Life, 1912-09-26 · page 39 of 48
Life — September 26, 1912 — page 39: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising** for Hamilton watches, with decorative period poetry and satirical commentary filling the margins. The main advertisement features two railroad workers (a towerman and another employee) who carry Hamilton watches. The copy emphasizes that over half of American railroad men maintaining Official Time Inspection use Hamiltons, positioning the brand as "The Railroad Timekeeper of America." This reflects the early 20th-century industrial context where precise timekeeping was literally a safety and operational necessity for railroads. The surrounding text consists of brief satirical verses mocking religious figures: a bishop who preaches interminably (suggesting listeners fear he believes in eternal sermons), and a quack doctor-turned-curate whose ironic "trade" of burying people continues unchanged. A small article titled "More 'Proof'" critiques the *New York Herald's* defense of John D. Archbold against forgery accusations by a handwriting expert, sarcastically noting the expert's circular logic: signatures are forged because they're "too nearly identical"—absurd reasoning the Post compares to vaudeville. The page reflects period concerns: industrial reliability, religious hypocrisy, and journalistic corruption.
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Preach whate’er you will—my “ sleepers” Never will awaken yours. —James Smith (1775-1839). (These were the last lines ever written Ly the author of “ Rejected Addresses.”) On the Long Sermon of a Certain Bishop When he holds forth, his reverence doth appear So lengthily his subject to pursue, That listeners, out of patience, often fear He has, indeed, eternity in view. —Anon. On a Certain Quack lus, the famous quack, renown’d afar, For killing more than pestilence or wa Of late, in orders, is a curate mad And buries people—not to change his trade. —Anon (From “A Collection of Epigrams,; 1727.) More “Proof” The New York Herald, with that splen- did championship of clean politics for which it has stood so long, springs to the rescue of the Hon. John D, Archbold in the little embarrassment offered him by the Penrose letters. Owing to the Her- old's broad-gauged policy of never. re- ferring to Colonel Roosevelt except as “the third-termer,” it is rather difficult to find out just what it has to say. But we at last discover that it has taken the letters to a handwriting expert and ob- tained from him the ruling that the Archbold signatures are forgerie On what basis, you may ask, is this decision rendered? Simplest thing in the world. The signatures are not gen- uine because “ they are too nearly identi- cal to have been written by the same man.” Can this be excelled anywhere on the vaudeville cireuit?—Chicego Post. Sets Deep Underground in the Garbage Receiver Ground Defeats the plans of the typh ' Where Time is Vital "sees | Towerman E. F. Heide, of the Rock Island Lines, has car- ried for 10’ years a Hamilton Watch that is highly satisfactory. The selection of a watch is not a case of sentiment or fad with Their watches Both men railroad men, must be the best. W. E, Brown, an. other Rock Island Towerman, who bas for 6 years carried a Hamilton that is far mous for itsaccuracy. shown above carry Hamiltons and that they are just two out of many thousands of Hamilton owners on railroads is proven by this fact: Over one-half (almost 56%) of the men on Ameri- can Railroads maintaining Official Time Inspection carry _ Hamilton Watches are made in standard watch sizes and sold by leading jewelers everywhere, Your jeweler can fit your present watch case with a Hamilton movement if you desire. Prices of movements only, $12 $60.00, Prices of ‘com: plete watches timed and adjusted in the case at the factory, $33.50 to $125.00. Mamilton Patch ‘* The Railroad Timekeeper of America” If you want_a watch as accurate as the watches these y . : ; men carry buy a Hamilton, The Hamilton 12-size shown here is the most accurate and thinnest 19 oF 23 jewel 12-size watch made in America. This size sold complete only, Write for ‘‘The Timekeeper” ‘a book about watches, containing advice about how to buy a watch that everyone interested in the purchase of a fine watch can profitably read. It contains pic. tures, descriptions and price list of various Hamilton Models, HAMILTON WATCH COMPANY Lancaster, Pa. Open with the Poot. Ne Litter, No Odor. C.H, STEPH ., Guaranteed.” Sead for circular, SON, Mfr., 46 Farrar St., Lynn, Mass, HARTSHORN SHADE ROLLERS Bear the script name of Stewart Hartshorn on label. Get “Improved,” no tacks required. Wood Rollers Tin Rollers Presbyterians Proved to be Christians Tt was once asked, “ Are the Presby- terians Christians? “How do you make them out to be Christians?” w. n asked Answer: “Because they love their The answer aga in: “ Who are the enemies aod prizes offered for inventions sent free. SECURED OR itiey lov FEB RETURNED 2 #fhe-devil, The -w Send sketch for free search of Parent Oihce Rec How to nswer: he devil, the world, and Ode ventions wanted the flesh.’ Patest and What tolnvent wich list of ta ad VICTOR J. EVANS & CO, W An Inspiring Experience A lady who must certainly have been related to the late Mrs. Partington re- cently returned from a seventy day tour of Europe. To her friends she said with en- thusiasm that of all the wonderful things that she had seen and heard, she be lieved the thing she enjoyed most of all was hearing the French pheasants sing the mayonnaise.—Youth's Companion. comicbooks.com