Life, 1911-08-03 · page 3 of 40
Life — August 3, 1911 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is predominantly **advertising rather than satire or political commentary**. The right side features a large Firestone Tires advertisement claiming their product wins races and offers superior durability and value. The left side contains miscellaneous content: a list titled "Who Those Poets Are," a brief anecdote labeled "Unlucky Indian!" about Stonewall Jackson and Native Americans, and a Peter's chocolate advertisement. The "Unlucky Indian" section appears to be light period humor—a brief joke about cultural misunderstanding between a Native American and Stonewall Jackson during the Civil War era, though the humor's exact point is unclear from the text provided. Overall, this reads as a standard magazine page mixing editorial content with advertising, lacking significant political cartoons or sustained satirical commentary.
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Who Those Poets Are ow are the answers to the Poetical Puccle propounded on page 152 of last k's Lape) Henry W as Gray Hunt Richard Lovet » Moore Oliver Gold Saxe Philip 8 Longfellow Sie Walter Scott Sir John Suckling Unlucky Indian! \ correspondent to the Baltimore Sun, sto the statement of Miss John- The Long Roll,” that Stonewall “had but little sense of humor relates | no understanding of a joke,” his incident: I remember one night we were dri Strasburg, Va, in an General Jackson and a number of his staff, including my father, were in the party. I, a little boy around the camp, huddled up in the corner and kept very quiet As we went along my father, who was a Massachusetts man, told this story : In the early days of the Puritans a met one of them going out into the woods with a gun and he said: ing, from omnibus. This Label Means The | Perfect Eating Chocolate | Because the blend of finest cocoa beans with just the right amount of pure milk combined by the famous Peter Process cannot be approach- ed by any other manu- facturer, Peter’s comes in several varieties, both plain and with almonds. The ideal food and candy combined. At every store and news- stand, Your Dealer Will Sell You World’s-Record Tires aces the world has ever et ended the day of the ily built racing tire.. Every Firestone tire is to be a world's record tire It is an open secret that many of the great racing and touring contests of the past have been won by specially built tires, Firestone has steadily refused to build such tires. | We have put all our efforts into making stock tires the best we knew how, policy to sell you just the same durability that wins races for the world's most famous drivers. Firestone tires are not made to win races—they win races because of the way they are made, Theextra- ordinary durability of Firestone tires in racing serv- ice merely confirms their extra mileage in touring and every-day service. To ensure this durability adds materially to the manufac of Firestone tires. “Yet the price of Firestone Tires is only slightly above that of ordinary tires and is many times repaid in extra miles of service-—the Most Miles for Every Dollar You Pay. Smooth and Non-Skid treads—any standard ipe of case or inner tube. Firestone Quick- Ses haste Demountable Rims to carry your spare lires inflated. The lightest practical rims made—see illustration. The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, O. Amertea's Largest exclustee tire and rim makers.” Sp ee Fares nei Ho. Titres 2 “ Where are you going?” “To the woods.” “What are you taking your gun with you for?” “T may meet an Indian.” “ Are you not a Calvinist?” “T am, in deed and in truth.” “You can't die until your time comes.” “TT know that.” “Then why carry the gun “T might meet an Indian whose time had come.” And Stonewall Jackson laughed most heartily.—Petersburg Index-Appecl. im Right Contector: Ticket, please. PasseNGER: ’Aven't got it—losht it Couector (making out ticket): Six and five, please. Passencer: Hic—eleven! —London Opinion. Fortunate “ She's the most fortunate girl I know of.” “That so?” “Yes; she’s been married three times, and each time successfully.” — Detroit Free Press.