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This page is primarily **advertising, not satire**. The dominant content is a Diamond Rubber Company advertisement featuring a dramatic photograph of a wrecked automobile, with text emphasizing that Diamond Safety Tread tires are reliable for long-distance touring. On the left are smaller ads for Security Reliners tires (promoting "2 for $1") and the Security Rubber Company. The page also contains brief book reviews, including discussion of Andrew Carnegie's "Me" and W.R. Hearst's "The Yellow Streak." There is no political cartoon here. The wrecked car image is purely commercial—meant to sell tires by implying their safety prevents such accidents. This reflects early 1900s advertising style emphasizing product reliability through dramatic visual evidence of dangers.

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library shelf; especially" geritlemen’s \ libraries. The author has spent a long \ time in getting his facts together, and he presents the results in a series of chap- ters devoted to those who ought to be friends with each other, and who would be if circumstances were not different from what they had been. TI book is full of thrilling situations and hairbreadth escapes, and there is not a dull page in it. Some of the chapters are: “How to Throw Over a Friend at a Critical Moment.” “What to Do When Your Friend Stands in Your Way,” etc. Mer, by Andrew Carnegie. Copyright, 1912, by the United States of America. We opened this book with many feel- ings of misgiving, in fear that the author would not be able to do justice to the subject. We put it down with complete satisfaction; he had covered the ground thoroughly, “Me” is an = absorbing story of philanthropy in the Twentieth Century, showing how it is sible f ds milli f . veny wubb galing © eebalatiog (GF ; After All, the Acid Test doing it. The author has a splendid grip- of Tires is Touring ping style and nothing escapes him. In | fact, after you have laid down the book . | you feel tha “Me” bas aa absorbing OU may take chances in the j power that renders it dangerous to come \ city within a block or two of a | in contact with. To read about “Me” Vie tire repair shop, but out in the country, is one thing, but to get near enough to : touring, eighty miles from nowhere, you must have a tire that you can depend upon. The Diamond Safety Tread Tire is the ideal touring tire. It is staunch, rugged, reliable and troubleless. It is safe in ticklish places and under all conditions, It has life insurance built into it—and it won't skid either forward or sideways. And it gives you mileage—more even than the Diamond Smooth Tread Tire, which is greatest in mileage among smooth tires. The Diamond Safety Tread Tire is an economical all the year round tire. Diamond Safety and Smooth Tread Tires are made to fit every style of rim. In addition to dependable dealers everywhere there are FIFTY-FOUR Diamond Service Stations. Diamond Service means more than merely selling tires—it means taking care of Diamond Tire users. The. Diamond Rabber @mpany AKRON, \ OHIO Pe= my J ECURITY RELINERS mean 3,000 to $,000 more miles out of your tires— practically double the mileage claimed by standard makers for their tires. That's ‘as good as “two tires for one."* Most people think tire strength lies in the rubber. In reality, it's in the fabric, Security Reliners We Could Build Them Cheaper, But We Won’t We Would Build Them Better, But We Can’t are constructed of three or more layers of best Quality fabric, according to size, and built up over = = = aluminum forms and cured by our own process. a Reinforce your, good tires NOW—don't wait for blow outs, Take them in time and double their mileage, As for those you've discarded as worthless, Security Reliners will give you 1,000 it is another. We hope our readers will i ite t 1 Never- {0 3000 more miles out cf them! Ol course, appreciate the: distinction: whe story Ieraulte tre to life, Never Sceunty Reliners will not raise the dead—but pp fe ther csunchen:. theless it is a very popular book, and we they'll prolong the life of the living wonderfully, 10Ng—yet light—positi have no doubt it will have a large circle of readers. It is in reality a problem novel, thinly disguised under the name of advertising. The moral, however, is not quite plain. It seems to be that if you can make enough noise and set up no lossof resiliency, Tue Yettow Srreax, by W. R. Hearst. Belt Line Press. This is a work of fiction, having about it many feminine touches. The illustra- tions are profuse and might be better. Prices Very Reasonable—Send for FREE Booklet and 1912 Price List ‘Today or Ask Your Dealer Our Guarantee is Satisfaction, or Money Refunded SECURITY RELINER CO., Inc. 00 43 78 7 83 30 45 ple ole There is evidence of hurry in the com- itz 32 Meade Steet MONTGOMERY, NY. [2 position; and we hope we are not too an altar of bad taste you are bound to i 250 West Séth St,, Telephone 2320 Columbus hypercritical, but we do not think that be known by everybody. s || SEES eS eH 1009 comicbooks.com