Life, 1916-06-08 · page 8 of 46
Life — June 8, 1916 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. The main advertisements are: 1. **Kellogg Flywheel** (top left): A motor car accessory ad 2. **Texan Tire** (center): The B.F. Goodrich Company promotes their "Texan" rubber sole as superior to competitors, emphasizing durability and waterproofing 3. **Hodgson Portable Houses** (bottom): Prefabricated cottage kits for seasonal or permanent use The only non-advertising content is a brief editorial section titled "Not Ready to Top Off Yet," which discusses Colonel Roosevelt's career focus and political ambitions—likely referring to Theodore Roosevelt's continued influence in 1912 politics. The page contains no political cartoons or satire—it's a standard early-20th-century magazine page mixing editorial commentary with commercial advertisements.
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Since nearly all Motor Car manufacturers use or en es or Ti re SO YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR DEALER INSTALL ONE ON YOUR CAR ae Cat KELLOSe 0., Roc! ester, KY. wey Not Ready to Top Off Yet HE Times urges Colonel Roosevelt to turn his back on the presidency and give himself to preaching Amer- ican loyalty and military preparation as the crowning work of his career. He is a good hand at that, the Times thinks, and nothing so much needs do- ing. Very well. The Colonel has given due attention to these matters, and will doubtless keep at it, especially after the nominating conventions are over. But it is a mistake to suggest any labor as the crowning of the Colonel's career. He is only about fifty-seven years old. Nobody in good health wants his career crowned at fifty-seven. Tt will be ten or twelve years yet before the Colonel can be expected to begin to feel an interest in putting the pin- nacles on his career. “Dip you hear that Jiggs was killed while traveling in Kentucky?” “No. How was he killed?” “Ina feu “And I always told him not to ride in those cheap cars ‘leveland Plain Dealer. TEXTAN is not simply better — it is the sole (TEXTAN bears the guarantee- name of Goodrich because it deserves it. TEXTAN ranks with all other Goodrich products. Every Goodrich product has been more than a development—it has been a creation. Goodrich took the cyclist off of solid tires and set him “riding on air.” Goodrich created for the motorist the unrivalled tread of the “barefoot tire.” Goodrich created “STRAIGHT-LINE” d “ Hipress” rubber footwear. Goodrich has now created THE sole in TEXTAN—the Goodrich sole. TEXTAN will wear long, comfortably and perfectly. TEXTAN will TEXTAN is waterproof and gritproof; TEXTAN is light in weight. TEXTAN is handsome; it gives the last touch of class to a shoe. TEXTAN is made in all sizes and shapes for shoes for men, women, youths, boys, girls and children. Get the whole story. Write us—and when you buy shoes insist that they have TEXTAN—the Goodrich sole. Made by The B. F. Goodrich Company “STRAIGHT—LINE” REG.US. PAT. OFF. Makers of the Cel Akron, Ohio lebrated Goodrich Automobile Tires— “*Best in the Long Run oP HODGSON Ifyou want a cot t a Hodgson Po! at the shore or in the mountains this summer, le House. Erect one on your own grounds, oo, as a playhouse for the children or a lounging place at your tennis-court. If you need any adjunct to your regular home, bu: one of the many styles of Hos rf ie ony on Portable Houses. Made in sections that interlock for rigidity and constructed so simply they can be quickly bolted together by unskilled workmen, they represent the ing a small house. uickest and least sxpeusive method of erect- horoughly practical fo. r any season or climate. Qur catalog shows you the s the great variety of purposes that Hodgson Portable Houses are made for. E. F. HODGSON CO., Reet Ds, 146 Washington St., Boston, Mass, East 39th St., New York, N. 7. AN APTER DINNER SPEAKER comicbooks.com