Life, 1914-07-09 · page 38 of 40
Life — July 9, 1914 — page 38: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertisements and book reviews** with one brief satirical article. The main satirical piece, "Not a Native Abbott," clarifies that Leonard D. Abbott—a political activist associated with socialism, free speech advocacy, and figures like Francisco Ferrer and Thomas Paine—is *not* related to the prominent Abbott family (specifically Dr. Lyman Abbott, a respectable religious figure). The joke targets assumptions that radical activists must come from established American families. Abbott is actually an English immigrant who "slipped past Ellis Island" in 1857. Life's satirical point: Leonard Abbott deserves no inherited credibility from the Abbott name, and the Abbott family should receive no credit for his radical activities—he's an "imported" radical, not a homegrown one. This reflects early-20th-century American anxieties about foreign-born socialists and anarchists. The rest of the page contains period advertisements (steamships, whiskey, patent medicines) and a "Books Received" section listing contemporary publications.
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