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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The main content is a large advertisement for Motz Cushion Tires, promoted as superior equipment for electric vehicles. The ad lists major electric car manufacturers (Babcock, Baker, Studebaker, etc.) who allegedly use Motz tires as standard equipment. It argues these makers pay premium prices ($50-$125 more per set) for Motz tires specifically because they provide puncture-proof, blow-out-resistant tires—a significant concern for early 1900s vehicles. The technical diagrams show the tire's construction: double-notched tread and undercut sides designed for shock absorption. The **context**: This reflects the early automotive era when electric vehicles competed seriously with gasoline cars, and tire reliability was a major selling point. The ad essentially claims that prestigious manufacturers' endorsement proves Motz superiority. The other advertisements (Old Overholt Rye whiskey, a patent office notice) and the dialogue fragment about Niagara Falls are unrelated content filling the page.

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EERE in’ roun’ after another thing like a curry- comb wid a flounced handle. Dere was a year ob corn, wid a ruffle down each side, an’ de fuss ting I knowed a six- legged base-drum come swimmin’ along an’ jus’ swallowed it. Talk about won- ders on de lan’! Dey ain't a patchin’ to de water.” Mr. Lewman said: “De fuss part ob Mr. Hunnicut’s argyment, seems to me, is all for de lan’, Dere would be no Niagary or any odder falls if de lan’ wasn’t in such a mos’ wonderful shape to make falls. De water falls ‘cause dat’s its matcher. Jus’ look right here in Mount Vernon. Dere’s Norton's Dam; dere’s de same principle, de same !aw ob natcher. Take away de dam, de water is no more dan common water. No, saar, dere’s no wonder in de water at Niagary. De wonder is in de lan’.” Dr. Crane said: “ Perhaps it’s not gen- crally known, but still it is a fac’, dat if it's not for de water in de air we'd all die, Dere mus’ be water in de air we take into our lungs to sustain life. An’, strange as it may seem, dere mus’ be water in de air to sustain combustion. You could not kindle a fire were it not for de aqueous gases ob de air. (By aqueous I mean watery.) I call dat won- derful—I can see nothing like it in de lan’—dat de water which put out de fire is necessary to make de fire burn.” Mr. Morehouse said: “ Mr. Chaarman, I hope dat you'll rule out all dat Dr. Crane jus’ said. Instruct de committee The Same Old" Whiskey your ancestors used Overholt Rye “* Same for 100 years’” Bottled in bond and aged in the wood tomaturity —light body with exquisite boquet— worth asking for A. Overholt & Co, These Makers of Electrics Pay Extra to Save You Tire Trouble ‘These makers of electric pleasure cars now use Motz Cushion Tire equipment. Names are ARES" siphabetically: Argo Electric Vehicle Co., Saginaw, BABCOCK—Babcock Electric Carriage Co., Buffalo, BAILEY~S.R. Bailey & Co. Amesbury, Mase. BAKER—Baker Motor Vehicle Co., Cleve- land, Ohio. BORLAND—Borland-Grannis Co., Chicago, BRUC—Broc Electric Vehicle Co., Cleve- land, Ohio. CENTI URY—Century Electric Car Co., Detroit, Mich. (CHURCH-FIELD—Church-Field Motor Car Co. Sibley, Mich: LARK—Clark Motor Car Co., Butfalo, N.Y. lal Electric Co., DAYTON—Dayion Electric Car Co., Dayton, DETROIT — (Anderson Electric Car Co., FRITCHLE™ Fritchle Auto and Battery Co., Denver, Colo. GRINNELL Grinnell Electric Car Co., Detroit, Mich. HUPP-YEATS—Hlupp Corporation, Detroit, KIMBALi—C. P, Kimball & Co., Chicago, III. OH10—Ohio Electric Car Co., PHIPPS—Phipps Electric Mich. RAUGH, & LANG-—Rauch & Lang Carriage ‘oledo, Ohio. Car Co.,_Detrolt, Co., Cleveland, Ohio. NDARD, tandard Electric Car Co., ckson, Mic! STUDEBAKER = Studebaker Corporation, South Bend, ind. WAVERLEY —WaverteyCo.tndlanapotie,ted- Ire ts produced . undercut sides, by Hantwtee bridges and aceret processed rusber, A—shows double, notched tread: undercut sides. 'C—Show: D—shows absorbing means when passing over an obstruction. a77) In order to give you an easy-riding electric pleasure car, with tires that can’t puncture or blow- | out, all leading makers of electrics, who build 95 | per cent. of all American-made electrics, are now putting Motz Cushion Tires on their cars as standard equipment. They do this, even though they must pay $50 to $125 more per set for Motz Cushion Tires than for pneumatic, semi-solid or truck tires. Yet Motz Tire equipment, in most cases, adds nothing to the price you pay for your electric. Simply advise any of these makers that you want Motz Cushion Tires on your electric and you will get them. And you will have tires that last, on an average, five times as long as the most costly pneumatics. Motz Cushion Tires are guaranteed for 10,000 | miles—two years. Pneumatic tires average less than 3,000. If you now have a pneumatic electric-equipped | or truck-tire-equipped electric, you can easily change to Motz Cushion Tires and multiply many fold the pleasure, comfort and safety of motoring, Motz Cushion Tires fit any standard clincher, universal quick-detachable or demount- able rim. Learn more about these wonderful tires) by writing to-day for our handsome booklet 91./ Please mention make and model of your car. i The Motz Tire & Rubber Co Factories and Executive Offices: AKRON, O.|/ BRANCHES: 1737 Broadway, New York; 2023 Michigan Avenue, | Chicago; 999 Woodward Avenue, Detroit; 409 E. 15th Street, f Kansas City. q We also Manufacture Demountable Solid and Cushion Tires for Commercial || i ii } | \, i SECURED OR not to take no ‘count ob it. Sich talk’s too much fool nonsense, (Excuse my ‘spression, but I get so excited when I hear such tomfoolery and ridiculus slush in a 'spectable meetin’, dat I forget myself, an’ don't know for de minit weder I's drivin’ mule waggin or in meetin’, 'Scuse me, an’ I'l try to keep my feelin's down. But, as I say, when sich trash is lugged in as sinsible argyment, it riles me.) Dr. Crane says we mus’ hab water to breeve. I daar him to de trial. He may go down an’ stick his college hed (excuse me, saar), his eddicated hed, in de creek, an’ take his breevin’ dar, saar, an’ I'll take my stan’ an’ my breevin’ on dis platform A Happy Marriage Depends largely on a knowl- edge of the whole truth about self and sex and their relation to life and health. This knowledge does not come intelligently of itself, nor correctly from ordinary, every-day sources. SEXOLOGY : (Ultustrated) by William H. Walling, 4.D., imparts in a clear, wholesome wayin on Knowledge a Young Man Should 1 = Husband sh noua ‘athe Should BH Knowledce a Young Knowledge a Yo Knowledze a Mothe: ve. impart to Her Daughter, ‘Should Have, Knowledge a Mother Shor Medical Knowledge a W! ATENT send akesch for free search of Patent Office Records, How to Obtain a Patent and What to lavest wishlist of Inventions wanted ‘4 Dries ofcred tor inventions gent ftce,_ "Patents adcertived free. VICTOR J. EVANS & CO., Washingtoa, D.C. Allin one volume. Weite for “Other People’s Ov Puritan Pub. Co., 776 Perry Bldg., Phila., Pa, FEE RETURNED ed, $2, postpald. by de stove, an’ let the committee decide de case on de merits ob de proof on who