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Life — June 1, 1911 — page 8: Life, 1911-06-01

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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The dominant image—an eagle carrying a beer bottle—advertises **Budweiser beer** from the Anheuser-Busch Brewery in St. Louis, Missouri. The eagle symbolizes American strength and patriotism. The ad claims Budweiser has maintained "Quality and Purity over fifty years ago" through "fidelity to Quality and Purity." The rhetoric emphasizes that the beer's "mildness and exquisite taste" built its popularity and kept it "at the top." Below are unrelated satirical short pieces typical of *Life* magazine's humor section: "Rubbing It In," "A Modern Romance," and "Not as Green as the Garden"—light social commentary with no clear political content. The right page contains refrigerator and office supply advertisements.

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UPON THE STRONG WINGS of Quality and Purity over fifty years ago “‘The Old Reliable” Budweiser Write for Our Free Book on Home Refrigera This book tells how to selec Home Refrigerators how to know thé Poor from the good, yw to keep down Ice bills, how tokeep a Refrigerator sani- tary and sweet—lots of things you should know before buying any Refrig Tealss tells “* Monroe’ food “compartments made in one piece of solid, unbreakable White Porcelain Ware, over an inch thick, with every comer 10 crevices anywhere, and as easy to kee: Monroe Refrigerator Co., Station 10, Lockland, A canpipate for office in Minnesota, where there is a large Norwegian vote, went to a friend who is a Norwegian and said: “I've got to m to a lot of your peop'e wish you would give 11e a neat, snappy line of Norwegian to end speech Write me out somet’.ing so I can mem orize it and makz a hit.” All right,’’ said the friend, " I'll send it 10 you.” Next day he sent this: “ Vil dere alle mmen vaere so snille at gaaned og have lidet forfris kning pas ening i salonen ne denunder.’ The candidate le his sp packed hall. At the close of the he delivered his line of Norw great declamatory effect the sun 1 thasiasm chair. “You 4904,"" Jast lik ac mounted to the top of the world’s bottled beers and never ending fidelity to/ i Hl The audience received the !ine witha Quality and Purity has kept it at the top—its mildness and exquisite taste also i re 4 yell of delight and began a rush for the Hints. helped to build its popularity. door. ene - st it “ Well,’” said the candidate, “ that was me be Anheuser-Busch Brewery “You asked them all to go down to “le the saloon and have a drin’s at your ex Peterby St. Louis, Mo. Rubbing It In Tue Derartinc Guest: Look here, you know. This is a bit thick. You charge for writing paper, and I haven't used a bally scrap all the time I've been here. Tne Prorrizror: Ah, pardon, m’sieu. It is for the paper on which your bill is made out!—London Opinion. “Does your motor car give you much trouble?” “No,” replied Mr. Chug- gins. “Tt is a source of great trouble, but I invariably pay for it. None of it is in the nature of a gift.” —Washington Star. A Modern Romance “T have just finished writing a mod- ere agrel “Does the heroine marry the hero?” “Yes, indeed! A different one in each chapter."—Youngstown Telegram. Not as Green as the Garden “Wombat must have made garden before.” “Goes about it in an intelligent man- ner, does he?” es; he ig't promising his friends any vegetables.”—Washington Herald. 1056 pense,” replied the friend Evening Post. Ab torn, Smt alte Tena Y. U. frer sur PTICDOOKS. com