Life, 1913-10-30 · page 33 of 40
Life — October 30, 1913 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It contains: 1. **Kelly-Springfield Automobile Tires ad** (top left): A straightforward product advertisement emphasizing handcrafted quality over machines in tire manufacturing. 2. **"A Reasonable Explanation"** (top right): A brief humorous anecdote about a woman helper who admits she can't read, explaining her disinterest in books—a gentle joke playing on ironic self-awareness. 3. **"How It is Done"** (middle left): Editorial advice from a 1913 newspaper trade journal listing practical tips for journalists gathering local news (visiting undertakers, hospitals, police stations, etc.), presented without satirical intent. 4. **"A Happy Marriage" book ad** (lower left): Advertisement for a sexology instructional book. 5. **Large Dioxogen ad** (right half): A testimonial advertisement for hydrogen peroxide solution, warning against inferior imitations containing Acetanilid as a preservative. The page reflects early 1910s advertising and lifestyle content with no evident political satire.
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ESE Kelly-Springfield Automobile Me Hands came way ahead of machines. In our opinion they still are—way ahead— when it comes to making tires. Kelly-Springfield Automobile Tires prove it. KELLY-SPRINGFIELD TIRE COMPANY Branch offices ia New York. vos Abgel ‘The Hear Tire & Rubber Co., Colom! oss Rett Rubber & Supply Co.. Iedianapols, feat KR: Olustead & Soa, Syracuse, A Reasonable Explanation We were packing our goods prepara- tory to moving to a distant town, writes a friend of The Companion. My usual helper being ill, I employed a new as sistant, a woman of thirty or more. As I was engaged in packing our books. she paused a moment beside me. Cor. Bway & 57th St., N. Y. “Somehow, I never cared much for Detroit i, Sam Francisco, books,” she remarked; “ but, then,” continued, after a thoughtful pause, “I can't read, and that may have something to do with it."—Youth's Companion. How It is Done This is not a parody. It is a collec- tion of a few out of many similar items printed in the Newspaper Owner & World (London) of May 3rd, 1913, un- der the title “ How to get Material for Paragraphs ": Call weekly on the undertaker and find out anything of interest in the life that has closed. . Consult local marriage board at local registry Call’ regularly at hospital, police sta- tion, fire station, ete. Get clue at railway station to holiday absences of local prominent people. Have a cheery “ Anything fresh?” for every friend of acquaintance you may meet. Cultivate the acquaintance of chatty people who know things. ; Make free use of cigarettes, which are inexpensive and go a long way. Encourage loquacity on the part of your barber. Get local weather facts from local meteorologist. Be constantly on the alert. Where excitement of any sort is manifested get to the bottom of it. Preserve your dignity and that of your paper while getting your information, and be on the look-out for hoaxes. It is easy to see now what it is that so interesting. ¢ Statesman, makes our news A Happy Marriage Depends largely on a knowledge of the whole truth about self and sex and their relation to life and health. This knowl- edge docs not come in. telligently of itself, nor correctly from ordinary, every-day sources, SEXOLOGY (CMusteated) ‘iam 1, Walling, A. wlesome way in one Knowledge a ¥ Knowtetge « Young Y Alin one volume. IMustrated. $2. postpaid. Ne Sor “Other People't Opinions” ant Table of Content: Puritan Pub. Co. 776 Perry Eldg., Phila., P: M.D., imparts in a clear Sets Deep Underground _—iin the Garbage Receiver Ground Cree witb the Poot Freezing To the Millions of Loyal Users of Dioxogen The loyalty of millions of friends means much to Dioxogen. When Dioxogen was first made we counted solely on the loyal support of the medical profession and the army of repu- table druggists who would realize instantly the value of a pure Peroxide of Hydrogen—always the same—retaining its strength indefinitely without the aid of Acetanilid as a pre- servative. We did not count on You. But you came. First in hundreds, then thousands and now there are millions in addition to the doctors and druggists who claim Dioxogen as their safeguard against infection—who appreciate its value as a mouth wash and for scores of other toilet uses. To you we issue a word of s e Look ovt when some one cffers you a Wi arning. © peroxide “jest as good” as Dioxogen. Asi to see the label. If you find the word “Acetanilid” on it you will know that the so-called “just as good” is impure and inferior because it requires this questionable drug to preserve it. Acc- tanilid is put in Peroxide of Hydrogen to make it keep, but it also makes it rank, affects its color and gives it a disagreeable taste and smell. Without Acetanilid ordinary Peroxide would not keep long enough to move it off the drugzists’ shelves. You have trusted Dioxogen in the past. You can always trust it. We will never cheapen it by adding impurities. Tho work Dioxogen has to do is too important to permit cf any lowering of its standard of purity. The Oakland Ghemical Co., 98 Front St., New York WA AAW AIAN NYVANVAV(IVAY ANA A AWW BY BWW INA/AN} comicbooks.com