Life, 1913-05-01 · page 37 of 48
Life — May 1, 1913 — page 37: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** with minor editorial content. The dominant feature is a full-page advertisement for **Republic Rubber Co.'s "Staggard Tread Tires,"** showing a cross-sectional diagram of a tire emphasizing its layered construction and tread thickness as selling points for durability and mileage. Supporting advertisements include: - **Basline Autowline** (a steel cable tow rope for automobiles) - **Mount Desert, Maine** (vacation destination) The editorial content consists of brief anecdotes: a humorous restaurant dialogue about conflicting customer comfort demands, and a philosophical quote about judging beauty. At the bottom is a small cartoon caption about "Willie Turtle" always being "it" in tag—a lighthearted joke about childhood games, not political satire. **Overall:** This is a commercial magazine page from 1908 showcasing automobile-related products and services, reflecting the early automotive era when such equipment was novel consumer goods.
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PULLS 4000 POUNDS UP 20% GRADE Patented, Tracle Mark Registered. i i Autowline can be attached to any i car quick as a wink. It will pull your {/ car, or your friend’s car, home every- } time. It will also start a stalled wheel on its own power. | BASLINE AUTOWLINE i Made of famous ‘‘Yellow Strand’? Wire Rope f is 25 feet of finest flexible }4-inch stecl wire | rope on earth; weighs only § pounds. Coils | up flat under a cushion until you need it. Buy a Basline Autowline from your acces- sory dealer for only $3.75 today. Then you're good and ready for any emergency of the road, FR E E Autowline circular tells the whole story in pictures, Write for it today. The Little Steel Rope with the “Big Pull” BRODERICK & BASCOM ROPE CO. |i i i } i 809 No. 2nd Street, St. Louis, Mo. New York Office: 76C. Warren St. Makers of “Yellow Strand” wtre rope, used the world over, Business Head “Open the window, waiter; I am roasting,” a customer exclaimed who had just dined at a Paris restaurant. “Shut it up, waiter; I am frozen,” protested a man who had just sat down: The waiter hesitated. The proprictor settled the dispute at once. “Obey the customer who has not yet dined,” he said—London Daily Mail. I surrose it will be casily granted that no man can judge whether any animal be beautiful in its kind, or deformed, who has seen only one of that species. —Sir Joshua Reynolds. Magical MOUNT DESERT Off the Maine Coast Mountains, deep woods, seashore, all together on this wonderful island. It has been called the most beautiful place in the world. NORWAY AND ITALY IN ONE Famous for its brilliant yachting, its cliff drives, golf, tennis, mountain climb- ing, fishing, bathing. For its gay social life— Bar Harbor and many less formal places — for its de- lightful and interesting summer people. Perfect hotels and charming boarding- jouses, Send for FREE BOOKLET “Mt. Desert, Isle of Enchantment” Address Vacation Bureau THE NEW ENGLAND LINES Room 830 So. Station, Boston, = ‘Mass. cross section view. Note the extra tread thick- ness supplied by the Staggard Tread studs, the many layers of fabric. Then remember the quality of material, the masterful workmanship that goes into Republic Tires---and you have the answer to tire economy and real tire mileage. But cross sections can only interest you. The tire itself, on your car, under the most gruelling treatment will prove to you its worth. Try your first one NOW. The Republic Rubber Co. Youngstown, Ohio Branches and Agencies in the Principal Cities Republic Staggard Tread Patented September 15-22, 1908 “WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH WILLIE TURTLE?” “e's MAD CAUSE He's ALWAYS ‘IT' WHEN WE PLAY TAG. comicbooks.com