Life, 1911-10-26 · page 9 of 50
Life — October 26, 1911 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. The dominant content is a large Fisk Tires advertisement ("Fisk Tires: Apologies to a Car Builder") featuring an illustration of an automobile tire. The ad makes a humorous self-deprecating claim that Fisk Tires aren't just "occasionally good—they are always good," addressing the phrase "Amona Fisk Tire Users Before You Buy Again." The page also contains smaller ads: **Old Overholt Rye** whiskey and **Hartshorn Shade Rollers**. A brief article titled "The Right Sort of Boy" discusses youth character and discipline, but appears unrelated to the advertisements. The "Who Those Authors Are" section lists literary references to a puzzle from page 683. Overall, this is a standard **magazine advertising page** from the early 20th century, not satirical content.
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«LIFE: Who Those Authors Are are the answers to the Poct . ded on page 683 of lost week's Live.) Hawthorne Black Roe Lover Poe Hare Reade Buckle Marvel Howell cine Lamb Swift Ward Dickens Motley Harte Twain Lever An Average A Western Representative in Congress was talking one day of his record while in that body. “I'm not ashamed of it,” said be. “I think I've done very well, on-the whole. When I reflect upon it, Tam reminded of an epitaph that I saw once in an old burying-gronnd in a country town of my State. “This .cpitaph devoted a four lines to the virtues of the goo man who lay beneath the stone, and concluded with this line in prose. “He averaged well for this vicinity.” Lippincott’s: verse of Overholt Ry “* Same for 100 years’* ij accounts for its wide popularity. A rich, meliow whiskey aged in the wood and bottled in bond—of uni- form quality and purity. _ to order “OVERHOLT "—it’s the very best A. Overholt & Co. Pittsburgh, Pa, HARTSHORN SHADE ROLLERS Bear the script name of , Stewart Hartshorn on label. Get “Improved,” no tacks required. Wood Rollers Tin Rollers FRE Fisk lires Apologies to a Car Builder During the Pt few months we have made the words, “Jn- quire Among Fis. our adve asing. Tire Users Before You Buy Again,” a part of We admit the phrase may suggest ‘‘Ask the Man Who Owns One,” but our intention is to meet a situaticn and not to imitate. Fisk Tires are not occasionally good—they are. always good. We would convince you not by a few testimonial letters but by re- ferring you to any man who is using Fisk Equipment. Fisk Bolted- on Tires With Fisk Removable ims. Fisk Heavy Car Type Tires have a tough tread and strong fabric. If they are not over- loaded and if the proper air pressure is maintained, . they average a high mileage. Reports of exceptional results from Fisk Equipment are received from every part of the country. Conditions are such that our best advertising comes from Fisk Tire Users. Styles:—Clincher, Q. D. Clincher, Fisk-Dunlop, Fisk Bolted-on Will You Inguire Before You Buy Again? The Fisk Rubber Company Dept. S. Chicopee Falls, Mass. Direct Factory Branches in the Following Cities: New York, Boston, Providence, Springfield, Mass. Hartford. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Atlanta, New Orieans,Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Si. Louis, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Kansas City, Mo., Denver, Fargo. Omaha, Seattle, Milwau- kee, Indianapolis, San Francisco, Oakiand, Los Anges. Fresno, Sacramento. Fisk Co. of Texas (3an Antonio), fexas distributers. The Right Sort of Boy I am always sorry to sce a youth get irritated and pack up his clothes in the heat of debate, and leave the home nest. His future is a little doubtful, and it is hard to prognosticate whether he will fracture at city or become President of the United States; but there is a beautiful and luminous life ahead of him in cor: son with that of the boy who ob- stinately refuses to leave the home nest. The boy who cannot summon the moral courage some day to urcoil the tendrils 701 limestone for the sircets of a of his heart from the clustering idols of the household, to grapple with out- geous fortune, ought to be taken | the car and led away out into the great untried realm of space—Bill A very pretty mai¢ had a big diamond on her finger; Cyrano de Bergerac was looking at it very intently. The mi tress of the pretended that the dia- mond was genuine. “Oh!” said Cy- t us be Christians and believe false, for if the diamond were good the girl would be no good.” comicbooks.com