Life, 1911-05-11 · page 35 of 44
Life — May 11, 1911 — page 35: what you’re looking at
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This page contains primarily **advertisements rather than political cartoons**. The main content includes: 1. **W.P. Willis & Co.** (top left): An ad for imported custom tailoring, emphasizing quality materials and craftsmanship over ready-made clothing. 2. **"From Our Reader" letter** (left): A Boston reader shares an anecdote questioning vaccination's effectiveness against smallpox. The writer describes vaccinated children who later contracted smallpox, while an unvaccinated child escaped it. The letter references historical disease patterns in 19th-century German cities to suggest vaccination may be unreliable—reflecting contemporary vaccine skepticism. 3. **Milo Egyptian Cigarettes** (left): A product advertisement. 4. **Fisk Tires** (right): The largest ad, emphasizing honest manufacturing, pricing, and marketing claims—a notable rhetorical stance during an era of industrial expansion and consumer skepticism about product quality. The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture and public health debates rather than satirical commentary.
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| W.P.Wittis & C2 New York IMPORTERS DD to the exeel- nig of the design, the sterli jual- bein ity of the cloth, and you have the justifica- tion for wearing clothes made of imported materials bear- ing the WILLIS Mark. To be had only of Custom Tailo: Never in Ready Made Clofthin Vaccination as Preventive of Smallpox Deak Lire: A Bostonian of indisputable veracity tells me of the experience in his family with vaccination. Of his three chil- dren, the two older ones were vacci- nated, with ordinary results, not hav- ing been made seriously. ill, but it “took” well. A few months later the older children, six and nine, developed smallpox and were very sick. The The Egyptian Cigarette of Quality AROMATIC DELICACY MILDNESS PURITY » At your club or dealer's THE SURBRUG CO. Makers, New York escaped smallpox! The foregoing while the family lived in South Amer- This calls to mind the true story of two epidemics, at Leignitz, Germany The Tire Honestly Made, Honestly Advertised, Honestly Sold | ie every Fisk Tire enter the best in materials, experience and workmanship. All our facilities and ambition are concentrated in turning out a one-quality product which shall be first. N the sale of our tires we do not discriminate in favor of a selected list of customers. Each one receives the best tires we can make at our established prices. E do not misrepresent our product in print. Wedo not deal in catch phrases nor make propositions open to more than one interpretation. We make no extravagant claims, but we do guarantee as good tire value as it is possible for any maker to give, and thousands of experienced motorists consider Fisk Tires un- equaled in wearing qualities, F'sk Tires are made in four styles to fit all rims —Clincher, Q. D. Clincher, Fisk-Dunlop and the Fisk Bolted-On. The Fisk Removable Rim with the Bolted-On Tire pro- vides unusually strong, safe, con- venient equipment. Send at Once for Literature Telling the Story of Fisk Products. THE FISK RUBBER COMPANY Dept. S Chicopee Falls, Mass. Direct Factory Branches in 29 Cities who escaped vaccination, ed one! (See Encyclo- 29, Vol. XXIV, article on Vaccination.) And, what is of great significance in this connection is that, away back in 1871-2, when the foregoing transpired, the ratio of un- nd one at gne. In the former the first unvaccinated person to have smallpox was the two hundred and twenty-fifth; at Cologne there were one hundred and seventy-four ell vaccinated persons attacked before 951 (Contimed on page 953) Perfum Houbigant=Paris suri uality Only, In Every Store