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This page contains primarily **advertisements and book reviews**, not political satire. However, the notable content is: **Chartreuse Advertisement**: A legal victory announcement. The U.S. Supreme Court (Justice Hughes, May 29, 1911) ruled that only Carthusian Monks in Tarragona, Spain can use the name "Chartreuse" for their liqueur. A French company (Cusenier/Lecouturier) had been producing a competing version. The monks' monopoly on the name is now legally protected. This appears to be a legitimate business announcement disguised as advertisement. **"Torpedo-Boat Destroyer" Cartoon**: The left image captioned "A Torpedo-Boat Destroyer" shows a warship destroying another vessel. This appears to be a visual pun—the Universal Safety Razor advertisement below uses militaristic language ("destroyer") to mock competing razors, comparing shaving superiority to naval warfare. The remaining content consists of book reviews and a Standard Safety Razor advertisement promoting its superiority over older scraping-style razors.

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A TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYER Infinitely superior to any Scraping Razor A Stiff Blade, to eliminate the vi- bration in the wafer type, hollow ground to produce extreme keenness; a uniformly perfect temper to retain the infinitely superior edge, makes the “Universal” Safety Razor a revelation to those who have heretofore used the ordinary type. The diagonal draw cut —the only correct principle— and a self-adjusting guard, in- sure perfect safety and a uni- formly smooth shave—always. Everywhere $2.50 With Extra Blade With “Universal” Strop $3.00 Complete Traveler's Set $5.00 Your barber doesn’t use a scraping razor. Ask him why. Send for Razor Booklet 435 COMMERCIAL ST., NEW BRITAIN, CONN: Since the decision rendered by the United States Supreme Court, it has been decided by the Monks hereafter to bottle CHARTREUSE (Liqueur Peres Chartreux) both being identically the same article, under a combination label representing the old and the new labels, and in the old style of bottle bearing the Monks’ familiar insignia, as shown in this advertisement. According to the decision of the U. $. Supreme Court, handed down by Mr. Justice Hughes on May 2gth, 1911, no one but the Carthusian Monks (Péres Chartreux) is entitled to use the word CHARTREUSE as the name or designation of a Liqueur, so their victory in the suit against the Cusenier Company, representing M. Henri Lecouturier, the Liquidator appointed. by the French Courts, and his successors, the ompagnie Fermitre de la Grande Chartreuse, is complete. The Carthusian Monks (Péres Chartreux), and they alone, have the formula or recipe of the secret process em- ployed in the manufacture of the genuine Chartreuse, and have never parted with it. There is no genuine Chartreuse save that made by them at Tarragona, Spain. t-class Wine Merchants, Grocers, Hotels, Cates. jer & Co., 45 Broadway, New York, N.Y. Sole Agents for United States Books Received Her Word of Honor, by Edith Mac- vane, (Little, Brown Co. $1.25.) The Charioteers, by Mary Tappan Wright. (D. Appleton & Co. $1.30.) Socialism and the Great State, by H. G. Wells and others. (Harper & Bros. $2.00.) Harper's Boating Book for Boys, by Chas. G. Davis. (Harper & Bros. ) A Son of the Sun, by Jack London (Doubleday Page Co. $1.20.) The Just and the Unjust, by Vaughan Kester. (Bobbs-Merrill. $1.25.) Sharrow, by Bettina Von Hutten (Appleton’s. $1.30.) From the South of France, by Thos. A. Janvier. (Harper & Bros. $1.20.) The Strect Called Straight, by the au thor of Inner Shrine. (Harper & Bros. $1.35.) False Modesty, by Dr. E. B. Lowry. (Forbes & Co., Chicago. 50 cents.) Cheap Turkey, by Ward Macauley. (Duffield & Co. 50 cents.) The Great Taxicab Robbery, by James H. Collins. (John Lane Co. 50 cents.) His Worldly Goods, by Margaretta Tuttle. (Bobbs-Merrill. $1.25.) The Fun of Getting Thin, by Samuel G. Blythe. (Forbes & Co. 35 cents.) Cutting It Out, by Samuel G. Blythe. (Forbes & Co. 35 cents.) Base! ogy, by Edmund Vance Cooke. (Forbes & Co. 50 cents.) Convictions of a Grandfather, by Rob- ant. (Chas. Scribner's. $1.25 Judgments of the Sea, by (Sturgis, Walton & Co. Play~- Making, by Lighted Way, by penheim, A Difference Giuns: And so your wife gets along on comparatively little, does she? Dinas: Yes—that is, on little com- pared with what she thinks she ought to have.—Boston Transcript. , Purr canceled the appointment of a' judge in the case of a friend of Anti- pater's who used to dye his beard. “ man who cannot be trusted in his hair,” he said, “cannot be trusted in business.” "ROWE’S | GLOUCESTER _BED HAMMOCK | ‘or Verandas, Porches, Lawns, Indoors The Perfect Couch for Outdoor Sleeping jonth: le by sal years to the U.S. and sewn with thre: ing and bracing no other maker rely plain—no ie nan ¢ E.L. ROWE & SON, loc. , Sai imckers ad Ship Chandlers 135 Duncan Street, Gloucester, Mass comicbooks.com