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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains three main advertisements: 1. **Kelly-Springfield Automobile Tires** — a standard product ad emphasizing rubber composition and durability. 2. **Pompeian Massage Cream** — the dominant advertisement featuring a photograph of two women with the headline "If 40 Could Talk to 20." This pitches anti-aging skincare to women, promising to restore "youthful beauty" through massage cream. The messaging reflects early 20th-century beauty culture targeting female vanity and age anxiety. 3. **Hoover Electric Suction Sweeper** — a vacuum cleaner ad. The page also includes brief satirical articles like "Truth At Last" (poking fun at insincere Southern hospitality toasts) and "The Sure Cure" (a medical anecdote). However, these are minor editorial content amid advertising. The page represents typical Life magazine content from this era: mixing light social commentary with commercial promotions targeting middle-class consumers.

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tors are { He was bitten a year ago by a mad dog, was sent to the Pasteur we ven- A e e. he Automobile Tires Fain Pa an wah teed to be cured. them a ‘There are no “features” that can increase a tire's wear. It’s simply a case of rubber against road—with the Ne t to bark, and to-day he died : It is the rubber composition in Kelly ‘i London Daily Express. doctors them the mileage record we are proud of. What's a . y small. KELLY-SPRINGFIELD TIRE COMPANY, 20 Vesey Street, New York hat's the moral? . Branch offecs in New York, Chicago, Philadel pha, Woston, St. Tou That the dog is still alive, and well, ¥ there Las Angeles, Cleveland, Baltimore, Seattle. Attanta . stud / j ‘The Hearn Tire & Teubber Co., Columbus, ObIo. i f and so would the boy be had he not pea Hoss Rubber C ~ aT ville, | been inoculated with rabies at the . Savell Davis Rubher Works, Augusta andSavaonah, Ga. C.D, Fr % ri : - > a medi- TR. Olmatead & Son. Svracian. N.Y. y. Pasteur Institute? doctor _ _ settled tution, There may be volumes on how where to treat, or even minimize, the ill ef- causes fects of vaccination, but no volume rselves on how to avoid vaccination itself. vo That would be a breach of professior ‘ Not. al ethics, as well as an attack on ayes predatory fees ns It is a dismal and dispiriting out- ‘eae look, but there it is. Or possibly we are wrong. Can the profession en- ve the lighten wu: ae Ellis O, Jones. a dis- result re the Truth At Last te it? A group of New Yorkers recently got it the back to town after a long tour through the South. During that tour their mouths had cankered in responding to toasts at the Commercial Club banquets. If you woke one of them up suddenly in the smoking car, even before he got his cyes open, he'd be saying something about “your beautiful little city “So,” said one of the bunch, “let's get together and tell the truth, now that we're back home.” They did. They sat in one corner of the club grill and conscientiously went through the post-office list, Every time ; a Southern town was named, they moved that burg to the very center of the grid- If 40 Could Talk to 20 dine Gale de the cone waned j “Learn by my mistake! To enjoy that rose-leaf glow and velvety softness at 40— . i begin at 20!’ The example of several million refined women proves that an casy stretched himself and started out, “ Any ‘i of you fellows ever been’ in Selma; ‘Ale- | way to prolong or restore your youthful beauty is through the use of bama?" he asked. Noonehad. “ Well,” 1 sald ‘be, * there's just three shige Massage Selma—morning, noon and night.” Cream —Argonaut. vac- — = Pompeian is the original massagecream | yourself. Into the pores the Pompeian IT cis that rubs in and rolls out. It is this roll- | goes; out it comes, darkened and dirt- jakes, Sweeps ing out feature that cleanses, exercises | laden. Presto! You are transformed. and suction cleans plans . : floor coverings automatically and invigorates the skin and gives a clear, | Your skin looks clear and clean; your and by electricity. fresh, youthful complexion. No ordi- | face feels refreshed; the tired lines are nary cream can do this. | subdued. In short, Pompeian youth-i- “TM Wedel made =" Send the coupon be- | fies. It does. in America— 2 low for trial jar. ask us for + ase i Proof. = 4 & Cut eft, The Pompeian Mfg. Co, 25 Prospect St., Cleveland, O. Gentlemen: Enclosed find fe (coins or stamps) fora trial jar of Pompcian Massage Cream, the ester Fo See nes j © Subst dhe mak H oor cov sand he makes more=a renovesall ods ota GE) vourexpens:.” You can't be too carclal what a F Sou put on vour face, Get Pompeian. At feaning day a é all dealers, Sde, 75¢ and $1 Write for our booklet z GET TRIAL JAR “How to Keep Cleans” “ty Sent for 6c (coins or stamps). For years you The Hoover Section Sweeper Co., : have heard about Pompeian, You have Everywhere and meant to try it, but delayed, Clip coupon 8 A ayeeg New Berlin, 0, now. Name. Statererareceserene comicbooks.com