when automobiles were luxury items. **Humor Pieces**: Short jokes scattered throughout include: - A medical satire about homeopathic vs. allopathic bills (poking fun at doctor costs) - Library catalog absurdities (indexing jokes about "Lead Poisoning" under wrong categories) - A deaf-and-dumb joke about two celebrities who "got along finely" because neither could communicate - A Boston epilepsy anecdote about a man who pre-emptively denies appendicitis **Period Product Ads**: Humorously advertise laxatives, spring water, and whiskey—typical patent medicine era offerings presented as solutions to various ailments. The cartoon labeled "Hello, Central! Give Me Life" depicts a skeleton operator, punning on telephone operators' standard greeting. Overall, this reflects early-1900s advertising standards and casual humor styles now considered dated or insensitive.
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va / Model 19 B $2000 Fully Equipped you can get full value for your money in an automobile just as you can in other merchandise, éf you are careful in the buying, The Haynes is the only car of an established reputation celling at a moderate price. The Haynes reputation speaks for the quality of this car—and the price speaks for itself. Model 19 at $2000 is fully eguipped. The shrewd buyer will get a demonstration of this much-talked-of Haynes before buying any other car—at avy price. It represents a clear saving of $1000—a car for those wanting a $3000 car at a $1000 less price. HAYNES AUTOMOBILE COMPANY 118 Main Street, Kokomo, Indiana Although the doctor cured him With a homepathic pitl, He subsequently floored him With an allopathic bill. —Philadelphia Ledger, SA 4g NS, Retro nneenmannnnnanrennnnannnwnnn SS RN SS x Yi yj “anerensnacnssaacrssssvistessersmnesocestneeetivennenuuuumunmunmarnuannennnitly Gems of Indexing The following are to be found in the catalogue of the Squantum Corners Pub- lic Library: Bacon; Its Preparation. “on Inductive Reasoning. Lead Poisoning. “Kindly Light—Lestie’s Weekly. Mental Ari hmetic “Wo is that man whom you greeted? "* “He is the third husband of the first wife of my second husband.’’—Sourire, The Pleasure Was Mutual The friends of two American celebri- ties, one a stutterer and the other some- what deaf, succeeded after much manceu- vering in getting them to meet, and the event aroused considerable unholy glee. Some time thereafter the stutterer was asked how the interviews passed off. “Oh, w-we g-g-got along f-finely,”” he stammered. “I c-c-couldn’t t-t-talk and s-s-she c-c-c-couldn’t h-h-hear me.’’— Lippincott’s. “HELLO, CENTRAL! GIVE ME LIFE.” Ax epileptic dropped in a fit on the streets of Boston not long ago and wis taken to a hospital. Upon removing bis coat there was found pinned to his waist coat a slip of paper on which was wri ten: “This is to inform the surgeon that this is just a case of plain fit, not ap Hee oe dba Suistschcn, guaranteed or tovey pendicitis. My appendix has already Fe nee fi each, 6 for $5 $0 oF 12 for $10 detivered. been taken out twice." —Argonaut. Keepshape co. Devt, rer Nassau St., GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER New xork: “Its purity has made it famous” For CONSTIPATION Try Janos NATURAL APERIENT WATER Avoid Unscrupulous Druggists WHISKEY MAY COME AND WHISKEY MAY GO, BUT HUNTER BALTIMORE RYE GOES ON FOREVER—SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST— FOR MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE, PURITY AND WHOLESOMENESS Sqld at all Aratctane cafes aod by joddern, WM, LANAHAN & SON, Baltimore, Md. comicbooks.com