Life, 1917-04-05 · page 64 of 70
Life — April 5, 1917 — page 64: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **primarily advertisements and legal notices**, not political satire. The main content includes: 1. **Powersteel Autowlock ad** (top): A car security device marketed to prevent theft—typical early automotive safety advertising. 2. **"God Made the Country, Man Made the Town"** (center illustration): A pastoral vs. urban contrast image, likely reflecting Progressive-era concerns about industrialization and rural decline. 3. **"There is Always War"** (right column): Editorial commentary comparing ongoing industrial deaths (railroads, child labor factories, slums) to combat casualties from the Spanish-American War and European conflicts. The piece argues society ignores ordinary peacetime tragedies. 4. **Wilson Whiskey ad** (bottom): Advertisement emphasizing "moderation" as a virtue for successful men. 5. **Legal ownership statement**: Required disclosure of Life Publishing Company's structure and stockholders. The page reflects 1917 concerns: automobile safety, rural-urban tensions, child labor, and social reform—typical Progressive Era themes for Life magazine.
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. There is Always W. A Private Watchman For Your Car ig et eee Day or night you can have individual theft-protection for your car W y going on all the time, and spare tires by using only we do not know it, because the world film is speeded up only at Powersteel Autowlock Oe pees ee This great little thief-discourager is four feet of waterproofed Yellow Strand Wire 2 speeded “0, nobody can stop it unt Rope with an eye in each end. A non-pickable lock is furnished, Fastened around this speeding impulse has spent j wheel and spring, or spare tire and rack, Powersteel Autowlock causes auto thieves P ig impulse has spent it to give your car the go-by. i More people are killed by railroad Some insurance companies grant a 10% rate reduction if you use a Powersteel {iJ é syére Vea thin, Wece Milled Autowlock. Price, east of Rockies, $2.25. } every year than were killed as the re. Bastine, AUTOWLINE assures a tow home when you're in trouble. Price, east of sult of the Spanish war. There is a Rockies, $4.55. y - - . Buy from your Accessory Dealer. Literature on request. slow but constant war going on against BRODERICK & BASCOM ROPE CO. St. Louis—New York children in child-labor factories, Manufacturers of ale peeled Lala serene ECs Rope ; against children in slums. In the latter specify B. & B. Wire Ropes case the mortality, if it were known, would be found appalling. The count. less babies before the age of five sac- rificed every year in this great slum war would easily put to shame the li of killed and wounded in the great European war. We do not stop to think of these things because they are so ordinary. housek _Statement of the ownership, management, . ness-lil circulation, etc.. required by the Act of Con! , ‘wei gress of August 24. 1912, of Lire, published a weekly at New York Y., for April 1, 1917. State of New York, County of New York. Before me, a notary public in and for the State and County aforesaid, personally appeared James S. Metcalfe, who, having been duly’ sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is one of the business . agera of Lire, and that the followipg is, to the best of his knowledge and beli@f, a true statement of the ownership, management, etc.. of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 23, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regu s, printed on the reverse of this form, to wit: (1) That. the names and addresses ‘of the publisher, editor, managing editor and business managers are: Publisher, Life Publishing Company, 17, West Thirty-first Street, New York City. Editor, A Ae Mitchell, '17 West Thirty.frst Street, New’ York City.” Managing editor, T. L. Masson, 17 West Thirty-first Street, New York City.” Business managers, Andrew Mil- ler and J. S, Metcalfe, 17 West Thirty-first Street, New York City. (2) That the owners are: Life Publishing Company, 17 West Thirty-frst Street, New York City; J. A. York C Andrew Miller, 17 West. 1 ty: first Street, New York City. (3) That the security holders owning of holding one per cent. or more of total amount of bonds, States Trast_ Compa York City; North River Savings Bank, West That ‘the two paragraphs next above, giving sg the names of the owners, stockholders, anc affairs. list of stockholders and security holders as . ° . they appeat upon: ther books af ihe compair, And this applies not only to the busi- security holder appears u on the books of the + + H Pat aon ar rae a ee ness, but the social side of life as well. tion for whom such trustee is acting, is given; 9, jan for whem Sock trosiee 6 acting, 16 given That’s the reason the moderate man tions under which stockholders and security . ° ° holders who do not appear upon the books of Whiskey—Wi lson—Real Wilson the company as trustees, hold stock and se- bona fide owner: and this affiant has no rea: son to believe that any other person, associa. indirect in the said stock, bonds or other securities than as so stated by him. James S. business manager, or owner.) Sworn to and rae : i subscribed before’me this 19th day of March, mixed drinks. Address Wilson, 13 E. 31st St, N.Y. That's All! ay (Seal) Wm. Krone, Notary Public. Mitchell, 17 West Thirty-first Stre ew known bondholders, mortgages. and other hs hi ‘urities Tak: d Mf = morteagen, of other, securition are: United Moderation—the standard by which Thin cfousth Streets New York City, da) most successful men control their security holders, if any, contain not only the but also, in cases where the stockholder or relation, the name of the person or corpor: ib fiant’s i knowled, 2. bi SUI DfeE as'to the ccireumstances and conde drinks a wonderfully mild and mellow gurities, in a capacity other than, that of a That’s All! Hops of corporation. bas any: Interest. direct or The Whiskey for which we invented the Non-Refillable Bottle Metcalfe. (Signature of editor, publisher, FREE CLUB RECIPES—Free booklet of famous club recipes for ¥ commission expires March 30, 1917.) comichooks.com