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Life — February 15, 1912 — page 40: Life, 1912-02-15

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This page is primarily **advertisements** rather than political satire or commentary. The longest text passage appears to be a humorous dialect-heavy narrative (likely from *Harper's Magazine*, per the credit) depicting rural or working-class characters debating whether land or water has produced more wonders. The informal speech patterns and topics (coal oil from wells, western plains, the role of water in vegetation) suggest early-20th-century American frontier or agricultural concerns, but no specific political figures or events are referenced or caricatured. The left side features a **Chiclets gum advertisement** with an ornate framed portrait and marketing copy about refined taste. The page also contains ads for **Hunter Baltimore Rye whiskey**, a Life magazine picture catalog, and **Burpee seed catalog**—typical commercial content from this era of *Life* magazine.

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SIRE hiclets REALLY DELIGHTFUL She Buinty Nint Covered cand Counted Chewing Gum The singer’s tones are more dulcet, the speaker’s voice more clear, when Chiclets are used to ease and refresh the mouth and throat. The noting ment of chewing gu for people of re ne ment. It’s the pepper- mint—the true mint. Look for the Bird Cards in the packages. You can secure a eautiful Bird Album free. For Sale at all the Better Sort of Stores 5c. the Ounce and In Sc., ind 25c. Packets de shavin’s don't light. I gits mad an I slaps in a bucket ob water, an’ away she goes, all a-blazin’ in a second. Ob, shaw! sich bosh! Don’ take no ‘count ob dat. It would be a wonder if it was true; but, oh, my, what cabbage it is! Jedges, don’t take no ‘count ob sich idle talk, I say, saar, dat de lan’ produce de mos’ wonders, Look at de trees, de flowers, de grain, de cabbages, de inyuns, dat spring up out ob de lan’. Look at de Mammoth Cave, more wonderful dan all de falls dat eber fell. See how dey bore in de groun’ fifteen hundred feet an’ more, an’ out come coal-oil two thou- san’ bar'l a minit. I'd jus’ like to see any dese water folks bore a hole fifteen hundred feet down into de ocean an’ pump out one gallon ob coal-oil in an hour! Can you dig down in de ocean or in de lakes an’ git out gold an’ silber an’ iron an’ coal? Can you build a rale- road on de ocean an’ cut a tunnel thru de waters? No, saar.” Mr. Hunnicut said: “It’s jus’ ‘curred to my mind, on Mr. Morchouse speakin’ "bout de trees an’ de grass an’ de inyuns an’ cabbages, dat when I was out in de Far Wes’ I allus notice dat on de plains, on de mountains, anywheres away from de streams, no timber grows, no wegi- tation, no grass, mos'ly barr’n; but all along de streams dere’s de grass, de trees, de wegitation. Why? ’Cause ob de moistureness, de water. So, ‘pears to me dat de cause ob all de b'utiful wegi- tation, after all, is de water, Ain't dat so, saar?”” The committee decided about as fol- lows: “ De advocates of water hab made 160 Pictures for 25 Gents AMISS 13 WORSE THAN A MILE Make Your Home More Attractive Send twenty-five centsfor LIFE'S handsome | 130-page catalogue showing miniature reproductions of pictures for framing, ranging in price from twenty-five cents up to If, upon examination, you jink the ‘catalogue is not worth ice, we will return the money. d in stamps or cash to Life, 17 West 32st St., New York a good showin’, considerin’ how little we really know about water. But as we is more sure ob de lan’, we mus’ decide in favor ob de lan’, but recommend de water side as deserbin’ high credit for deir investigations, an’ de instruction an’ edifyin’ ob de meetin’.” —Harper’s Magazine, RYE HAS MORE NUTRITION thanany other grain. By skilful distillation its remarkable food quality makes it the Richest Product of the Still. HUNTER BALTIMORE RYE with its Mature and Mellow Flavor is known as Burimone Rie THE AMERICAN GENTLEMAN'S WHISKEY eet Ya TaNanang 5 BaurimoRe holes out de longest. Den listen to what he sez about water makin’ de fire burn! Did you eber—did you eber hyaar de like? Now, ’cordin’ to Dr. Crane, s’posen I wants to start a fire in dis yar stove. I gits some shavin’s, an’ puts in den some pine kindlin’s, den berry care- fully pour on a little, jus’ a little, kary- sene, den puts on a few nice pieces ob coal, lights a match, sticks her to de shavin’s, an’ she don’t burn; I lights a newspaper and frows her under de grate; Sold at all first-class cates and by Jobers. WM. LANAHAN & SON, Baltimore, Md. Phil d Ip hi is ulBcent for the front af past card. Af ro will write your own address plainly on the other rpee, a e phia, side we shall be pleased to send THE LEADING Bur SEED CATALOG —an clegant book of 178 pages, iat ol eect tee Burpee-Quality possible and who are willis comicbooks.com