Life, 1911-04-13 · page 39 of 44
Life — April 13, 1911 — page 39: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes advertisements with reader correspondence about public health. The main content is a letter correcting *Life*'s recent article "Stamping Out Smallpox," which apparently claimed vaccination had nearly eliminated the disease in America. A reader (T.D. Eason from Oklahoma) disputes this, citing actual death statistics—including a 1909 outbreak at a York Cotton Mill where 9 of 15 infected people died (60% mortality). He argues the article misrepresented the data by selectively quoting low national death figures while ignoring severe regional outbreaks. The satire is implicit: *Life* had downplayed smallpox as a non-threat to mock anti-vaccination sentiment or complacency, but the reader provides hard evidence the disease remained genuinely dangerous. The page otherwise contains period automobile and oil advertisements with no apparent satirical content.
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