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This page contains several **advertisements and short humorous pieces** rather than political cartoons. The main items are: 1. **Evans' Ale advertisement** — a Christmas gift pitch for beer barrels 2. **"Boots" story** — a sentimental anecdote about a loyal dog that sacrifices itself protecting a child from a rattlesnake in Colorado. The piece celebrates the dog's heroism and loyalty, presented in a folksy, touching manner typical of early 20th-century sentimental humor. 3. **"Tronclad-Exide" Battery advertisement** — promoting electric storage batteries used in an Arctic expedition, marketed as reliable for extreme cold conditions and electric vehicles 4. **"Sexology" book advertisement** — promoting an educational text about sexual health and marriage 5. **"Rad-Bridge" card game advertisement** 6. **"Confidence" essay** — a brief reflection on trust and banking safety The page is primarily **commercial content** with light human-interest pieces. There are no political cartoons or satire requiring historical context.

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~ Cut Loose he conventional and give something practical and frome of providing much creature comfort and good eee, say a barrel containing 10 dozen bottles good old | That’s the Christmas Gift that “makes good” in pleasure and_ benefit. vans’ Ale Send your order NOW. Alt dealers of C. 1. EVANS & SONS, Hudsot “Boots” ITHOUT any knowledge of the war- fare being fought in behalf of himself and his friends, an amiable young vull-dog, answering to the name of “Boots”, has just laid down his life, though not in the interest of science. Indeed, it is to be feared that he knew little of nothing about the immense bless- ings that acered to mankind through hanging dogs up by their hind legs, and then ¢ inquisitorial ex- plorations of their innards. But “ Boots” did know his little mistress—and loved her, too, And when a Colorado esnake sprang at the five-year-old ild, “ Boots” didn’t have time to think, so he just leaped between the reptile and the little one, and took what was As to the outcome—well, the snake was soon dead. Then “ Boots” iled a few happy smiles, began to feel sort o’ dizzy like, smiled a few more times the best he knew how, and passed in his chips. In good old Colorado style, “He done his d—dest’—the angels in heaven can’t do more.—Washington Post. have A “Happy Marriage Depends largely on knowledge of the a whole truth about self and sex and their relation to life and health. This knowl edge does not come in- telligently of itself, nor To Lighten the Nights That are Six Months Long— The “Tronclad=Exide” Battery IHERE recently sailed from New York an Arctic Expe- dition of great historic and geographical importance. It was sent out under the auspices of the American Museum of Natural History, the American Geographical Society, the University of Illinois, and other institutions of learning, to explore the North Polar regions, with particular work in Crocker Land, a vast territory beyond the Arctic Circle, regarding which little is known. Among the many modern appliances with which this expedition is iurnished, none is more interesting than the electric lighting plant that is to be installed in a portable house, to be occupied by the explorers during the long Arctic nights, at about 80° North Latitude. This lighting plant is equipped with The “Tronclad=Exide” Battery one of the four famous "* Exide" Batteries manufactured by The Electric Storage Battery pany, of Philadelphia, the oldest and largest maker of storage batteries in this country. ¢ engineers who have the electrical apparatus of the expedition under charge selected the “fronclad=Extde"" because of its reliability, light weight and ability to give good service at very low temperatures. This is the battery that is used For Electric Vehicle Service with such remarkable success. The identical qualities that made it suited above all other batteries for the Crocker Land Expedition make it the logical battery for your electric car, whether pleasure or commercial. Our Book No. 881 grees details, <A postal request to our nearest Sales Office brings tt to you THEELECTRIC STORAGE BATTERY CO, “en gorrectly from ordinary, : everyday sources. nager. x 1888 PHILADELPHIA 1913 o SEXOLOG Y Chicago St. Louis Cleveland Atlanta Denver Detroit Udksirareah San Francisco Seattle Portland, Ore. Toronto =] by William H. Welling, A.M 3L.D., imparts in a clear 886 ** Exide?" Distributors 9 eexider Depots“ ExIDC'” Inspection Corps wholesome. way in one voluive Use the Exide" Battery for Gas Car Lighting, Starting or Ignition nowledge & : ¥ : to 1s Sone ” ould Haves : nowledge a wnteaiee & Notice Si : Confidence Knowledge @ Mother Shonld Impnrt to Her Daughter. . . . . . Medical Knowledge a Wite Should Have. ONFIDENCE is a belief that others’ weacnesses will not be applicd to yourself. All in one volume, Illustrated, $2, postpaid. " . . . = Fd trveen oo Dedee Menes Opiniont” ond Tebe wf eomseatt” When you step on a railroad train, for example, you are confident that in case a Puritan Pub. Co. 776 Perry Bldg., Phila., Pa, lot of people are killed or injured you will constitute the exception and escape. —= Confidence in a hank is not due to a belief in its honesty, but only in the fact th: < there is a certain safety in the numbers who run it, and th nong them all there is the right combination to insure the return of your money. If every hank was run solely by one man, no one would have confidence enough in him to make it pay. ox, Confidence is something that is shared by everybody or by nobody. It is built up of Look for Cupid Joker & CO. 144 Peart Si. New York. the total number of things which you don’t know about the one in whom you have placed it Business confidence is therefore ignorance commercialized. If we knew the whole truth we would always be in a panic. comicbooks.com