Life — October 12, 1911 — page 32: what you’re looking at

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HE BLACK CAR skidded! In a flash pleasure changed to peril. There were sounds of rending wreckage and snapping steel coupled with screams of terror. It makes one shudder to think what might have bappened had the trolley car not stopped. The driver had neglected to equip his car with Weed Anti-Skid Chains—he “took a chance.” Down the long, wet, slippery road he came, but at the tarn the rear wheels would not follow the front wheels—THEY SKIDDED! —tbhe car spun ‘round—quick as a flash It erahed hrongh. she fone and brought the occupants face to face with Death Pos euin slo occas aOR All Reputable Dealers The CAR came down the same road with speed unchecked and flashed around the sharp turn in perfect safet: ‘Tho rear w! jowed the front w! ‘exactly—they tracked true as flanged car wheels upon steel rails—ahide Gag wan ctterly impessibie becaese they were eqnigped with WEED 4nti-skid CHAINS Pi make SAFETY youre—take Weed Goa rt of Arpeals, Chicago, All others are infringements. WEED CHAIN TIRE GRIP CO., 28 Moore St., New York City | CONTEMPORA The Shame of Defeat “Dear Profe: a school r, when he ought to be day he contracted a bl; ashamed. " wrote a mother teach please excuse Freddi school. According to Schedule T. Lewis, the was talking lately 3,000-mile automobile trip he hac just made in Europe. “One secs Europe in an automobile, he said, “One really it. Som tourists don't you know. “Once, in Florence, I on the bridge over the Arno, in the beauty of the old when a half-dozen American at “They hurried by me, then consulting their watches, I overheard this conversa abou! sees drinkin: a tourist drew n k walk, every now ane and, a tion “*Well, Florence is “* Florence?’ “Why, yes! in?’ “Of course all right, sure This is Florence, not. This is Venice.’ “Oh, go on! It's Monday, and Monday’s Florence ; Venice’ "—Tit-Bits. GREAT BEAR SPRING WATE 8 GO cents per case of 6 glass stoppered bot |, OUR. 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Hewat He saying that the suffrage stroyed our natural and robbed us of are those oT: insulted us by movement de timid all our gentleness Sun i Ox occasion, Governor “ Dick” Oglesby went down to Joliet to inspect one the state prison, and in one of the cells he found a very ugly man. “How did you get in here?" asked Oglesby * Abduct was the reply; “1 tried ecason, to run off with a girl, and they caught ardon you as soon id,” said the don’t see how you could other way.” [ get back wernor; expect to Ket a wife in any Irgonant INVESTORS READ La Wall Street Journal Caron Bitters—Unexcelled with Lemonade, Sherry and Whiskey. “I ‘Oct. C. 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