Life, 1916-05-25 · page 5 of 40
Life — May 25, 1916 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and editorial content**, not political satire. The left side features "The Ring and the Warden," a brief editorial defending Mr. Osborne's character against attacks by "Westchester County politicians" regarding some county apparatus. The accompanying photograph and caption "Stick it out; never quit" illustrate perseverance through hardship, referencing rowing and boxing metaphors. Below that is a Scribner's Books advertisement. The right side is dominated by a **Pennsylvania Railroad advertisement** touting its safety record: 362 million passengers carried with zero train-accident fatalities over two years. This is accompanied by an Evans Ale advertisement. The page reflects early-20th-century magazine layout: editorial defense of a local figure mixed with corporate advertising, typical of Life magazine's dual function as satirical commentary and revenue-generating publication.
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No 77 KEAEAAZAl”,31 362,000,000 Passengers Safely Carried Not a single passenger lost his life on the Penn- sylvania Railroad System in the last two years in a train accident. The Ring and the Warden R, OSBORNE'S defense of his char- acter and reputation against the Westchester County prison ring and its allied politicians must be very seriously expensive. The Westchester machine has the law apparatus of the county at its service and can continue indefinitely to prosecute Obsorne at the costs of the people. But the cost of defense falls on Mr. Osborne, and must fall very keenly )DWWiwy.irW5«\ Wi The Steel Car Route During those two years 362,000,000 passengers were safely carried on 2,400,000 trains running day and night over 26,000 miles of track, with an equal number of freight trains running over the same lines. QIU.NW~.Ww'n'*w»wWrs' ,W'§ € This record was made possible by standard con- struction, rigid maintenance, thorough inspection, safety signals, steel cars and a careful observance of orders. 4,364,519 tests and observations show that Pennsyl- vania Railroad trainmen are 99.9% perfect in obeying signals and train rules. More than one-third of all the steel passenger cars in the United States are in service on the Penn- sylvania Railroad System. It was the first railroad to introduce all-steel cars and it has built nothing but all-steel cars since 1906. The Broadway Limited is our typical all-steel 20-hour train between New York and Chicago. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD The Standard Railroad of the World Comeriene Wy Charter Sevtours Soa “Stick it out; never quit” T’S the coxswain’s job to bring his crew through, a winner, with flags waving, yachts tooting, trainloads cheering ! But, remembering the months of des- perately severe training, isn’t the real fun of rowing found by the hundreds of youngsters who just row for the joy of it? In “Rowing at | American Uni ties” Lawrence Perry (‘ Fair WWWWYwyw&«w*wOolT [1 0 iig&iig§1i0000j9j)\\ Zi Touring Through No doubt the ring would It is fighting n Play“) shows why more and more men ar taking to water sport for sport's sake. Read this article and Ralph D. Paine’s boat-race story, “His Code of Honor “both in SCRIBNER’S for JUNE CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS being in very many, whose self-made w has come to be a desperate struggle for self-preservation. The political machine that essayed to destroy Osborne because he withstood it, fights him now to save its own neck it dare not stop unless it can Tr ought to estination, by rne should be the people with his own money against this malignant machine that uses, and is free to use, the people's money to fight against the peo- ple’s cause. Here's hoping that Mr. Osborne has a long purse. the Country with luncheon by the wayside puts one close to nature and relieves the nervous tension. A few bottles of vans le in the hamper will! insure the suc- cess of the trip. All dealers or | Gu. EVANS & sons, Hudson, N.Y. comicbooks.com