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This page is primarily **advertising rather than editorial content or satire**. The dominant feature is a large Goodrich Tires advertisement claiming that only one percent of American cotton crop possesses suitable quality for tire fabric. The ad emphasizes factory quality control and positions Goodrich as "Standard Automobile Tires of America." The smaller editorial content includes a brief humorous piece titled "Too Much Uplifting Literature" about a boy named Sammy whose parents encourage him to read *Tales of the Dutch Republic*, but he finds it tedious—a gentle joke about overly earnest parental guidance regarding children's reading material. Additional advertisements for Monroe Refrigerators and Rowe's Bed Hammock fill remaining space. The page reflects early 20th-century publication economics relying heavily on paid advertising.

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¥ Vj Y y y % vy Mj ww NZ Vv NZ) 7] y y M4 NJ ¥v y Y ¥ M 7) % Vv Vv Vv y Y yj NZ Mi vy Write for Our Free Book on Home Refrigeration 1s book tells pow to select. the Home Refrigerator, how to know the from the good, w to keep ice bills, how to kee aRefrigerator sani- tary and sweet—lots of things you should know before buying any Refrigerator. Italso tellsall about the ‘* Monroe” with Ieod compartments an In one piece of sold DIRECT gid, unbreakable gad at Variory Pris White Porcelain Ware, Cash thy Payments, over an inch thick, with every corner rounded—no cracks or crevices a0) —— as easy to keep clean as a china bowl. ‘The leading hospitals use the **Mon- roe!” exclusively, and it is found ina ire majority of the best homes. The ‘* Monroe" is never sold in stores, but direct from the factory to 8 oe liberal trial offer, Freight Payments, Weare making a aed departure this year from our rule of all cash with order, and sell ihe **Monroe" on our liberal credit terms, to all desiring to buy that way. Just say “.Send Monroe Book "' ona Postal card and it will goto you by next mail, Monroe Refrigerator Co., Station 10, Lockland, Obio | Too Much Uplifting Literature Sammy's parents were trying to en- courage him to form a taste for solid reading. With this end in view, they induced him, by the promise of a sub- stantial reward, to read a certain num- ber of pages every day in Motley’s Rise of the Dutch Republic. He began it bravely, and for several weeks stuck to his task without murmur- ing. Then he began to lose interest in the book. For a boy of his age this im- For Verandas, Porches, Lawns, Indoors The Perfect Couch for Outdoor Sleeping A Rowe Hammock has hung fot ona pace, Hammock: ing for 8 or 10 summers we's Hammocks give 10 years of tot door service, As far as the algnsof wear hether a Rowe Hammock has bee! ikers on the mode! we supplied for it 1s made from duck that ts @ per ronger than that in others, and sewn ra.is wiceasstrong. Ithas sewing and brac- other maker has learned the need of. It Lut severely plain—no showiness, Just solld kts permanent in color, will not soll clothing. mocks If oe iftclass stores are licensed to sell our ham: From us.’ Deheeny enlently situated, you should buy direct, very prepaid, ready for hanging. 7 FOR DESORIPTIVE BOOKLET e ne ilk name-label on every Rowe Hammock, ‘L ROWE4 SON, Inc.,SallmakersandShipChandlers | Whart Street, GLOUCESTER, M Cotton fabric is the very backbone ofan auto- mobile Tire. Rubber receives the outside wear and gives necessary elasticity, but it is the Fabric that resists pressure, strains and shocks. To Cee necessary strength and aniform- GOODRICH TIRES | we pay more for it than we would have to pay for many grades of silk. Less than ove per cent of the entire American cotton crop possesses the length and sirengih of staple that permits its use as a source of supply for our tire fabric. Furthermore, inch ofthe finished fabric is closely inspected to eliminate the slightest possibility of weakness. It is this eternal vigilance at the factory end that l!and made them the Standard Automobile Tires of America. G TheB.F. Condi ch Coneny: , Akron,O, ¢ x Branches in’ Largest in the Wong Wholesale tire FRADE MARK. theprincipal cities. __ depots everywhere. FARGE Make. mortal work was rather heavy reading, “No; I'm tired of readin’ about the and he asked if he might not be per- rise of a republic. Let me try the De- mitted fo skip it every other da cline and Fall of the Roman Empire for “What is the matter, Sammy?” asked a while."—Youth’s Companion. his father. “Don’t you find it interest- ing?” Publication guaranteed if accepted. |. Kinxvs Dvopate Co., Desk 21, Washington, D.C. “It's kind 0’ monotonous,” he an- | swered. “Then suppose you read just one page TSI a NG . ROLLERS ) | “AND MUSICAL Oye i SON GPO EM COMPOSITIONS eet hat are successful—bring Tame and cash to thelr writers, | (pg on thon. Send us your manuscript, or write FREE PARTICULARS, ars comicbooks.com