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This page is primarily **advertising and feature content** rather than political satire. The main content comprises: **The "Dependable Electric" advertisement** (left) promotes electric automobiles through the Electric Vehicle Association of America. It cites performance examples—Los Angeles to San Diego in 13 hours, New York to Boston in 12 hours—to demonstrate that electric cars offer speed and reliability comparable to gasoline vehicles, while maintaining "the lowest cost for upkeep." This reflects early 1900s competition between electric and gas-powered cars, before gasoline engines ultimately dominated. **The remaining content** includes: - A short humorous domestic story ("Her Threat") about marital jealousy - A children's Christmas wish-list poem - Advertisement for "Sexology" books promoting marriage education - Art print advertisements **For modern readers:** This page documents a now-vanished technology—when electric vehicles were serious competitors in the automotive market, marketed as clean, reliable urban transportation before internal combustion engines became standard.

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Pececococcoceceteccoesooeeoses Q 4 % : ¢ ¢ so stoesose Dependable Electric A beautiful gift picture ‘If Music be the Food of Love, ond on (22x27, $10.00; 16x20, $5.00; Reproduced in a rich sepi Be GopevsPrints Unsurpassed for gifts and for one's home These 1s have for near by artists themselves as Vernanent as well as beautiful in q $50.00. At Art Stores or sent on | | } i i : i J E i i & ECENTLY an Electric, carrying four passengers, ran from Los Angeles to San Diego in 13 hours—140 miles of rough, hilly country. In Boston, an Electric was driven to North Attleboro and back, then for 18 miles through the city—going up Beacon Hill after traveling 91 miles. The first 75 miles of the total of 95.5 miles were made at a speed of 21.5 miles per hour. An Electric Roadster went from New York to Boston—a 251 mile run—in 12 hours and 15 minutes—and the travel was over hilly country with many muddy detours. Such unusual performances are proof positive that the Electric of today has speed and mileage enough for any city or suburban service—at the lowest cost for upkeep. Send Today for this Book “The Story of the Electric Vehicle” A beautifully printed booklet written with all the charm and interest of a story. Complete data about the Electric—cost of maintenance, simplicity of construction, early history, dependability, etc. Actual photographs of newest model Electrics. If you are interested in the Electric you will want this book. It is yours on request. Kindly address Department T. Before You Buy Any Car—Consider the Electric Execrric Ventcte Association or AMERICA Boston 124 W. 42nd Street, New York Chicago np POPS S SS SP SPSOCOS CESS FESS TOSS ST SOS SS SHSSS SSCS SSSOSOSD Picture catalogue sent for Ry WL. Taster. CURTIS & CAMERON Her Threat A certain young couple who were mar- ried some months ago never had a cloud to mar their happiness until recently, One morning the young wife came to breakfast in an extremely sullen and un- happy mood, To all her husband's in- quiries she returned snappish answers. She was in no better frame of mind when he came home that evening for din- ner, all of which mystified the young husband, Finally, late in the evening, in reply to his insistent demands to know what the matter was, the wife burst into tears and replied: “Henry, if ever I dream again that you have kissed another woman I'll never speak to you as long as I live! "—Ladies’ Home Journal. A Small Order to Santa This is all that I expect Santa Claus to bring to me: One large boat—my old one’s wrecked; One large, lovely Christmas tree; Then I need a larger drum, That says “ boom" instead of “tum; And I want a nice long whip That will make our tomcat skip; Then I hope to get a ball That will dent the hardest wall, And a bat that will not split Ev'ry time that it is hit. Next I'd choose a pair of skates Just as nice as sister Kate's, ‘And a bright large monoplane That will carry ragdoll Jane; Then I'd like a lot of things That are run by hidden springs— Rats and spiders, and the like; And I nced a brand new “ bike” With a coaster brake that will Make work easy down a hill. There! that’s all I asked him for, Still, I'm hoping (since he’s Dutch) That's he'll bring a few things more— As I have not asked for much! ~St. Nicholas Magazine. —————— A Happy Marriage Depends largely on 2 knowledge of the whole truth about self and sr and their relation to life and health. This know edge does not come ir telligently of itself, correctly from ordinary, every-day sources. SEXOLOGY Citustrated) by William H. Walling, A.M. imparts in a cleat Knowledge a ¥ Kuowledge a ¥ All In one volume, |. $2. postpald. Write for "Other People Opi and Table of Content Puritan Pub. Co. _776 Perry Bldg., Phi