Life — December 18, 1913 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis This page contains satirical commentary on Alabama's educational and labor conditions, plus unrelated jokes. **"Another Lie Nailed"** criticizes Alabama's "traductors" (detractors) by reproducing a newspaper notice from the *Choctaw Advocate* advertising for families with children to work in cotton mills near Mobile. The article argues this contradicts claims Alabama lacks educational facilities—the mills are near schools and churches, offering good wages. The satire suggests critics exaggerate Alabama's deficiencies. **"Sammy's Christmas"** and **"Original Shock-Absorbers"** are unrelated cartoons: the first appears to satirize compulsory military vaccination policies (comparing typhoid inoculation to smallpox vaccination), while the second shows people carrying a sedan chair—likely mocking an invention or social practice. The page is primarily argumentative rather than purely satirical, defending Alabama's conditions against contemporary criticism.